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The Fleetwings PQ-12 , company designation Fleetwings Model 36, was a 1940s American manned aerial-target designed and built by Fleetwings for the United States Army Air Corps.[1]

Fleetwings PQ-12
A YPQ-12A
Role Manned aerial-target
National origin United States
Manufacturer Fleetwings
Primary user United States Army Air Corps
Number built 9

Design and development


The PQ-12 was a single-engined monoplane with a 225 hp (168 kW) Lycoming O-435 piston engine.[2] It had a fixed nose-wheel landing gear, twin vertical tails and an open-cockpit was provided for manned flight.[2] Instead of the optional pilot a 500 lb (225 kg) bomb could be carried in the cockpit.[2] The original prototype was cancelled but a modified variant was built followed by eight test aircraft, although an order for 40 production aircraft was placed it was subsequently cancelled.[1]


Variants


XPQ-12
Prototype, not built.[1]
XPQ-12A
Modified prototype, one-built.[1]
YPQ-12A
Test and evaluation aircraft, eight-built.[1]
PQ-12A
Production variant, 40 ordered but none were built.[1]

Specifications (YPQ-12A)


Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947 [3]

General characteristics

Performance


References


Notes
  1. Andrade 1979. p. 157
  2. PQ Series (PQ-8 through PQ-15)
  3. Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1947). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. p. 232c.
Bibliography

На других языках


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Le Fleetwings PQ-12 (désignation constructeur : Fleetwings Model 36 était une cible volante radiocommandée, développée pendant les années 1940 pour les United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) par la société américaine Fleetwings (en)[1].



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