The Marquardt MA-74 was a ramjet engine built by the Marquardt Corporation for use in supersonic target drones in the 1960s.
History The MA-74 was developed by Marquardt for use as a powerplant for high-speed target drones;Haggerty 1966, p. 480. its primary use was in the North American Redhead and Roadrunner.Parsch 2007 A nacelle-type ramjet, it used a normal shock inlet, and was designed to be mounted on top of the aircraft; fuel was ordinary JP-4.
Variants and applications MA-74-ZAB North American MQM-42
Specifications (XPJ40-MD-2)
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