How about 165 knots (190 mph) as a cruise figure for a clean one with a mildly tricked Continental 0-200 engine?Ĭonsider, too, that the little engine, so long a mainstay of the Cessna 150 fleet, is burning a bit more than 6 gph to do so.Īnd the ride in turbulence is supposed to be real good, with only 68 square feet of wing(s) giving a high wing loading of nearly 20 pounds per square foot. Then, as now, a principle attraction of the Q200 is speed.
However, there is a sizable builder’s group and many kits are in the field-the Quickie Builders group estimates there were 1000 Quickie and 2000 Q2/Q200 kits sold-so keep watching the classifieds. Technically, the Quickie (and Q2 and Q200) are orphaned designs, with kits no longer made and no plans available. Then the Q2 factory went bankrupt in 1986 after being sued by a builder after an accident, according to Later came the Q200, a Q2 with an 0-200 engine up front and a different canard. At about the same time, the slightly larger Dragonfly came into being. The Quickie begat the two-seat Q2, designed by Tom Jewett and Gene Sheehan Rutan at the time was no longer with the project. Maybe you’ve just come to our part of aviation, so the first question might be: What’s a Q200? In the beginning was the Rutan VariEze, which begat many offspring, such as the single-seat Quickie. The occasion? The Alternative (Aircraft) Engine Roundup, formerly the tandem-wing fly-in, where attending Q2s, Q200s and Dragonflies outnumbered Cessnas eight-to-three. Like many romances, this meeting came by chance. In the heat of the moment, it’s easy to ignore technicalities, so in the afterglow I’ll admit that this was not just a Quickie but a Q200-a fast, compact, nifty, thrifty, but not shifty cross-country cruiser. It’s just the place to get a Quickie -or at least a ride in one. Jean, Nevada, 20 miles south of Las Vegas, is a wide spot in the road with an unspectacular casino right next to the airport.
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