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 Post subject: Scaled Composites - Single Seat Jet - it's a V tail!
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Engineers at California’s Scaled Composites announced Oct. 11 the first flight of Model 401, a single-engine experimental jet, built “to demonstrate advanced, low-cost manufacturing techniques.”

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It'll NEVER work out: single engine, V-tail... It'll never get close to their claim of Mach 0.6, it is obviously dangerous, it's incredibly inefficient, they'll never produce any of these, they'll go bankrupt soon, Burt Rutan has no idea what he's doing, blah blah blah...

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Oh yeah; I want one..

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Looks a bit like some of the early stealth aircraft, though the Scaled composite one is prettier.
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 Post subject: Re: Scaled Composites - Single Seat Jet - it's a V tail!
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It will kill doctors.

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Is that top photo the box the bottom one came in?


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It's obvious from the stealthy design that it's a direct response to user fees. :D


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Its the next Cirrus Jet!

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So Burt Rutan meets Mike C in a bar...........the rest is vtail history..........

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So Burt Rutan meets Mike C in a bar...........the rest is vtail history..........


Rutan leaves bar and buys a MU2...


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Rutan leaves bar and buys a MU2...


........with steam gauges for back and redundancy

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Seems like a lot of engine. Guessing this won't be an available kit. (shame if not) :D


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Scaled has never bought into Marcel Dassault's theory, "For an airplane to fly well, it must look good..."

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In true Scaled Composite's tradition, it's uglier than sin.


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...and has no hope of commercial success.


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Yeah, their "advanced, low-cost manufacturing techniques" will never work, it's impossible to make airplane building any cheaper or less labor-intensive


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