Improved LAPES Equipment and Techniques. Phase 1. Performance Evaluation of a Drogue Initiation Device

Abstract

The report presents information obtained during the test and evaluation of a drogue initiation device. The drogue initiation device tested was designed and manufactured for the Adverse Weather Aerial Delivery Systems Program Office by the Oxford Corporation of Buffalo, NY. Data were obtained during tow tests and release tests of a drogue parachute using the drogue initiation device mounted in a C-130 aircraft flying at 2000 ft MSL altitude and at an indicated airspeed of 110 or 150 knots. Twenty-two tests were conducted. Parachute drag forces were measured and drogue initiation device functional characteristics were observed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0866178

Entities

People

  • James M. Black

Organizations

  • Air Force Test Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Delivery
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airspeed
  • Altitude
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Data Acquisition
  • Directives
  • Drogue Parachutes
  • Extraction
  • Government (Foreign)
  • New York
  • Parachutes
  • System Software
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

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  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Marine Hydrodynamics