- PDQ Aircraft Products PDQ-2
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PDQ-2 Role Sport aircraft National origin United States Manufacturer Homebuilt aircraft Designer Wayne Ison First flight 30 May 1973 The PDQ Aircraft Products PDQ-2 was a very basic light aircraft built in the United States in 1973 and marketed as plans for homebuilt.[1] It was a minimalist design, consisting of aluminum alloy tubes carrying the pilot's seat, a set of monoplane wings and a T-tail.[2][3] The pilot's position was fully exposed at the front of the aircraft.[2] Power was provided by a single engine mounted pusher-fashion on a pylon above the wings.[2][3] Originally, this was a Rockwell JLO snowmobile engine, but Ison revised the design to use a converted Volkswagen engine[2] due to a lack of availability of the first choice of engine.[4] The heavier Volkswagen engine required an increase in structural strength and the design was revised accordingly.[2][4] The wings had wooden spars with ribs and skin of polyurethane foam, all coated in epoxy resin.[2][3] Fixed, tricycle undercarriage was fitted.[2]
The PDQ-2 uses a NACA 63A615 airfoil.[5]
Plans for the design were still marketed as late as 2005.[6]
Specifications
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, p.554
General characteristics
- Crew: One pilot
- Length: 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
- Wingspan: 22 ft 0 in (6.71 m)
- Height: 4 ft 2 in (1.27 m)
- Empty weight: 360 lb (160 kg)
- Gross weight: 600 lb (270 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rockwell JLO-LB-600-2, 36 hp (27 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 80 mph (130 km/h)
- Service ceiling: 10,000 ft (3,050 m)
- Rate of climb: 500 ft/min (2.5 m/s)
Notes
- ^ Taylor 1989, p.717
- ^ a b c d e f g Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, p.554
- ^ a b c Markowski 1979, p.268
- ^ a b Ison 1976, p.36
- ^ Lednicer, David (April 2007). "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". http://www.ae.uiuc.edu/m-selig/ads/aircraft.html. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- ^ Sirius Aviation website
References
- Ison, Wayne (January 1976). "VW Power for the P.D.Q.-2". Sport Aviation: 36–37.
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78. London: Jane's Publishing.
- Markowski, Mark (1979). The Encyclopedia of Homebuilt Aircraft. Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania: TAB Books.
- "Sirius support for the PDQ2". (archived at the Internet Archive). Archived from the original on 2005-12-28. http://web.archive.org/web/20051228062444/http://sirius-aviation.com/pdq.html. Retrieved 2009-01-04.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
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