Lightning simulation ground tests conducted on the NASA F-106B research aircraft to elicit natural strikes are summarized. The purpose of the test program was to measure the response of the aircraft's electromagnetic sensors and interior wire circuits to a controlled ground test environment that simulates the electromagnetic effects of a lightning strike. Both direct attachment and radiated field tests were conducted. In most cases, the aircraft's engine was running and test data were gathered simultaneously from NASA and MCAIR sensors on both the aircraft's own instrumentation system and the remote MCAIR computer-controlled data acquisition system. During the direct attachment tests, the input inductance, output condition (hard-wired or spark gap), and the output location were varied to provide a wide variety of test conditons. The raidated tests to the isolated aircraft were conducted to excite and measure the natural resonances of the F-106B aircraft.
Nasa F-106B Lightning Tests
1983
82 pages
Report
No indication
English
NTRS | 1983
|NASA F-106B Lightning Ground Tests
NTIS | 1983
|The NASA F-106B Storm Hazards Program
NTRS | 1983
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