Re: Q2 Prototypes
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David J. Gall
Garry Legare built the boxy one without QAC knowledge or assistance. Then he
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showed up at the factory and they decided he had a good idea. Legare kept worldwide design and distribution rights, QAC got domestic US design and distribution rights. The boxy one crashed during development for the kit. The rebuild included the re-design with molded fuselage parts. The split-up of design rights led to some divergence between the US version and the version for the rest of the world; ground handling problems led to Legare designing the T-tail and QAC designing the reflexor, hence some of the dichotomy between US Q2/200s and the rest of the world's Q2/200s. -----Original Message-----
From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jay Scheevel Sent: Friday, April 9, 2021 5:03 PM To: main@Q-List.groups.io Subject: Re: [Q-List] Q2 Prototypes The prototype was built up by hand by Gary Legare in Canada, as a sort of joint venture with QAC in Mojave. Then there was the demonstrator protoype that was built in Mojave, which I think was N81QA (yellow), then I think this one was further modified to become the Q-200 prototype (your photo) by beefing up the firewall and replacing the GU with the LS1 canard. Others on this list may know more precisely, but I think that is how it went down. All of the regional dealers build a Q2 from a kit and used them as demonstrators. Legare had the exclusive rights to market QAC products in Canada in exchange for his work on the project. Cheers, Jay -----Original Message----- From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike Shuck via groups.io Sent: Friday, April 09, 2021 5:31 PM To: main@q-list.groups.io Subject: [Q-List] Q2 Prototypes Hi Group, I am curious how there came to be 2 different Q2 prototypes, the boxy one and the beautifully sculptered one with the compound curves. Who designed each one? Just curious from a historical perspective. Mike (the airfoil guy) |
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