The Culver PQ-10 was an American

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, designed by the

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for use by the

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. Designed in 1941, the project was cancelled before any aircraft flew.

Design and development

The prototype XPQ-10 was ordered by the United States Army Air Forces in 1941. Derived from the civilian Culver Model MR, the XPQ-10 was a high-wing monoplane equipped with twin

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engines and a fixed

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.Parsch 2009 Plans were made for the production of PQ-10 series aircraft; however, before the XPQ-10 was completed, the project was cancelled.Juptner 1993, p.170.

Specifications (XPQ-10)

References

;Citations ;Bibliography * Juptner, Joseph P. ''U.S. Civil Aircraft Series, Volume 8.'' New York: McGraw-Hill Professional, 1993. . * {{US unmanned aircraft PQ-10 Target drones of the United States 1940s United States military utility aircraft Cancelled military aircraft projects of the United States High-wing aircraft Twin piston-engined tractor aircraft

Design and development

Specifications (XPQ-10)

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