High Altitude Balloon Dummy Drops. Part I: Unstabalized Dummy Drops
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Report Number: WADC TR 57-477 Part 1
Author(s): Madson, Raymond A.
Corporate Author(s): Aero Medical Laboratory
Laboratory: Aero Medical Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1957-10
Pages: 46
DoD Task:
PB Number: PB131572
Identifier: ADA323780
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.
Author(s): Madson, Raymond A.
Corporate Author(s): Aero Medical Laboratory
Laboratory: Aero Medical Laboratory
Date of Publication: 1957-10
Pages: 46
DoD Task:
PB Number: PB131572
Identifier: ADA323780
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.