NASA Reference Publication, Issue 1189National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Scientific and Technical Information Branch., 1987 - Astronautics |
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... ft long , 30 ft wide , and 30 ft high and for most test applications weighed about 106 000 lb. The main features of the carriage were the reaction bucket , the drop carriage , and the nose block . The carriage reaction bucket , which ...
... ft long , 30 ft wide , and 30 ft high and for most test applications weighed about 106 000 lb. The main features of the carriage were the reaction bucket , the drop carriage , and the nose block . The carriage reaction bucket , which ...
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... ft long , and 26 ft high . It has a centrally located open bay , 20 ft wide and 40 ft long , to facilitate testing of large test articles . At the rear of the carriage , a reaction bucket with a 10 - ft opening captures the high ...
... ft long , and 26 ft high . It has a centrally located open bay , 20 ft wide and 40 ft long , to facilitate testing of large test articles . At the rear of the carriage , a reaction bucket with a 10 - ft opening captures the high ...
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... ft . The maximum effective jet propulsion distance is approximately 400 ft ... long and is used to transport the carriages from the calibration building to ... ft from the calibration building at the end of the track . The major ...
... ft . The maximum effective jet propulsion distance is approximately 400 ft ... long and is used to transport the carriages from the calibration building to ... ft from the calibration building at the end of the track . The major ...
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... ft long with a test section 1800 ft long , which allows 5 sec of test time at maxi- mum speed . Test articles can be subjected to vertical loads of up to 65 000 lb or sink rates of 20 ft / sec . This facility significantly increases the ...
... ft long with a test section 1800 ft long , which allows 5 sec of test time at maxi- mum speed . Test articles can be subjected to vertical loads of up to 65 000 lb or sink rates of 20 ft / sec . This facility significantly increases the ...
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acceleration accelerometers actual runway surfaces air storage tanks Aircraft Landing Dynamics aircraft landing gear Arresting gear Command arresting gear system Batterson Braking calibration building carriage arrestment system carriage reaction bucket Command center building Data Acquisition System Drag-load beam drop carriage Dynamics Facility ALDF dynamometer energy absorbers ft long ft/sec g units gear Command center high-pressure High-speed shutter valve High-speed test carriage horizontal leg hydraulic inner shutter internal nozzle jet catapult knots L-vessel Landing Dynamics Facility landing gear systems landing gear test Landing Loads Track Langley Aircraft Landing Langley Landing Loads Langley Research Center load transfer Loads Track LLT located Maximum vertical NACA NASA TN nose block onboard Open bay propulsion system shown in figure Space Shuttle Orbiter speed capability Strain gauge tape test section Test surface Test track torque touchdown speeds Trafford J. W. Transfer dolly units on carriage vertical load Vertical-load beam water jet Water Wheel