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right elevator painted entirely black.
buckling and the paint was blistered.
These surfaces received minor
In some cases, the paint had been
Scorched from the surfacc, leavirg the aluminum skin or undercoat expoccd
in small, dotted arenas.
The heat in the elevator caused failure in approx
imately 30 elevator channels measuring strain.
Two elevator thermocouples
and a convection calcrimcter also failed.
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Cverpressure
a
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Peak overpressure measurcd vs: E ¢ 26.95 seccnds,
pre wecToy
The gust results check very well with predictions for the yield
emperienccd.
Thermal data wes less than predicted and further analysis
will he necessary.
The loss of the elevator instrumentation was
anticipated for the high temperature received.
Instrumentation in other
areas of the aircraft will be recorded in place of the elevator instrue
mentetion.
COPIED/DOE
LANL Re
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