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Project 5.3 - In-Flight Participation of a B-O6B - R. W. Bachnen

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objective of this test was to measure the gust

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nuclear device on a 8-668 airereft in flight.

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Instrmmentation on the B-66B ron200) consisted of the

following: 67 atrein gages at 5 atations and 26 thermocouples at 7
stations on the left hand wing, 16 strain gages at ] station and 6

thermocouples at 2 stations on the right hand wing, 25 strain gages at 4
stations and 12 thermocouples at 2 statians op the left hand borisontal
stabiliser, 9 strain gages et 1 station and 2 thermocouples at 1 station
on the right hand torisontel stabiliser, 3 strain gages et 1 station and 9
thermocouples at 3 stations on the left hand elevator, 2 strein gages at 1
station and 6 thermocouples at 1 station on the right hand elevator, 24
theracecuples at 9 stations on the fuselage, 20 channels of engine
information, 3 pressure pickups on ving, 3 pressure pickups op empenage and

9 pressure pickups on the fuselage, 17 accelercaeters on the fuselage,
empenage snd nacelle, lo oslorizeters acd 2 redioneters in the tail and 3
calorimeters in the fuselage belly, wing and tail deflection cameras, 32
vasic sircraft flight inetruments on a photo recorder pane) and 8

eorrelation obannels.

POS1Ti0N
The K-5 Radar system was used to position the airoreft,

At H - 1130

minutes the navigstor indicated a 5 second late position and the aircraft
was obliged to abort the mission.

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