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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

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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

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