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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 to measure the gust, thermal,
overpressure and high Q field effects of a high yield megaton nuclear
weapon on a B-66B aircraft in low altitude flight,
INSTRUMENTATION
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Instrumentation on the B-66B forQEAsche) 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 6 thermocouples at ,
2 stations on the R.H. wing; 25 strain gages at 4 stations and 12 thermocouples at 2 stations on the L.H. horizontal stabilizer; 9 strain gages
at 1 station and 2 thermocouples at 1 station on the R.H, horizontal stabilizer; 3 strain gages at 1 station and 9 thermocouples at 3 stations on
the L.H. elevator; 2 strain gages at 1 station and 6 thermocouples at
1 station on the R,H, elevator; 5€ thermocouples at 11 stations on the
fuselage; 17 accelerometers on the fuselage, empenage, and nacelle; 13
calorimeters and 1 radiometer together with 6 cameras in the tail; 5
calorimeters and 1 radiometer together with € cameras in the fuselage
belly; wing and tail deflection cameras; 32 basic flight instruments on
a photo recorder panel; and 8 correlation channels,
AIRCRAFT POSITION IN SPACE
Using the K-5 Radar system, the B-66B was positioned at an altitude
of 8,000 feet, on a heading of O80 degrees, and a horizontal range of
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