Flight No.: 3-31-51 Scheduled Date: July 23, 1964
Pilot: Capt. Joe Engle
Purpose: Heat Transfer experiment with surface distortion panels, Local Flow experiment, and ablation tests.
Launch: Hidden Hills on a magnetic heading of 230°, MH-96 Adaptive, R.C. "OFF," BCS "OFF," heading vernier to "Standby," ventral off.
Launch point coordinates:
35° 55' N, 115° 09' 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. | 18 | 47 | 1500 | 10 | 450 | q = 20° - Maintain q = 20°. |
3. | 42 | 59 | 2700 | 4 | 870 | Pushover to 0 "g." |
4. | 71 | 76 | 4700 | 0 | 1150 | Reduce to minimum thrust. |
5. | 73 | 77 | 4800 | 0 | 1170 | Modulate speed brakes (»35°) to maintain slow longitudinal acceleration. Increase a to maintain H = 78,000 ft. |
6. | 90 | 78 | 5050 | 3 | 1200 | Burnout. Maintain H = 78,000 ft. |
7. | 93 | 78 | 4800 | 3 | 1100 | Roll to » 70° left bank, increase a to 10°, maintain H-dot » 0. (g » 3.0) |
8. | 113 | 78 | 3800 | 10 | 700 | Pushover to a » 4°, roll to » 60° right bank, increase a to 10°. Turn to high key heading of » 225°. |
9. | 134 | 78 | 3200 | 10 | 500 | Pushover to a » 4°, roll level, retract speed brakes, descend at » 400 fps. |
10. | 185 | 65 | 2600 | 4 | 610 | Abeam Cuddeback, vector to high key, 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 59,900lb thrust engine.
(Minimum thrust = 31,800lb)
Total burn time at 100% = 82 sec.
Launch Wt. = 33,750lb
Burnout Wt. = 15,500lb
2. FCS malfunctions as indicated on Analyzer check list.
3. Malfunction of Ball Nose.
4. Malfunction of inertial platform.
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. Shutdown at 4500 fps, vector to high key. | |
3. | Total
Yaw Damper
Fixed Gain in any axis |
Proceed as planned. | |
4. | Attitude | Proceed as planned except use 4.5° a in place of 20° q at 18 seconds. Do not perform roll maneuvers. | |
5. | Ball Nose | Heading vernier to ·y, proceed, use 1.6 g for rotation. After burnout, vector to high key. | |
6. | Delayed engine light | Pushover to 0 g at H = 57,000 ft. |
7. Inadvertent engine shutdown:
0 - 47 sec Hidden Hills
47 - 52 sec Cuddeback (3000 fps)
52 - Up sec Edwards (3400 fps)