The Glassic SQ2000 (also written as SQ 2000 and SQ-2000) is an American

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, designed and produced by Glassic Composites LLC of

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. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 167. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998.

Design and development

The SQ2000 features a cantilever

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with tip rudders and a canard, a four-seat enclosed cabin accessed via doors, fixed or optionally retractable

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and a single engine in pusher configuration. The aircraft is made from composites. Its span wing has a wing area of . The cabin width is . The acceptable power range is and the standard engine used is the

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powerplant. Like many canard designs, the SQ2000 has lengthy runway requirements. The standard day, sea level take-off run is , while the landing roll is .

Operational history

By 1998 the company reported that two kits had been sold and that one aircraft had been completed and was flying. In December 2013 five examples were registered in the United States with the

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, although a total of eight had been registered at one time.

Variants

;SQ2000 XP :Retractable gear model. The SQ2000 XP has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for pilot, passengers and baggage is . The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 700 hours. ;SQ2000 ES :Fixed gear model, with

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-mounted gear. The SQ2000 ES has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for pilot, passengers and baggage is . Other differences from the SQ2000 XP include a wing area of and a cruise speed of . The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 750 hours.

Specifications (SQ2000 XP)

References

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Photo of a Glassic SQ2000 XP
SQ2000 1990s United States sport aircraft 1990s United States civil utility aircraft Single-engined pusher aircraft Mid-wing aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Canard aircraft