The X-26 Frigate is the longest-lived of the X-plane programs. The program included the X-26A Frigate sailplane and the motorized X-26B Quiet Thruster versions: QT-2, QT-2PC, and QT-2PCII. All were based on the Schweizer SGS 2-32 sailplane.
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| - The X-26 Frigate is the longest-lived of the X-plane programs. The program included the X-26A Frigate sailplane and the motorized X-26B Quiet Thruster versions: QT-2, QT-2PC, and QT-2PCII. All were based on the Schweizer SGS 2-32 sailplane.
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| Status
| - #1: Unknown. #2 Operational as a glider at Mile High Glider
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| - *Rate of sink: 0.6 m/s
- *Flight endurance: Planned = 4+ hours; demonstrated = 6.7+ hours
*Quiet cruise speed: 70 - 80 mph
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| Introduced
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| primary user
| - Tri-Service
- U.S. Navy Test Pilot School
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| Type
| - Experimental Covert Reconnaissance Aircraft
- Research and training aircraft
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| type of prop
| - horizontally opposed 4-cylinder air-cooled engine
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| Developed From
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| First Flight
| - QT-2: July, 1967, QT-2PC: Dec, 1967
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| plane or copter?
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| variants with their own articles
| - QT-2, QT-2PC and X-26B
- QT-2, QT-2PC, X-26B
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| Retired
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| Crew
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| Number Built
| - 2(xsd:integer)
- 7(xsd:integer)
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| - Wing aspect ratio: 18
- Propeller: Ole Fahlin four-blade, 8 inch chord, fixed-pitch 100 inch diameter
*Wing aspect ratio: 18
*Fuel Capacity: 20 gallons
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| - The X-26 Frigate is the longest-lived of the X-plane programs. The program included the X-26A Frigate sailplane and the motorized X-26B Quiet Thruster versions: QT-2, QT-2PC, and QT-2PCII. All were based on the Schweizer SGS 2-32 sailplane.
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