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The cbjective of this te % was to determine the delivery capatility of the 2-52 aircraft.
INETRUMENT ATION
Instrumentation of the P-52 for Huron Shot consisted of 304 os~

stllceraph channels which recorgel mcasurements from strain~gage
bridges, atcelcrom:ters, roll and pitch gyros, radiometers, fressure
transducers, calorimeters, thermocouples, and control position transducers.

In addition, 14 cameras recorded photorecorder instruments

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(24 channels), wing ant tail deflecticn, cloud coverage, and fireball
rise end grovth.
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The fellowing chart shows the atrersftts positicn at Ts) and T;?

Altitude
(2t-.ft)

Sonditfens

20,002

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Eealing

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Slant Dis-

tance (ft)

Velocity (fps)

TAS

Ground

550

110

20,800

750

750

20,009 400

110

39,€00

758

758

at Timc Zero

Sonlitions at
Shock Arrival

RTeMITS

28.6 BTU/ft” measured at BS 655 by a 160° field Calorimeter pointed

148°F measured on a 0,025 Aluminum elevator panel at ES 230.

The

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absorptivity of thie panel was 0.54.
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