The Culver XPQ-15, also known as the XTD3C-1, was an American
target drone developed by the
Culver Aircraft Company late in
World War II.
Design and development
The XPQ-15 was a low-wing monoplane of conventional design. It was powered by a
Franklin O-405
The Franklin O-405 (company designation 6AC-403) was an American air-cooled aircraft engine of the 1940s. The engine was of Flat-six engine, six-cylinder, horizontally-opposed layout and Engine displacement, displaced . The power output was betwe ...
opposed piston engine.
[Parsch 2009] Design work began in 1943.
Operational history
Four examples of the XPQ-15 were built for evaluation by the
United States Army Air Forces in 1945; two additional aircraft were tested by the
United States Navy as the XTD3C-1. No production contract was placed.
Variants
;XPQ-15
:USAAF variant; four produced.
;XTD3C-1
:USN variant; two produced, BuNos 29665-29666.
[Grossnick and Armstrong 1997, p.540.]
Specifications (XPQ-15)
References
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External links
Photo of XPQ-15 model in ''Popular Science''
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1940s United States special-purpose aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Target drones of the United States
Aircraft first flown in 1945