Fleetwings PQ-12

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

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]

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-12)

General characteristics

• Crew: 0 / 1
• Length: 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
• Wingspan: 29 ft 2 in (8.9 m)
• Height: 7 ft 3 in (2.2 m)
• Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-435-5 6-cyl. air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 225 hp (168 kW)

Performance

References

Notes

1. Andrade 1979. p. 157
2. PQ Series (PQ-8 through PQ-15)

Bibliography

• Andrade, John (1979). U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0 904597 22 9.