QUICKIE NEWSLETTER 10 page 3
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- Category: QAC Newsletters
- Published: Thursday, 09 November 2006 13:11
- Written by Quickie Aircraft Corporation
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| THE SCALED-UP QUICKIE .....Some of the readership of this newsletter may have seen an aircraft called the Dragonfly that resembles a scaled up Quickie with a Volkswagen engine. It has been recently brought to our attention that the company involved, Viking Aircraft, has been making some very strong, and false accusations aboout the Quickie, as well as Quickie Aircraft Corporation. This is curious since a cursory examination of their aircraft will reveal many details copied directly from the Quickie Construction Plans including aerodynamic configuration, structure, and other specific details. Apparently. they are growing tired of trying to make people believe that they did not copy the Quickie, and have chosen to lash out in frustratton. .....We see no point in giving them much space in our newsletter, except to say that the gentlemen in question have been put on notice by both our general attorney and patent attorney in regard to possible copyright infringement of the Quickie Construction Plans. Anyone assisting the company will face the same course of action. Quickie Aircraft Corporation was not involved in the design, development or marketing of the aircraft. We cannot allow a company to pirate ideas protected under internaional law and use them for their own profit. We therefore intend to pursue this matter vigorously. .....On the brighter side, they must have made a poor imitation because a first hand observation of the Dragonfly versus the Q2 recently at the Romona FAA flyin, in addition to conversation with the principals, reveals that the Q2 is 40 mph. faster, climbs three times better, and is over 100 lb lighter. Scaling up an existing design is a poor second choice to optimizing a new aircraft for the intended purpose. |
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| .....Finally,
everyone should be advised that simply because the aircraft looks like
a scaled up Quickie does not guarantee that its flight characteristics
and safety will be at all similar to the proven Quickie. Prospective
customers will have to make their own decisions on the matter.
QUICKIE OPTION UPDATE .....We have completed testing with the basic Van-Prop that we discussed in the last newsletter. We are currently waiting for an improved version that would duplicate a production configuration which would retail in the $800.00 range. Assuming the next test phase goes well, deliveries would start soon after the first of the year. .....Progress is continuing on the Turbo-Onan development program. Because of N77Q remaining back East at Chicago after Oshkosh, the system has not been installed on the aircraft for actual flight testing. Some test stand work has been accomplished, and we are considering bringing in an outside consultant to speed up development. .....Although much of this newsletter is devoted to the Q2, we intend to continue development of the Quickie. The Q2 program means that we will have to grow further to meet the demands. |
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