• Source: Fleetwings PQ-12

    • 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.


    Design and development


    The PQ-12 was a single-engined monoplane with a 225 hp (168 kW) Lycoming O-435 piston engine. It had a fixed nose-wheel landing gear, twin vertical tails and an open-cockpit was provided for manned flight. Instead of the optional pilot a 500 lb (225 kg) bomb could be carried in the cockpit. 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.


    Variants


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


    Specifications (YPQ-12A)


    Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947 General characteristics
    Crew: 0 / 1
    Length: 20 ft 0 in (6.1 m)
    Wingspan: 30 ft 2 in (9.2 m)
    Height: 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
    Gross weight: 2,196 lb (996 kg) with pilot; 2,688 lb (1,219 kg) pilotless with 500 lb (230 kg) bomb
    Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-435-5 6-cyl. air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 225 hp (168 kW)
    Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch wooden propeller
    Performance

    Maximum speed: 185 mph (298 km/h, 161 kn) as pilotless target


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