PROGRESS REPORT NO. 5
i March 1958 - 31 March 1958
Subcontract Ne, 10S, Apnondixes B, C, and B
This informal monthly pregress report is the fifth of a series submitted
in partial fulf3liment of Subcontract No. 108,
The information is regarded
as preliminary and subject to further verification and analysis.
Toe two remote contre? firing panels, 3 master control boxes, 5 Launcher
control boxes, and 27 sets of ASP fins were shipped to PPG during March,
Second~stage hardware, the remaining ccuplings end breekaways, and 20 sets
of ASP fins will be completed and shipped before 21 May 1953.
Twenty-four
No, 427 motors vill be shipped by 23 April, and the remaining 16 by 2) Mar.
Deliveries to PPG will be complete by 21 May,
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Electronics
All electronic comoonents which remain to be shipped are in production and
are on schedule.
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Wind Tunnel Tests
The operational characteristics of 4 filter-diffuser assembly using UCRL's
new, reinforced filter were tested in the wind tunnel at Ames Acronautical
Laboratory, Moffett Field, California, on 13 March 1958,
Visual observations
indicate that the results will be quite similar to the results obtained in
the test conducted on 30 January.
The data are expected to arrive from Ames
by 8 April, and analysis will be begun at that time.
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Field Tests
A tuo-stage vehicle, using a No. 427 Rocket Motor as a second stage, was
fired at White Sands Proving Grounds on 19 March.
The rocket was fired at