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The Scaled Composites Pond Racer (Company designation Model 158) was a twin-engine twin-boom aircraft developed for Bob Pond by Burt Rutan and his company Scaled Composites.
Pond Racer. The 1991 Pond Racer was an Unlimited Class racing airplane. Concerned about the dwindling numbers of World War II aircraft, with many being consumed by use as Unlimited Class racers at the Reno Air Races, Bob Pond contracted Rutan and Scaled to design and build an Unlimited Class racer. After design studies, a twin-engined ...
May 13, 2021 · A beautiful and efficient Rutan-designed airframe mated to compact and powerful race engines, with enough time and money, the Pond Racer might have succeeded. Part modern-day P-38, part “Star Wars” Pod Racer, all David against Goliath.
May 6, 2024 · The Pond Racer was a Burt Rutan design that Dick Rutan flew during testing ahead of the first trip to Reno in 1991, where AOPA Pilot caught up with the Rutan brothers and their team to report on the project commissioned by Bob Pond, also known as Rutan Model 158.
Mar 31, 2023 · Convinced Pond’s idea was a good one, Rutan contacted his brother Burt, a manufacturer who ran Scaled Composites based in Mojave, California, about building a new racer prototype. Burt Rutan was a world-renowned engineer most famous for making canards part of the conventional layout of an aeroplane.
A retrospective of Burt Rutan's 38 piloted craft, from the first VariViggen to the famous SpaceShipOne. See photos and descriptions of his innovative designs, such as the Pond Racer, a hydrofoil boat that flew.
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Aug 5, 2011 · Mojave without Burt Rutan! His presence had permeated the place for the past 36 years. ... and the Pond Racer, intended to replace the steadily eroding supply of World War II fighters that race at ...
