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Project 5.3 - In-Flight Participation of a B-66B Afiroraft - 8, W. Bachman
QBILCTIVE
The primary objective of this test vas to measure the gust, thermal,
overpressure and high Q field effects of « high yield megaton nuclear
weapon on a B-66B aircraft in low altitude flight,
TESTRIMERTATION
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Instrumentation on the B-66B togME sone) consisted o” the
following:
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67 atrein gages at 5 stations ani 2€ thermocouples at 7 stations
on the L.H, wing; 16 strain gages at 1 station and 6 thermocouples at
2 otations on the R.H. wing; 25 strain gages at 4 stations and 12 thermocouples at 2 stations on the L.H. borisontal stabiliser; 9 strain gages
at 1 station and 2 thermocouples at 1 station om the R.H. horisontal stab-
iliser; 3 strain gages at 1 station and 9 thermoecuples at 7 stations an
the L.H, elevator; 2 strain gages at 1 station and 6 thermocouples at
1 etation on the R.A. elevator; 5€ thermocouples st 11 stations on the
fuselage; 17 scosleropeters op 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 & correlation channels.
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SPACE
Using the X-5 Radar systex, the B-662 vas positioned et an altituie
of 8,000 feet, om a heading of O60 degrees, and a borisontal range of
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