Engineering Development Tests Airdrop Controlled Exit System (ACES)
Abstract
A series of engineering development tests of the Airdrop Controlled Exit System (ACES) was conducted at the Army's Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. The concept involves connecting individual platform assemblies so that they are extracted from the aircraft in tandem and recovered as a unit with a set of recovery parachutes. The purpose is to avoid the dispersion of the equipment on the drop zone that occurs when performing individual platform airdrops. Fourteen tests were performed on ACES assemblies of various configurations. The equipment performed in a generally satisfactory manner. Telemetered data generated by on board instrumentation provided loads at various locations plus motion of the platforms relative to one another. Parachute performance, system trajectories, and motion of the assemblies was monitored by theodolite and motion picture cameras.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA118737
Entities
People
- Walter L. Black
Organizations
- AAI Corporation