High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops. Part 1 The Unstabilized Dummy Drops.

Abstract

The characteristics of instrumented dummies carried aloft to predetermined altitudes were studied during the free fall in unstabilized situations. These were observed to assume an attitude permitting spins about a transverse axis, and the angular velocities recorded on accelerometers exceeded rates compatible with human tolerance. This study justifies further tests to develop a method of stabilizing a man descending from high altitudes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1957
Accession Number
ADA323780

Entities

People

  • Raymond A. Madson

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accelerometers
  • Altitude
  • Angular Acceleration
  • Bodies
  • Calibration
  • Cargo Parachutes
  • Data Reduction
  • Equations
  • Falling Bodies
  • High Altitude
  • Instrumentation
  • Medical Laboratories
  • Oscillographs
  • Parachutes
  • Test Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.