Flight No.: 2-42-74 Scheduled Date : August 31, 1965
Pilot: John B. McKay
Purpose : To obtain data for the following programs:
2. Star Tracker - (Lovic Thomas)
3. Advanced X-15 landing dynamics - (Jim McKay)
3. Pilot altitude
buildup
Launch: Delamar, SAS Hi-Lo-Hi (8-4-8). ASAS Armed, heading vernier "Standby," both BCS "ON," RAS "OFF," ventral off.
Launch point coordinates: 37° 18' N; 114° 36' W.
Launch heading 214° magnetic.
Star Tracker vernier to: Y = 214°
q = 89.8°
f
= 99.0°
No. | Time | Alt | V | a | q | Event |
1. | 0 | 45 | 790 | 0 | 145 | Launch, light engine, increase to 100%T. Rotate at a » 11° a until q = 36°. |
2. | 31 | 47 | 1850 | 11 | 650 | q = 36°. Maintain q = 36°. |
3. | 82 | 132 | 5000 | 7 | 100 | Shutdown, hold a = 7°, RAS "ON." |
4. | 105 | 180 | 4600 | 7 | 10 | Pushover to a = 0°. |
5. | 119 | 200 | 4400 | 0 | - | Extend speed brakes to 20°. |
6. | 138 | 220 | 4300 | 0 | - | Establish null attitudes using Star Tracker indicator attitudes. |
7. | 158 | 228 | 4250 | - | - | Peak altitude. |
8. | 201 | 200 | 4450 | - | - | Terminate Star Tracker experiment. Increase a to 19° (dh = -25°) for reentry. |
9. | 269 | 75 | 4000 | 18 | 850 | H-dot = -400 fps, pushover to a » 3°. Extend speed brakes to 35°. Maintain H-dot » -300 fps. |
10. | 310 | 60 | 3000 | 3 | 900 | Cuddeback, vector to high key. Speed brakes as required. |
11. | High Key - check flap and "squat" circuit breakers in. | |||||
12. | Before APU shutdown, cycle flaps, set stabilizer trim to zero, data off. Star Tracker to "cage," then "STANDBY." |
Notes:
2. Emergency Lakes: Hidden Hills and Cuddeback.
3. Flight duration: Approximately 10 min.
4. Flight plan based on 59,750# thrust - engine #104
Total burn time at 100% = 83 sec.
Launch weight = 34,650#, burnout weight = 16,450#
Ground Jettison Check
2. Malfunction of any SAS channel.
3. Malfunction of inertial platform.
4. Malfunction of ball nose.
5. Malfunction of BCS.
Failure Action
1. | Radio or Radar | Proceed as planned. | |
0 - 43 sec. | |||
2. (a) | Total damper any axis or drop to ASAS | (a) | Maintain a = 11° to 32 sec., pushover to a = 5° at 32 sec., pushover to a = 2° at 43 sec., extend speed brakes to 35°. Shutdown at 5150 fps and retract speed brakes to 20° after shutdown. |
(b) | Attitude | (b) | Same as 2a. |
(c) | Ball Nose | (c) | Maintain q = 32° until 43 sec., use 0.1 g instead of 2° a for pushover. |
43 sec. to S.D. | |||
3. (a) | Total damper any axis or drop to ASAS | (a) | Pushover to a = 2°, extend speed brakes to 35°, shutdown at 5150 fps, reenter at 20° a and 20° speed brakes. |
(b) | Attitude | (b) | Same as 3 (a). |
(c) | Ball Nose | (c) | Same as 3 (a), use 0.1 g to shutdown and q = 0° for reentry. |
After S.D. | |||
4. (a) | (a) | For any failure after shutdown proceed as planned. Use q = 0° for reentry in the event of a ball nose failure. | |
5. | Delayed engine light | Proceed as planned. |
8. Inadvertent engine shutdown
0 - 47 sec Delamar
47 - 66 sec Hidden Hills (2700 fps)
66 - 70 sec Cuddeback (3900 fps)
70 - Up sec Edwards
(4200 fps)