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The test team relies on onboard AIRCRAFT
SYSTEMS
for the conduct of a safe test flight .
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All the hardware
artifacts shown on this page are on display at the Museum. For
purposes of the test scenario shown
here, the artifacts selected are historic in nature and are not intended to
reflect any singular test or aircraft configuration.
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The Test Pilot communicates with test
ground controllers via an airborne RADIO. |
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A PROPULSION SYSTEM,
or engine(s), powers or propels the aircraft in its flight. |
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An installed PRESSURE
TRANSDUCER, a form of installed onboard test instrumentation, senses
state changes in pressure during flight.
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MODULATORS process
data from all the various types of installed onboard transducers
for immediate transmission to the ground. |
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A GYRO helps the
test pilot to navigate the aircraft using available onboard flight
instruments. |
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An EJECTION SEAT provides a means of
escape for the test pilot should something go seriously wrong during the test flight. |
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An onboard RADAR
helps helps the test pilot confirm other air traffic in the area that is
also announced by the ground controllers. Often the radar itself plays
into the flight test activity, especially if a targeting solution is
involved. |
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For the fun of it, See if you can locate and identify all of the items pictured
above on your next visit to the
PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL AIR MUSEUM!
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