Glassic SQ2000
The Glassic SQ2000 (also written as SQ 2000 and SQ-2000) is an American homebuilt aircraft, designed and produced by Glassic Composites LLC of Sale Creek, Tennessee. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction. Design and development The SQ2000 features a cantilever mid-wing with tip rudders and a canard, a four-seat enclosed cabin accessed via doors, fixed or optionally retractable tricycle landing gear 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 Lycoming IO-360 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 Federal Aviation Administration, 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 oleo strut-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 External links 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