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High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops. Part I: Unstabalized Dummy Drops

Title: High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops. Part I: Unstabalized Dummy Drops
Date: 1957
Index Abstract: Coming Soon
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Report Number: WADC TR 57-477 Part 1
Creator: Madson, Raymond A.
Corporate Author: Aero Medical Laboratory
Laboratory: Aero Medical Laboratory
Extent: 46
PB Number: PB131572
Identifier: ADA323780
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Distribution Classification: 1
DTIC Record Exists: Yes
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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.
Report Availability: Not available via Contrails
Date Issued: 1957-10
Index In: U.S. Government Research Reports
Type: report