A fluidic generator, when mounted in an SUU-53/A cartridge dispenser, allows the pilot to fire cartridges only when the aircraft is in flight and has reached a velocity of 170 indicated airspeed in knots (KIAS) for all flight altitudes; below 140 KIAS the device is inoperative; this inoperativeness makes the dispenser safe. The fluidic generator as an environmental safety and arming device was flight tested at subsonic and supersonic speeds and successfully passed all Military Standards qualifications.
A Fluidic Generator as an Environmental and Safety Device for the SUU-53/A Cartridge Dispenser
1977
29 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Guns , Aircraft , Fluidic amplifiers , Safety and arming(Ordnance) , Cartridges , Dispensers , External stores , Attack aircraft , Power supplies , Firing mechanisms(Ammunition) , Flight speeds , Flight testing , Altitude , Subsonic flight , Supersonic flight , Military requirements , Specifications , Environmental tests , Ice clouds , Firing circuits , SUU-53/A dispensers , Fluidic generators , A-4 aircraft , A-6 aircraft