(MOHAWK )
yy
Project 5,3 - In-Flight Participation of a B-66B ~ R. W. Bachman
OBJECTIVE
The primary objective of th
est was to measure the gust and high
Q field effects
on a B-66B aircraft in
low altitude flight.
INSTRUMENTATION
Instrumentation on the B-66B for this shot consisted of the following:
67 strain gages at 5 stations and 26 T,C, at 7 stations on the L.H. wing;
16 strain gages at 1 station and 6 T.C. at 2 stations on the R.H. wing;
25 strain gages at 4 stations and 12 T.C, at 2 stations on the L.H. horizontal stabilizer; 9 strain gares at 1 station and 2 T.C. at 1 station on
the R.H, horizontal stabilizer; 3 strain gages at 1 station and 9 T.C. at
3 stations on the L.H, elevator; 2 strain gages at 1 station and 6 T.C.
at 1 station on the R.H. elevator; 24 T.C. at 9 stations on the fuselage;
26 channels of engine information; 3 pressure pickups on the wing; 3 pressure
pickups on the empennage; and 9 pressure pickups on the fuselage; 17 accelerometers on the fuselage, empennage and nacelle; 16 calorimeters and 2 radio-=
meters in the tail; 3 calorimeters in the fuselage belly; wing and tail
deflection cameras; 32 basic aircraft flight instruments on a photo recorder
panel; and & channels of correlation data.
ATRCRAFT POSITION IN SPACE
Using the K-5 radar system, the B-66B was positioned at an altitude
of 6,000 feet, on a heading of 050 derrees, and a horizontal range of
12,700 feet at time zero,
At time of shock arrival, the horizontal range
was 28,400 feet, with the aircraft on the same heading and at the same
altitude as before,
er
|Qut
oreo!
-
*
36-
é
2