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1981
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FLIGHT International, 11 July 1981 85 Private (FPHKnr Official organ of the Royal Aero Club Quickies catch on fast QUICKIE AIRCRAFT has now com pleted the first side-by-side two-seat kit development of the lightweight Quickie (originally featured in Flight for April 14, 1979). The prototype, originally built in Canada by Garry LeGare and first flown in July 1980, had undergone 150hr of flight testing, and the new aircraft kits are now moving at a rate of some 10 per week. Quickie handles domestic sales, while LeGare sells the export aircraft and is moving them at one to two/week, acquiring them from Quickie Aircraft and shipping from Mojave. More than 520 Quickie single-seater kits have ibeen delivered, including some 60 sold by LeGare, and 100 have flown. There are 47 examples in Canada, as well as a number in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Netherlands, Swit zerland, Italy and South Africa. Tow Jewett, a partner in Quickie Air craft, says that the world market is opening up more and more because of the high cost of fuel. The remark ably efficient Quickie is powered by an 18 h.p. Onan (22 h.p. option) which gives about 85 miles/US gal at 100 m.p.h. The Quickie 2 is similar in construc tion to the single seater (foam/glass- fibre sandwich) but has a 43J2in wide cockpit to accommodate pilot and pas senger. Powerplant is a 64 h.p. Rev- master 2100-DQ engine providing a 44 m.p.g. fuel economy at maximum cruise and 60 m.p.g. at economical cruise, with top speed said to be up to 180 m.p.h. The Q2 is 19ft 7in long, has a 16ft 8in wing and canard span, and a 67ft- total wing area. Take-off run is 360ft at 7501b weight, or 610ft at a 1,0001b gross weight. Landing is 720ft and 790ft respectively; minimum speed 61/64 m.p.h., climb l,200/800ft/ min and ceiling I9,000/15,000ft. Stan dard fuel is 5251b for a 682-mile maxi mum cruise range with 45min reserve, or 1,000 miles with 45min reserve at economical cruise. Standard empty weight is just 4751b. The complete Q2 kit, less engine, prop and instru ments, runs to $5,400. Q2 export sales have topped 26 to Canada (13 delivered) and one is in Germany. Quickie also has two other designs in the offing. It has built a special aircraft which everyone has dubbed "Super Quickie." This was developed as a promotional aircraft to attempt 300-500km records, but has in stead become a test aeroplane. It has a rounded fuselage, using moulded components, has a wing span of less area, carbonfibre spars and a 30gal internal fuel tank. It first flew last year and logged some 15hr. The modi fied aerofoil and canard, developed during its flight test programme, has gone into the Q2. A test sample of a turbocharged Onan engine will be tested in the special aircraft and may become standard for the Quickie. The "Super" will not be put into produc tion because it is too costly. The other aircraft is "Big Bird", a T-tailed single-seat design intended for a straight-line distance absolute record. Jewett says Quickie started the project without even knowing of the Dick Rutan long-distance pro gramme. The wings have a very high aspect ratio, but little else is known at present. Quickie Aircraft Corpora tion is at PO Box 786, Mojave, Cali fornia 93501. Mistral-C sailplane in production MISTRAL FLUGZEUGBAU, based at Habfurt/Main, is the latest German sailplane manufacturer. Its product, the Mistral-C club class glider, can be traced back to 1975, when Manfred Strauber and H. Frommbold com pletely redesigned their earlier Mis- stral — a one-off standard-class machine. First flight was in 1976, and up to 24 were built at Bensheim up to 1978. The Mistrai-C is a conventional-glass- fibre design, with sandwich skinned wings, T-tail, one-piece sideways open ing canopy and fixed wheel. Emphasis has been placed on robustness for club use. Span is 15m and length 6-73m, while wing area is 10-9m-. Empty weight is 5101b and maximum take-off weight 7721b. Best glide angle is quoted at 35 (although 37-5 has been measured) and minimum sink 0-6m/sec. After unsuccessful attempts to find a licensee, and with continued strong interest, the Mistral team decided to set up its own production facilities. Habfurt was chosen because it offered a good location on an airfield, low labour costs and generous govern ment assistance for creating new jobs in the region. Mistral now builds four aircraft a month, and early deliveries (late summer) at a current ex-factory price of DM29,650 (£6,300) are pos sible. To make full use of its modern facilities, the company plans 17m and retractable-engine versions and a stan dard-class machine to be flown in 1982. Mistral Flugzeugbau is at Flugplatz, 8728 Hassfurt, West Germany.
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