Flight Testing Under Extreme Climatic Conditions

This document discusses the philosophy, purpose and methods for conducting ground and flight tests of weapon systems in extreme environmental conditions. The areas considered include testing in a controlled environment, cold arctic, hot desert, tropic and adverse weather conditions. Also included ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hendrickson, Clendon L.
Other Authors: AIR FORCE FLIGHT TEST CENTER EDWARDS AFB CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
Aircraft
Test Facilities
Equipment and Methods
*ADVERSE CONDITIONS
*FLIGHT TESTING
*ALL WEATHER
LABORATORY TESTS
WEAPON SYSTEMS
SAFETY
CLIMATE
DATA ACQUISITION
TROPICAL REGIONS
RANGE(EXTREMES)
DESERTS
ARCTIC REGIONS
HOT REGIONS
LOW TEMPERATURE
CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERES
TEST AND EVALUATION
REQUIREMENTS
ALL WEATHER TESTING
CLIMATIC TESTING
CLIMATIC LABORATORY TESTING
ARCTIC TESTING
DESERT TESTING
ADVERSE WEATHER TESTING
Arctic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA201710
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA201710
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Summary:This document discusses the philosophy, purpose and methods for conducting ground and flight tests of weapon systems in extreme environmental conditions. The areas considered include testing in a controlled environment, cold arctic, hot desert, tropic and adverse weather conditions. Also included are the technical and safety aspects of planning, instrumentation and data acquisition requirements, types of test conducted and reporting requirements.

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