OQ-5

OQ-5
General information
Type	Target drone
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Radioplane
Status	experimental
Primary user	USAAF
Number built	1
History
First flight	1943

The Radioplane OQ-5 (company designation RP-7^[1]) was an experimental target drone built in the United States in World War II.

Design and development

The OQ-5 was similar to the Radioplane OQ-2 in having a wingspan measuring 12 feet (3.7 meters) and counter-rotating propellers but differed in being of plywood construction and having a plywood cantilever wing. Only one example of the OQ-5 was built, but no production order was ever placed.^[2][3][1]

See also

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of the United States

References

1. "Radioplane company model numbers - Development of Radio Controlled Targets" (PDF). www.secretprojects.co.uk.
2. US Army Air Forces: "Army Aircraft Model Designations", 1946
3. "OQ-5".

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