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 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)
References
Notes PQ Series (PQ-8 through PQ-15) Andrade 1979. p. 157
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