Founded in 1982 by Burt Rutan, Scaled has broad experience in air vehicle design, tooling and manufacturing, specialty composite structure design, analysis and fabrication, and developmental flight tests of air and space vehicles.
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Model 97 is a two-place, side-by-side airplane of the 300 lb empty weight class. It has a slightly swept-back canard forward and swept back wings with winglets at the tips.
A subscale version of an eleven-place, twin turboprop, high-performance business aircraft developed for Beech Aircraft Corporation.
The Model 133-4.62 ATTT proof-of-concept demonstrator is a 62% scaled version of an airplane designed to challenging STOL and long range requirements.
The all-composite Triumph, an 8,500 lb, pressurized 8-place business aircraft, was designed around the brand-new, never flown, Williams FJ-44 turbofan engine.
Scaled did the structural design, tooling, fabrication, and static testing of an 85 ft span and a 108 ft span rigid sail/airfoil for the America’s Cup Challenge Race.
The ARES, Scaled Model 151, was designed initially in response to a U.S. Army request for a Low Cost Battlefield Attack Aircraft (LCBAA).
The Advanced Engineering Staff of General Motors designed a technology demonstration vehicle called the Ultralite, an automobile with interior room capable of seating four full size adults, and with excellent visibility, handling, performance, emissions and fuel consumption.
The Raptor Demonstrator high-altitude, long endurance, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program was conducted under a contract from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to Scaled Composites, LLC.
In early 1993, Jim Rice and Tom Stark of the fledgling VisionAire Corporation visited Scaled with conceptual designs for a new single-engine business jet.
Walled Lake, Michigan, June 23, 1997 -- Williams International today announced that its all-composite, turbofan- powered "V-JET II" light aircraft is on schedule for its July 31 fly-in and follow-on demonstration flights and exhibition at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) convention at Oshkosh, July 30 to August 5, 1997.
Proteus is a twin-turbofan, high-altitude, multi-mission aircraft powered by Williams International FJ44-2E engines.
The Model 309 is a proof-of-concept aircraft built for Adam Aircraft Industries.
The GlobalFlyer is a single seat, turbofan powered airplane designed to fly around the world nonstop, unrefueled, with a solo pilot.
SpaceShipOne, the first private manned spacecraft, is a three-place, high-altitude research rocket.
White Knight is a three-place, high-altitude, flexible and capable research aircraft.
The Model 326 aircraft (or Pegasus X-47A) is an unmanned aerial vehicle built for Northrop Grumman.
SpaceShipTwo will be powered by a unique hybrid rocket motor, which is currently under development.
WhiteKnightTwo, or Eve, is the mothership and launch platform for SpaceShipTwo.Aerodynamic Analysis And Design
FULL SERVICE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN: Scaled Composites, LLC has a strong background in complete aircraft design and analysis. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is among the large array of aerodynamic analysis tools that are used at Scaled. CFD overcomes many of the limitations that are associated with wind tunnels - high cost, inconsistency, and correction factors. CFD allows us to analyze fluid flow problems in detail, at an earlier stage in the design cycle, for less money with lower risk.
DETAILED CFD: Using a full Navier-Stokes solver, Scaled is able to perform detailed analysis in a diverse range of applications. All types of external flows, from subsonic to transonic to supersonic, can be evaluated with confidence. Laminar, turbulent, and separated regions of flow can be accurately resolved. In addition to external flows, Scaled is able to analyze many other types of problems. These include heat exchangers, internal and nozzle flows, combustion and heat transfer issues.
ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES: In addition to CFD, Scaled uses an extensive suite of other design tools. Predictions in the areas of stability and control, performance, and handling qualities are among the areas in which Scaled excels. Scaled has a long history of design work on extremely unique and difficult airplanes. Other capabilities include: single and multiple element airfoil analysis and design, static and dynamic aeroelastic analysis, vortex lattice stability analysis, and flutter analysis.
Scaled's aerodynamic analysis and design capability, when combined with our proof-of-concept building experience, provides our customers with the most cost-effective and accurate development data available.
DETAILED CFD: Using a full Navier-Stokes solver, Scaled is able to perform detailed analysis in a diverse range of applications. All types of external flows, from subsonic to transonic to supersonic, can be evaluated with confidence. Laminar, turbulent, and separated regions of flow can be accurately resolved. In addition to external flows, Scaled is able to analyze many other types of problems. These include heat exchangers, internal and nozzle flows, combustion and heat transfer issues.
ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES: In addition to CFD, Scaled uses an extensive suite of other design tools. Predictions in the areas of stability and control, performance, and handling qualities are among the areas in which Scaled excels. Scaled has a long history of design work on extremely unique and difficult airplanes. Other capabilities include: single and multiple element airfoil analysis and design, static and dynamic aeroelastic analysis, vortex lattice stability analysis, and flutter analysis.
Scaled's aerodynamic analysis and design capability, when combined with our proof-of-concept building experience, provides our customers with the most cost-effective and accurate development data available.
