First Hover Flight for Boeing Dragonfly
Credit: MIKE GOETTINGS
Boeing's X-50A Dragonfly canard rotor-wing demonstrator made its first hover flight Dec. 3 at the U.S. Army Proving Ground in Yuma, Ariz. The unmanned vehicle, developed by the company's Phantom Works, lifted off vertically, rose to an altitude of 12 ft., hovered and landed vertically for a total...
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