-22 août 2026 :
Le Phantom Eye de Boeing
Un drone hors normes
(par Yves P.)
Les drones sont aujourd’hui devenus courants, mais certains épisodes de leur développement restent méconnus. Le Phantom Eye de Boeing est de ceux-là...
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Développé avec le soutien de la NASA, le Phantom Eye était un drone de surveillance à haute altitude propulsé par deux moteurs modifiés pour fonctionner à l’hydrogène. Le programme prévoyait des vols à environ 40 000 pieds pendant plusieurs jours, avec une autonomie théorique pouvant atteindre quatre jours.
Le prototype construit à 70 % de l’échelle prévue affichait déjà une impressionnante envergure de 46 mètres ! Dans les faits, ses performances restèrent plus modestes : il ne dépassa pas les 24 000 pieds et son plus long vol, réalisé le 13 septembre 2013, ne dura qu’environ neuf heures.
Particularité de cet appareil, son décollage s’effectuait depuis un chariot, tandis que son train d’atterrissage particulièrement léger et fragile devait être manipulé avec précaution.
C’est ce Phantom Eye que j'ai choisi de reproduire au 1/43 :
Le modèle est ensuite "mis en valeur" dans une mise en scène originale, inspirée des photos ci-dessous : l’appareil est représenté démonté, prêt pour son dernier voyage vers le musée où il semble avoir désormais toute sa place.
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Les deux premiers véhicules et leurs remorques sont facilement identifiables. Pour le troisième, en revanche, l’identification s’avère plus délicate. J'ai donc choisi de charger sur ce camion les deux ensembles manquants (ailes et moteurs) normalement démontés pour le transport. Une solution qui n’est peut-être pas totalement réaliste, mais qui permet de représenter facilement le drone une fois remonté.
Pour réaliser cet ensemble, j'ai utilisé deux Chevrolet Silverado et un Freightliner NewRay, légèrement aménagés.
Environ 100 g de balsa, quelques matériaux de récupération et beaucoup d’ingéniosité ont suffi pour donner vie à cette évocation originale du Phantom Eye...
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