Flight No.: 3-37-60
Scheduled Date: November 18, 1964
Pilot: Milton O.
Thompson
Purpose: To obtain data for the following programs:
1. Non-uniform, 3-dimensional Flow Field Measurements
- (Bob Quinn & Murray Palitz)
2. Skin Friction - (Darwin Garringer)
3. Ablative Tests - (Joe Watts)
4. Boundary layer noise - (Tom Lewis)
5. Landing Gear Door Modification Checkout - (Dick Rosecrans)
Instrumentation Engineer: Febo Bartoli
Launch: Hidden Hills on a magnetic heading of 235°, MH-96 Adaptive, R.C. "OFF," BCS "OFF," heading vernier to "Standby," ventral off.
Launch point coordinates:
35° 55' N, 115° 39' 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 | 46 | 1550 | 10 | 620 | q = 20° - Maintain q = 20°. |
3. | 46 | 62 | 2850 | 4 | 850 | Pushover to 0 "g." |
4. | 68 | 78 | 4400 | 0 | 910 | Reduce to minimum thrust. |
5. | 78 | 80 | 4700 | 0 | 950 | Increase a to 3°, modulate speed brakes (» 35°) to maintain » 0.6g longitudinal acceleration. |
6. | 92 | 82.5 | 5050 | 3 | 950 | Increase a to 6°. |
7. | 104 | 84 | 5200 | 6 | 950 | Burnout, pushover to a = 0°, (shutdown at 5400 fps if burnout has not occurred). |
8. | 110 | 85 | 5000 | 0 | 820 | Roll to 90° left bank, maintain a = 0°. |
9. | 117 | 85 | 4800 | 0 | 750 | Increase a to 10° (g » 2.5). |
10. | 128 | 82 | 4400 | 10 | 750 | H dot = -600 fps, decrease f to » 60° to maintain H dot = -600 fps. Maintain a = 10°. |
11. | 140 | 75 | 3800 | 10 | 800 | Roll level, decrease a to maintain H dot = -600 fps. |
12. | 165 | 63 | 3000 | 3 | 900 | Cuddeback, vector to High Key, speed brakes as required. Engine Master "OFF." |
13. | High Key - check flap and "Squat" circuit breakers in. Exp. Switch "OFF." | |||||
14. | Before APU shutdown, cycle flaps, set stabilizer trim to zero, data "Off." |
Notes:
2. Emergency lakes: Cuddeback.
3. Flight duration: Approximately 8 minutes.
4. Flight plan based on 58,800lb thrust - Engine #106.
Minimum thrust = 29,000lb
Total burn time at 100% = 86 sec.
Launch Wt. = 33,750lb
Burnout Wt. = 15,550lb
2. FCS malfunctions as indicated on Analyzer check list.
3. Malfunction of Ball Nose.
4. Malfunction of
inertial platform.
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 20 seconds. Perform roll maneuver at pilot's discretion. | |
5. | Ball Nose | Heading vernier to ·y, proceed, use 1.6 g for rotation. Perform roll maneuver at pilot's discretion. | |
6. | Delayed engine light | Pushover to 0 "g" at H = 60,000 ft. |
7. Inadvertent engine shutdown:
0 - 47 sec Hidden Hills
47 - 53 sec Cuddeback (2900 fps)
53 - Up sec Edwards (3300 fps)