Athodyd Field Test No. 1

Abstract

These units are not regarded as prototypes of a complete Bumblebee, but are designed primarily to give data on propulsion and drag at supersonic speeds. This test involved: (a) A trial of procedure for launching an athodyd by use of four 5 inch HVAR rocket motors. Speed exceeding 1500 ft/sec was obtained, and launching was satisfactory in all respects. (b) A determination of supersonic drag for a dummy athodyd. A drag coefficient was found to be 0.5 in reasonable agreement with expectations. An appendix gives a summary of numerical data. The firing, which took place at Island Beach, New Jersey, involved two rounds on February 16 and three rounds on February 18.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1945
Accession Number
AD0636114

Entities

Organizations

  • Johns Hopkins University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cameras
  • Carriages
  • Coefficients
  • Deceleration
  • Drag
  • Field Tests
  • Flight
  • Munitions
  • Photographs
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Supersonic Drag
  • Timing Devices
  • Tracking Cameras
  • Trajectories

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Ballistic Missile Meteorology
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow