S Se“ HURON) 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. / INSTRUMENTATION eve 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,. | To) the horizontal range was 22,440 feet with the aircraft on the sane heading ar at the same altitude as before, RESULTS Thermal: COPIED/p Total thermal energy measured was LANL e¢ OF bP ED, hie - Madmm AT nea / -18- é