Quickie Aircraft
| Industry | Homebuilt Aircraft |
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| Founded | 1978 in Mojave, California, United States |
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| Defunct | 1986 |
| Fate | Bankrupt due to lawsuit |
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The Quickie Aircraft Corporation was founded in Mojave, California, in 1978 to market the Quickie homebuilt aircraft (models Quickie, Quickie Q2, and Quickie Q200 aircraft). The original single-seater Quickie was designed by Burt Rutan and company founders Gene Sheehan and Tom Jewett. The two-seater Q2 and Q200 were designed by Canadian Garry LeGare, Jewett and Sheehan.[1] While the Q2 and Q200 were based on the original Quickie, the design was completely different. Now defunct, the company sold over 2,000 kits in its lifetime.
The Quickie's canard wing used a GU25-5(11)8 airfoil, developed by Terence Nonweiler. It suffered performance degradation at low Reynolds numbers and in rainy conditions.[2]
After losing a legal battle due to the crash of a home built aircraft, Quickie Quickie Aircraft Corporation - leaderless and fiscally strapped - went bankrupt in 1986[3]
Gallery
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QAC Quickie Q2 in flight -
QAC Quickie Q2, canopy up -
QAC Quickie Q2, side view
References
[edit]- ^ Kocivar, Ben (August 1981). 180 MPH Kit Canard. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ^ Galbraith, R. A. McD (1985-09-01). "The aerodynamic characteristics of a GU25-5(11)8 aerofoil for low Reynolds numbers". Experiments in Fluids. 3 (5): 253–256. doi:10.1007/BF00281769. ISSN 0723-4864. S2CID 117849066.
- ^ "Jewett's 'Big Bird'". www.check-six.com. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
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