The BQM-1BR was a Brazilian

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designed and built locally by Companhia Brasileira de Tratores for several kinds of sensing roles.Taylor 1986, p. 810

Design and development

The BQM-1 BR was the first remotely controlled vehicle built in Brazil by the Companhia Brasileira de Tratores (CBT) in partnership with the

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. It was developed for military and civilian use, with versions for

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, and crop-dusting. The

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had 3° dihedral. 4° of incidence, and were swept 33° over most of the

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, increasing to 55" the

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. Conventional semi-monocoque fuselage, circular root cross-section. Fixed incidence caudal plane

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, with 5°.dihedral and 30° leading edge sweep. It used a turbojet engine produced nationally by CBT, mounted in a

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on top of the rear fuselage at the base of the

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. A first batch of 20 units of this model were planned by the

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. However, due to economic and political factors in Brazil, the project was abandoned.

Specifications

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References

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External links

Lexicar BrasilCTA website
Aircraft first flown in 1983 Abandoned military aircraft projects of Brazil Unmanned aerial vehicles of Brazil Unmanned military aircraft of Brazil 1980s Brazilian experimental aircraft 1980s Brazilian military aircraft