Brunswick-Balke-Collender OQ-4

American WWII target drone

OQ-4
Role	Target drone Type of aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Brunswick-Balke-Collender
First flight	unknown
Primary user	USAAF
Number built	unknown

The Brunswick-Balke-Collender OQ-4 was a prototype drone built in the United States by the Brunswick-Balke-Collender corporation.

The OQ-4 was one of a very few aviation-related ventures undertaken by Brunswick-Balke-Collender, which was basically a non-aviation company. It was similar in some respects to the Radioplane OQ-2, including a 12-foot wingspan. Although a few prototypes were built, the OQ-4 was not put into production, perhaps because Radioplane and Frankfort could produce enough target drone so that another production line was not necessary.^[1]

Specifications

General characteristics

Crew: none
Wingspan: 12 ft 0 in (3.6 m)
Powerplant: 1 × engine , 7 hp (5 kW)

Performance

Endurance: 1 hours 0 minutes

References

^ "Brunswick-Balke-Collender OQ-4".

External links

USAAF/USAF UAV designations 1924–1962, tri-service designations 1962–present

USAAF designations
(1924-1947)

Controllable bombs	BQ-1 BQ-2 BQ-3 BQ-4 BQ-5 BQ-6 BQ-7 BQ-8
Target control aircraft	CQ-1 CQ-2 CQ-3 CQ-4
Aerial target (subscale)	OQ-1¹ OQ-2 OQ-3 OQ-4 OQ-5 OQ-6 OQ-7 OQ-8¹ OQ-9¹ OQ-10¹ OQ-11 OQ-12 OQ-13 OQ-14 OQ-15 OQ-16 OQ-17 OQ-18 OQ-19
Aerial target (full-scale)²	A-1 A-2 A-3 A-4 A-5 A-6 A-7 A-8/PQ-8 PQ-9 PQ-10 PQ-11 PQ-12 PQ-13 PQ-14 PQ-15

USAF designations
(1948-1962)

Q-1
Q-2
Q-3
Q-4
Q-5
Q-6
Q-7¹
Q-8
Q-9
Q-10
Q-11
Q-12
Q-13¹
Q-14

Tri-service designations
(1962-present)

Main series	Q-1/C Q-2 Q-3 Q-4/C Q-5 Q-6 Q-7 Q-8/C Q-9 Q-10 Q-11 Q-12 Q-13¹ Q-14 Q-15 Q-16 Q-17 Q-18 Q-19 Q-20³ RQ-20 MQ-20 Q-21 Q-22 Q-23 Q-24 Q-25 Q-26 Q-27 Q-28
Non-sequential	Q-35 Q-58 Q-67 Q-72 Q-170