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Project 5,3 — In-Flight Participation of a B-66B Aircraft - R, W, Bachman
OBJECTIVE
The primary objective of this test was measure the gust, ‘thermal, over~
pressure and high Q field effects of a high yield kiloton, nuclear weapon on &
B-66B aircraft.
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INSTRUMENTATION
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Instrumentation on the B-66B XE
“CSURON) consisted of the following: 67
strain gages at 5 stations and 26 thermocouples at 7 stations on the L.H. wing;
16 strain gages at 1 station and & thermocouples at 2 stations on the R.H. wing;
25 strain gages at 4 stations and 12 thermocouples at 2 stations on the®.H.
horizontal stabilizer; 9 strain gages at 1 station and 2 thermocouples at 1 static
on the R.H. horizontal stabilizer; 3 strain gases at 1 station and 9 thermocouples
at 3 stations on the L.H. elevator; 2 strain geges at 1 station and 6 thernocouple
at 1 station on the R.H, elevator.
17 accelerometers on the fuselage, empennage
and nacelle; 13 calorimeters and 1 radianeter together with 6 caneras in the tail,
2 calorimeters and 1 radiometer together with 6 cameras in the fuselage belly;
wing and tail deflection cameras and 32 besic flight i
ents on a photo recor
er panel and 8 correlation channels were used on OMe shot (EURON).
AIRCRAFT POSITION IN SPACE
Using the K-5 Radar system and MSQ, the B-66B was positioned at an altitude
10, 000 feet, on a heading of 040°, and a horizontal range of 8,540 feet at T,.
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To) the horizontal range was 22,440 feet with the aircraft on the sane heading ar
at the same altitude as before,
RESULTS
Thermal:
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Total thermal energy measured was
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