Flight No.: 3-23-39 Scheduled Date: October 9, 1963
Pilot: Major R. Rushworth
Purpose: Heat Transfer experiment with the sharp upper vertical fin and damper off controllability.
Launch: Hidden Hills on a magnetic heading of 212°, MH-96 Adaptive, R.C. "OFF," BCS "OFF," heading vernier to "Standby," ventral off.
Launch point coordinates:
36° 20' N, 115° 59' W.
No. | Time | Alt | V | a | q | Event |
1. | 0 | 45 | 790 | 2 | 145 | Launch, light engine, increase to 100%T. Rotate at 10° a until q = 20°. |
2. | 20 | 47 | 1700 | 10 | 600 | q = 20° - Maintain q = 20°. |
3. | 37 | 56 | 2450 | 4 | 820 | Pushover to 0 "g." |
4. | 58 | 67 | 3800 | 0 | 1150 | Reduce to minimum thrust (40%). Modulate speed brakes (» 35°) to maintain slow longitudinal acceleration. |
5. | 70 | 68 | 3900 | 0 | 1200 | Increase a to maintain H = 68,000 ft. |
6. | 115 | 68 | 4050 | 3 | 1250 | Burnout. Maintain H-dot » 0 until V = 3500 ft/sec. |
7. | 127 | 68 | 3500 | 4 | 980 | Turn Yaw and Roll dampers off, increase a to » 10°. Control roll proportional to roll rate. |
8. | 135 | 73 | 2800 | 10 | 480 | Pushover to » 2° a, retract speed brakes. |
9. | 165 | 79 | 2450 | 2 | 280 | Peak altitude. Vector to high key, continue control task. |
10. | 190 | 75 | 2200 | 7 | 250 | Cuddeback - Engage Roll and Yaw dampers, speed brakes as required. Engine Master "OFF." |
11. | High Key. Check flap and "Squat" circuit breakers in. | |||||
12. | Before APU shutdown, cycle flaps, set stabilizer trim to zero, data "Off." |
Notes:
2. Emergency lakes: Cuddeback.
3. Flight duration: Approximately 9 minutes.
4. Flight plan based on 59,200lb thrust engine.
Minimum thrust = 28,000lb.
Total burn time at 100% = 86 sec.
Launch Wt. = 33,000lb
Burnout Wt. = 15,000lb
2. FCS malfunctions as indicated on Analyzer check list.
3. Malfunction of ball nose.
4. Malfunction of inertial platform attitudes.
5. APU gear box
malfunction.
Failure | Action | ||
1. | Radio or Radar | Proceed as planned. | |
2. | Total Pitch/Roll Damper | Turn Yaw OFF, maintain a > 0. Proceed as planned. | |
3. | Total
Yaw Damper
Fixed Gain in any axis |
Proceed as planned. | |
4. | Attitude | Proceed as planned except use 4° a in place of 20° q at 20 seconds. | |
5. | Ball Nose | Heading vernier to "·y," proceed, use 1.8 g for rotation. Do not disengage dampers. | |
6. | Delayed engine light | Pushover to 0 g at H = 52,000 ft. |
7. For inadvertent engine shutdown:
0 - 46 sec Hidden Hills
46 - 53 sec Cuddeback (3000 fps)
53 - Up sec Edwards (3400 fps)