The Quickie is a light single seat homebuilt aircraft designed by Burt Rutan. One of the dozens of unconventional aircraft penned by Rutan for the general aviation market, the original Quickie is Model 54 in Rutan’s design series.
The Q2 is a two seater in kit form and marketed by the Quickie Aircraft Corporation founded by Tom Jewett, and Gene Sheehan. Over 2000 kits were sold before production ended.
Appearing at first glance to be a modified b...
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The Quickie is a light single seat homebuilt aircraft designed by Burt Rutan. One of the dozens of unconventional aircraft penned by Rutan for the general aviation market, the original Quickie is Model 54 in Rutan’s design series.
The Q2 is a two seater in kit form and marketed by the Quickie Aircraft Corporation founded by Tom Jewett, and Gene Sheehan. Over 2000 kits were sold before production ended.
Appearing at first glance to be a modified biplane or canard design, the Quickie is a tandem wing aircraft; both the front and rear wings are full airfoils. The forward wing is technically a canard, fitted with elevators, but it provides about 60% of the lift. The aft wing serves as horizontal tail, although all pitch control comes from the forward canard. Highly efficient, and of composite construction, the Quickie and Q2 are typically Rutan aircraft designs.
The Quickie was designed in 1977 by Burt Rutan, with the prototype construction commenced in August of that year. The design was...
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