QUICKIE NEWSLETTER 12 page 2
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- Category: QAC Newsletters
- Published: Monday, 13 November 2006 09:11
- Written by Quickie Aircraft Corporation
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 Vic
Turner’s
Quickie after its recent paint job.The aircraft has over 120 hours in the last 8 monthsflown by Vic. It has been clocked at over 130 m.p.h. and will enter the CAFE 250. QUICKIE PLANS CHANGE NOTICE .....Quickie Plans Change notices (QPC) are mandatory revisions to the Quickie plans. Each QPC has a number and a publication date along with a description of the change. All QPC notices should be incorporated into the builder’s set of Quickie Construction Plans immediately upon receipt by the builder. Any Questions on a QPC notice should he referred to Quickie Aircraft Corporation. NUMBER: QPC32 DATE: 16 April, 1981 .....By the 300 hour total engine time mark, change the aluminum coil mount bracket to an identical one made from 4130 steel. There was evidence of fatigue problems with the aluminum one on N77Q at the 650 hour mark. NUMBER: Q2PC3 DATE: 21 FEB 1981 .....Appendix Sheet 2; BL48.8 Canard Female Jigging Template; Reduce the height 1” to 4.34”. NUMBER: Q2PC4 DATE: 21 FEB 1981 .....Page 5-3; Canard, BL15Lt-BL15Rt sketch; Change the 0.6” bevelling dimension on either end of’ the foam block to 0.7”. OSHKOSH 1981 .....Just a reminder that the big Oshkosh 1981 flyin is from 1 August thru 9 August this year. The Q2 forum is at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, 2 August. A Quickie forum will be presented on fuesday, 4 August, at 1:30 p.m. There will also he a Quickie Construction Workshop all week long; eseryone is invited to participate. .....The Quickie/Q2 banquet will be at the Anchor Inn on Monday, 3 August. If you plan to attend, please drop us a note with the number of persons attending. We are planning trophies and prizes for the outstanding Quickies and Q2’s at Oshkosh this year. Further details will be released later. .....Finally, act now for room reservations! | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The windup key is just for jokes, we hope? This beautiful Quickie belongs
to George Holmes of northern California He flew it to Oshkosh 1980 |
and back again. This aircraft has over 400 hours of flying time by dozens of pilots. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 Al Thompson's beautiful Quickie; pictures do not do it justice.  "Just landed, first flight, March 17, 1981 - thrill of a lifetime," says Bob Campbell, who is seen here in N58YC. |
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| QUICKIE NEWS .....Work continues on installing the Turbo-Onan in our second Quickie. The production Vari-Prop is scheduled for testing once basic flight testing of the turbo engine is completed. .....Over 97 Quickies have made first flight. The number is increasing rapidly as ‘Oshkosh’ fever takes hold. We expect upwards of a dozien to attend the big flyin. .....Current delivery on a Quickie kit is 3 weeks. Most components, including engines, are in stock. Current prices are $3,295.00 for Package 1 and $1,700.00 for Package 2. Note that the complete kit now consists of two packages, instead of the original three.
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.....We have expanded our work force to handle both the Quickie and Q2. There will be no letup on improving the Quickie, supporting homebuilders. and delivering kits. |
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