Editing Alliant RQ-6 Outrider

{{Infobox aircraft
 |name = RQ-6 Outrider
 |image = Alliant RQ-6A Outrider (8-22-2022).jpg
 |image_caption = Alliant RQ-6A Outrider at the [[United States Army Aviation Museum]]
 |aircraft_type = Remote controlled UAV
 |manufacturer = [[Alliant Techsystems]]
 |designer = <!--only appropriate for single designers, not project leaders-->
 |first_flight = 
 |introduction = <!--date the aircraft entered or will enter military or revenue service-->
 |retired = 1999
 |status = Canceled
 |primary_user = [[United States Marine Corps]]
 |more_users = [[United States Army]], [[United States Navy]]
 |produced = 1996–1999
 |number_built = 
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The '''Alliant RQ-6 Outrider''' [[unmanned aerial vehicle]] (UAV) was designed to provide near-real-time [[Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance|reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition]] information to [[United States Marine Corps]] air/ground task forces, [[United States Army]] brigades, and deployed [[United States Navy]] units that was small enough for an entire system to be contained on two [[Humvee]]s and trailer and transported on a single [[C-130 Hercules]] cargo aircraft.

The project began in 1996 and was canceled in 1999.

The "R" is the Department of Defense designation for reconnaissance; "Q" means unmanned aircraft system. The "6" refers to its being the sixth of a series of purpose-built unmanned aircraft systems.

==Specifications==

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|ref=GlobalSecurity.org,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/outrider.htm |title=Outrider Tactical UAV |date=2005-04-26 |work=GlobalSecurity.org}}</ref> UAV Annual Report FY 1996<ref>{{cite web |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA321302.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002091325/http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA321302&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf |url-status=live |archive-date=October 2, 2012 |title=UAV Annual Report FY 1996 |date=6 November 1996 |publisher=Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office |page=31 (p. 39 in PDF) }}</ref>
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|capacity={{cvt|60|lb|0}} payload
|length ft=9
|length in=10.8
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|span ft=11
|span in=1.2
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|height ft=5
|height in=1
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|empty weight lb=300
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=[[McCulloch 4318F]]
|eng1 type=4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine
|eng1 hp=50
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|prop blade number=2
|prop name=fixed-pitch pusher propeller
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|max speed kts=110
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|cruise speed kts=90
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|stall speed kts=34
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|endurance=4.9 hours loitering at {{cvt|108|nmi|mi km|0}} 7.2 hours loitering at {{cvt|27|nmi|mi km|0}}
|ceiling ft=15000
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|climb rate ftmin=1600
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* '''Operating altitude:''' {{cvt|5000|ft|0}}
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==See also==
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|see also=
*[[Unmanned aerial vehicle|Unmanned Aerial Vehicle]]
*[[Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle]]
|related=
|similar aircraft=
|lists=
*[[List of active United States military aircraft]]
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app2/q-6.html RQ-6 listing in Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles]

{{Q-UAVs}}

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