Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Grumman Aerospace Corporation
- Physical Description
- Instrument boxes and 16mm camera installed on an orange painted metal frame.
- Summary
- This so-called Photo Panel was used to test fighters and other small jet aircraft. It contained a duplicate set of cockpit instruments, and was installed in the craft's nose. A 16 mm camera recorded the readings on these instruments as the test flight progressed. Afterwards, on the ground, the film would be developed and the data reduced and plotted on graph paper. The results gave an indication of how well the jet performed during an actual flight, compared to its predicted performance.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Grumman Aerospace Corp.
- Inventory Number
- A19880373000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Test
- Materials
- HAZMAT: Cadmium
- Non-Magnetic Metals
- Ferrous Alloy
- Paints
- Electrical Wiring
- Glass
- Plastics
- Rubber
- Anodized Aluminum
- Adhesive Stickers
- Ink
- Possible Radium Paint
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Overall): 80 × 58.4 × 49.5cm (2 ft. 7 1/2 in. × 1 ft. 11 in. × 1 ft. 7 1/2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19880373000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv96e3f7c84-6d37-4748-8d93-b2470490920e
