OPERATION MANUAL FOR THE FLIGHT LINE RECORDER
Abstract
The Flight Line Recorder (FLR) is a fixed-position cineballistic camera which rotates 180 degrees on a trunnion axis. The FLR was developed at the U. S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California to record high-speed aerial events. The camera records 10 frames per second, after an effective exposure of 1 millisecond, on 180-foot rolls of 9 1/2-inch safety film. In each frame the position of the object being tracked is related by photographing it against a grid which shows elevation and azimuth. Timing is recorded by photographing a block of shutterpulsed neon lights which are arranged in a binary-coded decimal (BCD) form. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 24, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0258328
Entities
People
- Cele Newman
Organizations
- Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake