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Culver PQ-14B Cadet serial 43-44368 in flight
PQ-14A Cadet 44-22530 and B-29 Superfortress 42-24449
Culver PQ-14 Cadet target drone and B-29
PQ-14B drons and B-24 in flight
Culver PQ-14 Cadet
Aircraft designed specifically to serve as a radio-controlled target drone.
Powerplant: one Franklin O-300-11, 6-cyl. air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 150 hp (112 kW).
Total production: 2043
Variants:
- YPQ-14A – 75 units
- PQ-14A – 1348 planes
- YPQ-14B – 25 units
- PQ-14B – 594 units
- XPQ-14C – single PQ-14B with O-300-9 engine
- TD2C-1 – 1201 USAAF PQ-14A for U.S. Navy