Scaled Composites 401
The Scaled Composites 401 is an American experimental aircraft, designed and produced by Scaled Composites of Mojave Spaceport, Mojave, California, introduced in 2017. The two examples built were constructed for an unnamed customer to demonstrate "advanced, low-cost manufacturing techniques" for the production of research aircraft for both industry and government.
First flight was on 11 October 2017.Design and development
The Model 401 features a cantilever low-wing, a single-seat enclosed pressurized cockpit under a bubble canopy, retractable tricycle landing gear and a single jet engine.
The aircraft is made from composite material. It has a span wing and a fuselage also of in length. Empty weight is and gross take off weight is. The engine used is a single Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-5D powerplant, producing of thrust.
The prototype has stealth aircraft characteristics and shaping. Air intake is aft of cockpit, two narrow S-duct inlets preventing radar waves from reaching the engine fan blades. V-tail configuration is like that of the YF-23. The prototype has similar configuration to the General Atomics Avenger.
