TEST AND EVALUATION OF TA-7M CAMERA MANUFACTURED BY AEROJET DELFT CORPORATION

摘要

The TA-7H Delft camera was delivered to the Aeronautical Photographic Experimental Laboratory (APEL), on 16 May 1963 by a technical representative from the Delft Company. The camera was installed in an RF-9J (F9F-8P) aircraft for one phase of the testing and an RF-8A (F8U-1P) for another phase of the testing.. Enclosure (1) illustrates the oblique installation in the BF-9J aircraft. Enclosure (2) shows the vertical installation in the RF-8A aircraft. A total of six flight tests were made, four of which were in the RF-8A (F8U-1P) aircraft and two in the RF-9J (F9F-8P) aircraft. All four flights in the RF-8A (F8U-1P) were made with the camera in the vertical position;two with the 52mm f/2.7 lens and two with the 70mm f/1.6 lens. Two flights were made in the RF-9J (F9F-8P), both with the 70mm lens, and installed at a 30° depression angle.