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Tango01  | 09 Apr 2013 3:45 p.m. PST |
"One of the biggest drones ever built will not kill you. In fact, the manufacturers of the Phantom Eye are thinking about the massive, hydrogen-powered flying robot as a communications relay station. The Phantom Eye is a beast: wingspans of 150 feet; a gross takeoff weight of 10,000 pounds; room for up to a 450 pound payload; two four-cylinder engines each providing about 150 horsepower. It runs on liquid hydrogen, not only making it greener than the rest of the U.S. military's drone fleet, but, Boeing believes, three times more energy-efficient. Most drones are lucky if they can stay aloft for a day at a stretch. The Phantom Eye aims to stay in the air for up to five days, and about three times higher — at 60,000 feet. Nearly three years after Boeing unveiled it, the Phantom Eye hasn't exactly gone according to plan. Its first test flight, last June from California's Edwards Air Force Base, led to a broken nose landing gear, something Boeing's Keith Monteith says helped keep the drone out of the public eye. The Missile Defense Agency last year tried and failed to arm the Phantom Eye with a huge laser cannon. Its second fight test, also from Edwards, reached altitudes only as high as 8,000 feet, and lasted only an hour and six minutes
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