Army Preliminary Evaluation II, YO-3A Airplane

Abstract

A second Army Preliminary Evaluation (APE II) of the YO-3A airplane was conducted from 2 through 6 February 1970. Nine test flights encompassing 6 flight hours were conducted from Crows Landing Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, California. Several simulated mission profiles were flown during day and night visual-flight-rule operations to determine if certain deficiencies and shortcomings found during APE I had been adequately corrected by the contractor. Additionally, personnel from the US Army Electronics Command and Night Vision Laboratory conducted an evaluation of the airplane mission equipment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0874773

Entities

People

  • Gregory W. Condon
  • Ivar W. Rundgren
  • William J. Connor

Organizations

  • Edwards Air Force Base

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Altitude
  • California
  • Contractors
  • Control Sticks
  • Control Surfaces
  • Control Systems
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Indicator Lights
  • Mission Profiles
  • Night Vision
  • Surfaces
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems