Accession Number:

AD0860693

Title:

Fiducial Systems for the Free Flight Spark Ranges.

Descriptive Note:

Memorandum rept.,

Corporate Author:

BALLISTIC RESEARCH LABS ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Braun,Walter F.

Report Date:

1969-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

50.0

Abstract:

The survey procedures for establishing the orthogonal coordinate systems of the spark photography stations in the Free Flight Ranges are described. Methods of reading photographic records produced by the ranges and estimates of the accuracy of the position data are given. Author

Descriptors:

• (*RANGES(FACILITIES)
• PROJECTILE TRAJECTORIES)
• (*EXTERIOR BALLISTICS
• SPARK SHADOWGRAPH PHOTOGRAPHY)
• FREE FLIGHT MODELS
• AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS
• TRANSONIC FLIGHT
• CALIBRATION
• THEODOLITES
• SURVEYING(GEOGRAPHIC)
• ALIGNMENT
• ACCURACY

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Photography
• Ballistics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE