This is the Q-200 high performance sport aircraft by Quickie Aircraft Corporation. This sleek two-seater was a home-built 'kit plane' that you assembled. This version was the high-performance 100HP model powered by the Continental O-200. The futuristic design featured a Canard 'Twin Wing' layout with elevators on the front wing and ailerons on the wing. Some interesting features are the Flexor reverse spoiler system, the twin centre fuel tanks that used a fuel transfer system similar to Concorde. The main landing gear was mounted in aerodynamic skirts in the wingtips for the front wing. Incredibly, the Q only weighed 550lb dry, 1100 max. at take-off, and featured a very small wingspan of 16 feet total. Mind you, you had two sets of wings.
This package features 13 different exterior high-detail paint schemes that range from baseline kit style, to supercar colour selections, to air racer variants with wild paint schemes and stripes. Interiors vary from nearly each aircraft with panels in grey, light blue, striped paint and colour paint, carbon fibre, and also wood. Some features include 3D instrumentation, the Asobo GNS530 GPS system, a simple baseline autopilot to help on long flights, an elaborate warning light system, Flexor controls, fuel read-outs for both tanks and a fuel transfer system that requires constant attention on long flights. Other features include Osh Kosh parking mode (parking mode) that deploys two small camping tents at the tail, and a plexi selector that changes the 'outside only' plexiglass bubble between tints of 'dark, medium, and nearly clear' plexi choices. The plexi also features the now famous Asobo rain effects with streaming rain, and also fine detail plexi scratches.
The aircraft will max out at 180 knots, full throttle. This is a HOT little plane with very moderate power to weight ratio. It is recommended that you do not use full throttle on take-offs. Just like other high performance sport planes, such as the Pitts biplane and Extra 330, you must be careful on your roll-out on take-offs, lest you spin her out accidentally.
I have created a nice
manual for it that you can download and read before purchase to make sure you would be happy with her. This cool manual features a lot of screenshots and notes with arrows pointing to the various systems and lights and knobs and bits, explaining how everything works, the hidden features you do not always find, and even the basics of how to fly it.
If you love futuristic things, X-Wings, sport aircraft, high performance planes, homebuilts, radical aircraft, things that are NOT NORMAL, this baby is definitely for you!
See the Detailed Description below for more details of the aircraft features!