Scaled Composites Model 367 BiPod

The Scaled Composites Model 367 BiPod is an experimental flying car developed by Scaled Composites, and the last aircraft Burt Rutan designed before his retirement. It began as an electric propulsion testbed and grew into a roadable aircraft concept, built for market evaluation and testing only. Two fuselages joined by a wing surface each carry tandem wheels; the vehicle is driven as a car from the cockpit in the left fuselage and flown from the cockpit in the right one. The wings, stabilizers and tail tips are removable, which cuts the span of nearly 32 feet to 7.9 feet so it fits a normal garage stall. Each fuselage holds a 450 cc gasoline engine driving a generator that powers 15 kilowatt electric motors for the rear wheels and for four propellers. Only one prototype was built, in about four months, and it made brief hops after ground acceleration to 80 miles per hour.