Flight No.: 3-28-45 Scheduled Date: March 31, 1964
Pilot: John B. McKay
Purpose: Heat Transfer and skin friction experiments with the sharp upper vertical fin and boundary layer noise experiment.
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. | 17 | 46 | 1500 | 10 | 495 | q = 20° - Maintain q = 20°. |
3. | 34 | 54 | 2350 | 4 | 850 | Pushover to 0 "g." (H-dot = 600 fps) |
4. | 51 | 63 | 3400 | 0 | 1130 | Reduce to minimum thrust (» 40%). |
5. | 57 | 65 | 3600 | 0 | 1140 | Modulate speed brakes to maintain slow longitudinal acceleration. |
6. | 65 | 67 | 3750 | 0 | 1150 | Increase a to maintain H-dot » 50 ft/sec. |
7. | 110 | 69 | 4070 | 3 | 1200 | Burnout. Retract speed brakes, pushover to 0 a, descend at » 200 ft/sec. |
8. | 122 | 69 | 3650 | 0 | 1000 | q = 1000 psf - maintain q » 1000 psf until H = 65,000 ft. |
9. | 142 | 65 | 3300 | 3 | 1000 | Increase a to maintain H » 65,000 ft to Cuddeback. Roll Hold off. Switch to fixed gain in Yaw, Roll, and Pitch at pilot's discretion, perform control inputs in all three axes. |
10. | 195 | 65 | 2200 | 5 | 440 | Cuddeback, switch to adaptive in Pitch, Roll, and Yaw - 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." |
Notes:
2. Emergency lakes: Cuddeback.
3. Flight duration: Approximately 9 minutes.
4. Flight plan based on 59,200lb thrust engine.
Minimum thrust = 30,500lb.
Total burn time at 100% = 82 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. Do not use hold modes. | |
3. | Total
Yaw Damper
Fixed Gain in any axis |
Proceed as planned. Do not use hold modes. | |
4. | Attitude | Proceed as planned except use 4.5° a in place of 20° q at 17 seconds. Do not use f hold. | |
5. | Ball Nose | Heading vernier to "·y," proceed, use 1.8g for rotation. Do not use a hold. | |
6. | Delayed engine light | Pushover to 0 g at H = 52,000 ft. (H-dot = 700 fps). |
7. Inadvertent engine shutdown:
0 - 46 sec Hidden Hills
46 - 51 sec Cuddeback (3000 fps)
51 - Up sec Edwards (3400 fps)