TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS OF JET FIGHTER AND ATTACK BOMBER AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTATION

Abstract

A series of tests was carried out to define more clearly the extreme temperature environments to which aircraft instrument indicators and sensors in Fleet operational aircraft would be subjected. The hot-weather work was done on A4D and F-84 aircraft; the cold-weather work was done on an F9F aircraft. Extremes in temperature were obtained by keeping the canopies of the aircraft sealed and locked. During the summer, the hot-weather test aircraft were parked so that the maximum effects of the sun's rays would be obtained in the cockpit. Snow and ice were kept off the cold-weather test aircraft so that maximum radiation from the cockpit would be obtained. Weather parameters are touched upon as they definitely affect extreme temperatures. The effect of the vertical temperature gradient in the cockpit is discussed also.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0283805

Entities

People

  • Howard C. Schafer

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Altitude
  • Attack Bombers
  • Bomber Aircraft
  • Climate Change
  • Cloud Cover
  • Environment
  • Heat Energy
  • Landing Fields
  • Low Temperature
  • Meteorological Data
  • Solar Radiation
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.