Boeing X-50 - experimental jet UAV.
X-50 Dragonfly | |
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Type of | Test Pilotless Rotary Flying |
Manufacturer | Boeing |
First flight | November 24, 2003 |
Operators | Darpa |
Units produced | 2 |
It was developed by the efforts of the Boeing unmanned vehicles division at the request of the DARPA agency, with payment for each half of the development costs. In 2003 he made a successful test flight. Designed for research. After a series of accidents that led to the crash of experienced prototypes, DARPA stopped funding the program.
LTH
- Length: 5.39 m
- Wing Span: 2.71 m
- Main rotor diameter: 3.66 m
- Height: 1.98 m
- Empty weight: 574 kg
- Full weight: 645 kg