FLIGHT NO: 3-33-54 DATE OF REPORT: September 14, 1964
PILOT: John B. McKay DATE OF FLIGHT: August 26, 1964
CARRIER AIRCRAFT: B-52 #003 LAUNCH LAKE: Hidden Hills
PURPOSE OF FLIGHT: Heat Transfer Experiment with Surface Distortion Panels
Boundary Layer Noise Study, and Local Flow Experiment
I. Discussion of Previous Operations
B. Changed F-4 distortion panel from .050 inch step to .125 inch wave configuration. The .100 inch step in F-32 was replaced by a .100 inch wave.
C. Roll rate was displayed instead of longitudinal acceleration in the cockpit per pilot request.
D. Removed nose gear uplock hook from aircraft and measured the hook. At the tip the hook was found to be deformed .058 inch. A records check revealed this hook was used on flight 3-15-25 when the pilot door opened, which would produce sufficient moment to deform the uplock hook. A new hook was checked and installed.
E. As a result of calculations regarding the landing gear release cable compensation for X-15A-2, the cable tension regulator bracket and bell crank were removed and reworked to insure sufficient capacity. The hot compensation was changed from 1.43 inches to 2.00 inches as a result of this rework.
F. Painted 3 strips of green temperature paint across nose wheel door forward edge.
G. The cockpit normal accelerometer was replaced by a newly calibrated unit.
B. The aircraft was mated for flight on August 25, 1964.
B. No problems were encountered during flight 3-33-54
on August 26, 1964.
Perry V. Row Vincent N. Capasso
X-15 Senior Project Engineer X-15 Project Engineer