Fletcher FBT-2
The Fletcher FBT -2 was a military trainer aircraft of the American manufacturer Fletcher Aviation.
History and construction
The FBT- 2 was a low-wing monoplane with fixed spur wheel chassis. Teachers and students sat behind each other under a closed canopy. The aircraft was manufactured entirely of plywood and the wings, as well as the tail, interchangeable. A prototype was built for military tests, the USAAF placed no order as a training aircraft, but as a remote-controlled target drone under the name XPQ - 11th The prototype of the FBT -2 is provided for this purpose with a nose wheel gear and a remote control receiver. Two batches of 50 drones were ordered but before the deliveries could begin, canceled in favor of the PQ -8 Cadet. The USAAF took but still located already under construction PQ - 11, but without motors from, instead bomb loads were mounted in her bow to be used for Gleitbombenexperimente as XBG -1.
Variants
- FBT -2 - Beginner trainer aircraft built with a Wright R -760 piston engine and spur wheel chassis, 1 CQ-1 - remote-controlled drone with tricycle landing gear (1 converted from the FBT -2)
- XBG -1 - glide bomb with a 900 kg warhead ( 10 from unfinished PQ -11 rebuilt )
Military use
- United States 48 United States USAAF