Date

Flight#

Testing device

Time

Comments

(location for test)

May 7

F792

Instruments on T28

 

 

2DC

 

HVPS

 

 

Slow data

 

Hail

 

DMT

 

NOx

 

In flight 

Rapid City Test Flight

Pilot: Tom Warner

Data in C:\t28\data\yr2003\f792\

 

- 6944 buffers: good images

 

- 3556 buffers; fuzzy particle images and lots of stuck bit buffers! (not good)

 

- 4558 buffers: good

 

-- 3652 buffers: OK images

 

- ok

 

– in remote mode with averaging time of 1 sec; in flight calibration

May 8

F793

Instruments on T28

 

 

2DC

 

HVPS

 

 

Slow data

 

Hail

 

DMT

 

NOx

In flight

Rapid City Test Flight

Pilot: Tom Root

Data in C:\t28\data\yr2003\f793\

 

- 3985 buffers: mostly good images.

 

- 1646 buffers: fuzzy particle images and empty buffers. (not good)

 

- 3497 buffers: good

 

- 1647 buffers:  lots of bad buffers

 

- OK

 

- in flight calibration

May 11

F794

Instruments on T28

 

 

2DC

HVPS

Slow data

Hail

DMT

NOx

In flight

Rapid City Test Flight

Pilot: Charlie Summers

Data in C:\t28\data\yr2003\f794\

 

– off

– off

– off

- off

- off

- off

May 13

F795

Instruments on T28

 

2DC 

HVPS 

Slow data

Hail

DMT

NOx

In flight

Rapid City to Goodland, KS, Flight

Pilot: Tom Warner

Data in C:\t28\data\yr2003\f795\

– off

– off

– off

- off

- off

 

- off

May 13

F796

Instruments on T28

 

2DC  

HVPS  

Slow data

Hail

DMT

NOx

In flight

Goodland, KS, to Norman, OK,  Flight

Pilot: Tom Warner

Data in C:\t28\data\yr2003\f796\

– off

– off

– off

- off

- off

- off

May 15

F797

Instruments on T28 + Telemetry

 

 

2DC 

 

HVPS 

 

 

Slow data  

 

Hail

 

DMT

 

NOx

In flight

Norman, Test Flight

Pilot: Tom Warner

Data in C:\t28\data\yr2003\f797\

 

- 37 buffers: good images

 

- 3274 buffers: lots of stuck bit look alike buffers (bad images)

 

- 4647 buffers:

 

- 130 buffers: lots of bad buffers.

 

 - OK

 

– not great values for in flight cal.

May 16

F798

Instruments on T28

 

 

2DC

 

HVPS

 

Slow data

 

Hail

 

DMT

 

 

 

NOx

 

In flight

Norman, Research Flight

Pilot: Tom Warner

Data in C:\t28\data\yr2003\f798\

 

- 4890 buffers: good images.

 

- 3458 buffers: lots of bad images.

 

- 4910 buffers: ok

 

- 7835 buffers: lots of empty buffers and also bad buffers.

DMT broken (no coating).

DMT replaced (Epoxy Thick coated  wire)

serial no: R3He-0922-1

 

- Measurements of NO seem to be correlated to lightning events.

 

Tom landed in Shanee (engine problem)

May 16

F799

 

 

Flight back from Shanee to Norman

Pilot: Tom Warner

May 17

Ground test

NOx

M200 readings

Norman, Ground test

Participants: Andy and Gary

 

NOx calibration data in: c:\t28\yr2003\Nox\May172003\flt790.raw

Idlnox517.ps is the plot file

May 19

F800

Instruments on T28

 

2DC

 

HVPS

Slow data

Hail

DMT

 

NOx

 

In flight

Norman, Research Flight

Pilot: Tom Warner

 

- 2371 buffers: problems with the file! (cannot see the first buffers!)

- 3459 buffers: OK

- 5957 buffers: bad images

- 5363 buffers: lots of bad images.

- ok

 

DMT broken (coated element).

DMT replaced (Epoxy thick coated wire): serial no: R3He-0922-2

NOx data in: c:\t28\data\yr2003\f800\flt800.raw

Idlnox519.ps is the plot file

HdataD_f800.dat

 

FSSP testing: Andy and Gary.

Files in c:\t28\fsspcal\cali2003\Norman-flights\

 

May 21

Ground test

HVPS

Hail

NOx

 

 

- File in c:\t28\yr2003\May2003\may21-hail\

- File = f5212128.raw

May 22

F801

Instruments on T28

 

2DC

HVPS

Slow data

Hail

DMT

NOx

 

In flight

Norman, Test flight

Pilot: Tom Warner

 

- 30 buffers: not good images

- 2841 buffers: bad images

- 5365 buffers: ok

- 125 buffers: bad images.

- ok

In flight calibration for NO.

NOx data in: c:\t28\data\yr2003\f801\flt801.raw

Idlnox522.ps is the plot file

HdataD_f801.dat

May 23

F802

 

 

 

 

+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ground Test

Instruments on T28

 

2DC

HVPS

 

 

 

Slow data

Hail

DMT

NOx

 

 

 

 

NOx

In flight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ground

Norman, Research Flight

Pilot: Tom Warner

 

- 7529 buffers: good images.

- 3605 buffers: bad images.

- Gary did HVPS test: f5232222.raw

- Donna adjusted HVPS image on the horizontal axes (x2)

- 4895 buffers: OK

- 867 buffers: bad images.

