Viking Aircraft Dragonfly Mk II
These figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
The Viking Dragonfly is Bob Walters' 1980 two-seat tandem-wing canard homebuilt, a side-by-side development of the Rutan Quickie idea in foam and fibreglass, sold as plans and kits by Viking Aircraft of Wisconsin with about 500 flying by 1998. The Mk II has conventional tailwheel gear (the Mk I carried its wheels in the wingtips, the Mk III is a tricycle); Jane's figures for the Jabiru-powered Mk III Millennium give 600 lb empty, 1,250 lb gross, 130 mph cruise, a 55 mph stall and 850 fpm, and the original 1980 VW version was published at 1,075 lb gross with a 140 mph cruise on 45 miles per gallon.
Nobody built two Dragonflies alike: the plans allowed Volkswagen, Revmaster, Limbach, Continental and Jabiru engines, the three marks differ in landing gear, and the gross weight grew from 1,075 lb through 1,150 to 1,250 lb across the variants, so the figures here describe a type and the aircraft in front of a buyer is described only by its own weight-and-balance, its engine logbook and the quality of the builder's foam-and-glass work, which an inspector who knows composites must judge. A canard tandem-wing lands fast and flat, needs paved runways in Mk I form, and is sensitive to rain and to bugs on the front wing, so transition training with a Dragonfly or Quickie pilot is money well spent. Viking Aircraft now advertises only its Cygnet, so plans support and parts are an owners'-group matter. The owner may maintain it and an A&P signs the annual condition inspection. No current asking price could be found.
Variants of the Viking Dragonfly
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Volkswagen 1835 cc conversion (60 hp; Revmaster, Limbach, Continental and Jabiru 2200 also fitted) |
| Horsepower | 60 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 1980 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise (75 % power) | 143 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve) | 434 nm |
| Service ceiling | 18,500 ft |
| Climb rate | 850 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 42 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 545 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,150 lb |
| Empty weight | 605 lb |
| Usable fuel | 15 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 3.4 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $26,961 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $32,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 50 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 17 |
| Median year built | 2004 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | — |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | — |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 1 |
| Transfers per 100 active | — |
| Airworthiness directives | 0 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | none |
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | —3 |
| Support | 1.9 of 104 |
| Liquidity | —5 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.04.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 20.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 8 · scores Sep 30