PDQ Aircraft Products PDQ-2

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 is a very basic light aircraft originally built in 1973 in the United States, and marketed as plans for a homebuilt aircraft.[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 is 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 have 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 in 2005.[6]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, p.554

General characteristics

Performance


Notes

  1. ↑ Taylor 1989, p.717
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, p.554
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Markowski 1979, p.268
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ison 1976, p.36
  5. ↑ Lednicer, David (April 2007). "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". Retrieved 2009-01-04.
  6. ↑ Sirius Aviation website

References

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