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 26.58 ft span wing has a wing area of 104.0 sqft. The cabin width is 48 in. The acceptable power range is 160 to 260 hp and the standard engine used is the 200 hp Lycoming IO-360 powerplant.

Like many canard designs, the SQ2000 has lengthy runway requirements. The standard day, sea level take-off run is 1600 ft, while the landing roll is 1500 ft.

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 1200 lb and a gross weight of 2250 lb, giving a useful load of 1050 lb. With full fuel of 42 u.s.gal the payload for pilot, passengers and baggage is 798 lb. 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 1200 lb and a gross weight of 1900 lb, giving a useful load of 700 lb. With full fuel of 39 u.s.gal the payload for pilot, passengers and baggage is 466 lb. Other differences from the SQ2000 XP include a wing area of 100.0 sqft and a cruise speed of 225 mph. The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 750 hours.