First Hover Flight Test of X-50A Dragonfly 301
kbielefe writes "On Wednesday, flight testing began on the X-50A dragonfly canard rotor wing unmanned aircraft. For those of you not familiar with the dragonfly, its rotors work like a helicopter for takeoff, hovering, and slow-speed manouvering, and then lock into place like a fixed-wing aircraft for cruising. The X-50A's reaction drive makes it "much lighter, simpler and more affordable to operate and support than traditional rotorcraft." And the technology is scalable to larger, manned vehicles. Truly a revolutionary aircraft, with a multitude of potential military and commercial applications." There are some more photos and artwork.
That was fast (Score:5, Funny)
That sure was fast...
X-50 half helicopter half plane (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Great technology (Score:5, Funny)
Umm.... It's a military project. Maybe it's time we come to grips with the grim fact that military projects sometimes include missles.
TW
Re:Great technology (Score:2, Funny)
Would you rather have them drop Britney Spears CDs on the enemy? ..... Naw... Too Cruel.