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Profect ST3-- In-Flight Particinition of a 8-663 Aircraft - RW, Bachman
The priuary cbjective of this test was to measure the puist effects
of a low yield nuclear weapon cn a B-66B aircraft in flight.
40MNTATION
Instrumentation for the B-66 consist of the following:
57 strain
13g23 at 4 stations and 26 TC. at 6 stations on L.H. wing, 16 strain gages
at 1 station on the R.Y. wing, 22 strain gages at 3 stations and 18 T.C. at
4 stations on the .H. horizontal stabilizer, 17 strain gages at 2 stations
“nd 27,0, at 1 station R.H. horizontal stabilizer, 15 T.C. at 3 station
on the L,Y, elevator and 2 T,C, at 1 station on R.H. elevator, 26 ghannels
ine information, 16 calorincters and 2 valioneters on tail andl
vameras recording wing and tail deflections,
S ACR4FTPOSITION IN SPACE
The ship's aircraft electricsl system failed giving the crew none
of its normal flight instruments just prior to the mun into the target at
The crew found
that they could not maintain a gosd position and
zlititude on sseszency instrvasnits alone and made an early abort placing
them considerably beyond a test condition,
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As a result of the abort, the aircraft received no data,