"Oliver Arend" wrote in message
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http://ruben.members.selfnet.de/foru...file.php?id=90

Seen in the Technik-Museum in Speyer, Germany. Searching for the
registration D-EAAQ turns up Cessna 172 and Klemm L35, so that can't
be it. There's the logo of the Air Power 09 Steiermark on both sides;
their site doesn't show anything about this plane.

It's very similar to the Rutan Quickie, but the main gear arrangement
is different. I'm sure it's an experimental, though.

Oliver


What is the difference between a Dragonfly and a Q-2?
The Q-2 (or Q-200, or "Q-bird" generically) has a more rounded fuselage
bottom that has a distinct longitudinal curvature to it. Other than
that, it is very difficult to tell them apart unless you are up close.
The Q-birds have shorter wings (thus higher wing loading) and fly faster
than a Dragonfly. Their instrument panels are larger. Other than that,
the canard configuration, the location of the fuel tank, the center
stick, and many other characteristics make the 2 airplanes look so
similar that SOMEONE must have been cheating when they designed their
plane. Gary LaGare is the designer of the Q-2, and Bob Walters the
designer of the Dragonfly. Both of them copied Burt Rutan's
single-seater Quickie design.

Above from this page-- http://www.davemorris.com/dave/dfly-faq.html
When I visited Rex Taylor at Eloy, AZ. in 1984 the trike gear was just
being developed. He said that some pilots were having trouble with the
wide stance gear so they were making the trike gear as an option.

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