Accession Number:

AD0258328

Title:

OPERATION MANUAL FOR THE FLIGHT LINE RECORDER

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION CHINA LAKE CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• NEWMAN,CELE

Report Date:

1961-03-24

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

The Flight Line Recorder FLR is a fixed-position cineballistic camera which rotates 180 degrees on a trunnion axis. The FLR was developed at the U. S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California to record high-speed aerial events. The camera records 10 frames per second, after an effective exposure of 1 millisecond, on 180-foot rolls of 9 12-inch safety film. In each frame the position of the object being tracked is related by photographing it against a grid which shows elevation and azimuth. Timing is recorded by photographing a block of shutterpulsed neon lights which are arranged in a binary-coded decimal BCD form. Author

Descriptors:

• *INSTRUCTION MANUALS
• *OPTICAL TRACKING
• *TRACKING
• HIGH SPEED CAMERAS
• HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY
• INSTRUMENTATION
• NAVAL AIR STATIONS
• NAVAL PERSONNEL
• OPERATION

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE