Flight No.: 1-48-75 Scheduled Date : May 12, 1964
Pilot: Capt. Joe Engle
Purpose of Flight: Phase II Optical Degradation Experiment, and Altitude Buildup.
Launch: Delamar Lake #1 on magnetic heading 214°, SAS Hi-Lo-Hi (8-4-8), ASAS "ARMED", both BCS "ON", RAS "OFF," Auto Cutoff "OFF," heading vernier to "Standby," Ventral OFF.
Launch Point Coordinates:
37° 18' N, 114° 36' W
No. | Time | Alt | Vel | a | q | Event |
1. | 0 | 45 | 790 | 2 | 145 | Launch, light engine, increase to 100% T. Rotate at 11° a (» 2g) until q = 30°. |
2. | 22 | 48 | 1650 | 11 | 545 | q = 30°. Maintain q = 30°. |
3. | 81 | 123 | 5200 | 6 | 150 | Shutdown. Check b = 0. Switch heading vernier to "STANDBY." Maintain a» 5°. |
4. | 112 | 176 | 4860 | 5 | 16 | Nellis - (Manual E). |
5. | 133 | 190 | 4780 | 5 | 10 | Pushover to a = 0°. (q» +5°). |
6. | 156 | 200 | 4700 | 0 | 7 | Peak altitude. Maintain q» 0 to 20° a. |
7. | 159 | 199 | 4720 | 0 | 7 | Pahrump (Manual F) - Maintain q and f within ±8°. Extend speed brakes to 20°. |
8. | 203 | 162 | 4950 | 20 | 28 | a = 20° - Maintain a = 20° until Hdot » -800 fps. Heading vernier to "Standby." |
9. | 250 | 89 | 4200 | 20 | 490 | Hdot » -800 fps, pushover to maintain Hdot » -600 fps, extend speed brakes to 35°. (Max reentry g = 4.0, Qbar » 500 psf.) |
10. | 264 | 80 | 3900 | 3 | 660 | Pilot Knob - Maintain q and f within ±8°. (Manual B). |
11 | 294 | 64 | 3100 | 3 | 890 | Cuddeback - Maintain q and f within ±8°. (Manual "B"). Vector to High Key, speed brakes as required. Engine Master Off. |
12. | High key - Check flap and "Squat" circuit breakers in. | |||||
13. | Before APU shutdown, cycle flaps, set stabilizer trim to zero, data off. |
NOTES:
2. Emergency Lakes: Hidden Hills, Cuddeback.
3. Flight Duration: Approximately 10 minutes.
4. Flight plan based on 58,500# thrust engine.
(minimum thrust = 35,000#) - Engine #109
Total burn time at 100% = 86 sec.
Launch wt. = 33,500#, Burnout wt. = 15,300#.
5. Manual V/H settings:
A = .053 D = .031
B = .049 E = .027
C = .045 F = .023
2. Malfunction of any SAS channel.
3. Malfunction of inertial platform.
4. Total Ball Nose failure.
5. APU gearbox pressurization malfunction.
6. "Test" malfunction.
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1. | Radio or Radar | Proceed as planned. | ||
2. | Total
Pitch Damper
Total Roll Damper (Turn Yaw Damper OFF) Total Yaw Damper Failure to ASAS |
(a) | 0
- 40 sec.
Pushover to 2° a at 40 sec., reduce to min. T at 50 sec., extend speed brakes to 20° at 60 sec. and shut down at 5000 fps. Retract speed brakes after shutdown. (Hmax » 110K). |
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(b) | 40
sec. - S.D.
Pushover to 2° a, reduce to min. T, and extend S.B. to 20° when failure occurs; shutdown at 5000 fps, RAS "ON." Reenter at 15° a. |
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(c) | After
S.D.
Proceed as planned, reenter at 15° a. |
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3. | Attitude | (a) | 0
- 40 sec.
Use 5° a at 22 sec. instead of 30° q, then proceed with 2 (a). |
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(b) | 40
sec. - S.D.
Same as 2 (b) |
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(c) | After
S.D.
Proceed as planned. |
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4. | Ball Nose | (a) | 0
- 40 sec.
Same as 2 (a) except use » .1 g instead of 2° a. Heading vernier to ·y. |
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(b) | 40
sec. - S.D.
Same as 2 (b), except use » .1 g instead of 2° a. Use q = -5° for reentry. Heading vernier to ·y. |
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(c) | After
S.D.
Use q = -5° for reentry. Heading vernier to ·y. |
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5. | Delayed engine light | Proceed - shut down at 5200 fps. | ||
6. | Inadvertent
engine shutdown:
00 - 47 sec. Delamar Lake 47 - 65 sec. Hidden Hills (2700 fps) 65 - 69 sec. Cuddeback (3900 fps) 69 - Up Edwards (4200 fps) |