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.
| 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'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]
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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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