— Project 5.5 - In-Flight Participation of F-84F Aircraft Capt R. F, Mitchell OBJECT IVE The objective of this project is to determine the response of the F-84F weapon system when exposed during flight to the effects of a nuclear detonation, INSTRUMENTATION Waiter - Instrumentation of primary concern consisted of 37 thermocouples located in the right flap, right aileron, right wing, right stabilizer and the engine inlet and outlet. Correlative instrumentation consisted of time zero fiducial signal, radiometer, and calorimeters located at sta. 80, bottomside of the fuselage, Barley - The instrumentation consisted of strain gage bridges located at Sta 90 and 150 on left and right wing; Sta 365 on the fuselage; Flt. Sta 12 and 35.5 on the left and right stabilizer and W.L. 20 and 53 on the fin. The forementioned strain gage bridges yielded bending moment information. Structural responses were related to energy inputs with overpressure transducers located on a nose boom and in the sides of the fuselage, A total of 100 channels of in- formation were capable of being recorded, AIRCRAFT POSITION IN SPACE Waiter - Aborted the mission Barley - The research vehicle F-84F was at 28,000 feet absolute altitude on an inbound course of 057° to the sout AZ, The primary consideration was to have the aircraft interce the shock wave. ~ perpendicularly by ¥ :