- OK

NOx flight data in: c:\t28\data\yr2003\f802\flt802.raw

Idlnox523.ps is the plot file

HdataD_f802.dat

 

Andy’s NOx test data in:

F5212128.raw

c:\t28\yr2003\Nox\May212003\flt790.raw

Idlnox521.ps is the plot file

May 24

Ground test

 

FSSP

2DC

 

 

 

Hail

 

 

HVPS

Ground

Norman, ground test

-         bead test

-         File: f5241636.raw

.020”wire@11:44:45

.031”wire@11:45:45

could not see any of the 2DC images.

-         File: f5241636.raw

.320” shaft @12:40:15

water at 12:43:45

-         File: hvps524.raw

-         18:01:30 spray on

-         18:02:20 spray off

-         18:08:00 spray on

-         18:08:30 spray off

May 25

Ground Test

 

 

2DC

 

 

 

 

 

HVPS

 

 

NOx

 

 

 

Ground

 

 

Norman, Ground Test

Gary’s test – pitot pressure on

Droplet spray – 16:20

.02”  wire at 16:22

.031” wire at 16:23

File=f5251527.raw

2DC test results == GOOD!

 

Direct display of images ; then record file.  Some reasonable particles recorded!

 

NOx calibration data

Background reading = 0.2-0.3 ppbv

NOx test data in:

c:\t28\yr2003\Nox\May252003\flt790.raw

Idlnox525.ps is the plot file

May 28

Ground test

HVPS on the bench

Ground

Norman, Ground Test for HVPS.  Instrument on the bench and hooked to the 386 PC.

Bad image data recorded.

Sent email to Darren O’Connor at SPEC.

June 1

F803

Instruments on T28

 

 

 

2DC

HVPS

 

Slow data

Hail

DMT

NOx

 

In flight

 

Norman, Research Flight

Pilot : Tom Warner

 

c:\t28\data\yr2003\f803\

 

- 5180 buffers: some good, some bad

- 3273 buffers:  lots of empty buffers + fuzzy particle images.

- 4960 buffers: ok

- 1406 buffers: lots of bad images

- OK

NOx flight data in:

Idlnox601.ps and idlnox601b.ps are the plot files

HdataD_f803.dat

 

Test NO bag and found ~10 ppbv instead

Of 50 ppbv.  Found out the bag was bad!

High values on NO seem to be correlated to Electric field changes.

Great lightning flash recorded.

June 2

Ground test

 

 

 

NOx  old and new bags

 

 

 

old O2 bag

+

fresh O2 bag

 

Norman, Ground Test

Participants: Gary and Donna

 

The NO standard container

Has a 7.5% decrease of

Concentration (measurement

Done at outside lab at OSU)

F804

Instruments on T28

 

 

2DC

HVPS

Slow data

Hail

DMT

NOx

 

In flight NO calibration test

 

Norman, Test flight

Pilot: Tom Warner

 

 

- 11 buffers: mostly no particles there.

- 2395 buffers: lots of empty buffers.

- 3518 buffers: OK

- 22 buffers: mostly nothing there.

- OK

NOx data in: c:\t28\data\yr2003\f804\flt804.raw

Idlnox602.ps  the plot files.

HdataD_f804.dat

National Geographic Explorer group to film Tom and T28.

 

June 4

F805

Instruments on T28

 

 

2DC

 

HVPS

 

Slow data

Hail

DMT

NOx

 

In flight

 

 

 

 

 

Norman, Research Flight

Pilot: Tom Warner

 

 

-13330 buffers: some good images and lots of bad images.

- 4151 buffers: lots of empty buffers and lots of fuzzy images

- 5010 buffers: OK

- 8239 buffers: lots of very bad images.

- OK

NOx data in: c:\t28\data\yr2003\f805\flt805.raw

Idlnox604a.ps  and idlnox604b.ps are the plot files.

HdataD_f805.dat

All the NO readings seem

To be due to lightning.

 

Airplane landed in Page (chip light on).

June 4

F806

 

 

Return flight from Page to Norman.

Pilot: Tom Warner

June 5

Ground

2DC

 

 

HVPS

 

Donna changed the 2DC acquisition from 5/sec to 1/sec (asqtbl.txt).

 

Gary did another test file: hvps605.raw. Few collected buffers seem to be good.  Still many “blank” buffers.

June 6

Ground

HVPS

HVPS chip

Gary changed the HVPS chip from the non-charge mode to charge mode and created the file hvps606.raw.  Images look good!

Created in flight conditions file f6062006.raw, but images do not look good.

June 7

Ground Test

HVPS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DMT

 

Tried to use the tables from summer 2000 for the HVPS and display the HVPS images on the screen. Then run m200.

1)       with settings from 2000: hvps2000.raw Good buffers and bad ones with the stuck bit!

2)       with settings from 2001: hvps2001.raw

        Good buffers and bad ones with the stuck bit!

 

3)       with settings from 2003: f6072152.raw

Mostly empty buffers!

 

DMT replaced with clear coating

R3H-0922-8 (had small amount of coating at the ends of the wire, but the wire surface was not coated)

June 10

F807

Instruments on T28

 

 

2DC

 

HVPS

Slow data

Hail

DMT

NOx

 

In flight

Norman, Research flight (Last flight)

Pilot: Tom Root

 

 

- 184 buffers: most of the buffers do not show significant particle images.

- 1497 buffers: lots of empty buffers.

- 2460 buffers: OK

- 943 buffers: lots of bad images.

- OK

NOx data in: c:\t28\data\yr2003\f807\flt807.raw

Idlnox610a.ps  and idlnox610b.ps are the plot files.

HdataD_f807.dat

NO bag filled 24 hours ago.

 

Flight interrupted early due to engine problem (?)

June 11

F808

 

 

HVPS

 

Norman to Goodland

Pilot: Tom Root

Andy took the instrument to SPEC for repair.

June 11

F809

 

 

Goodland to Rapid City

Pilot: Tom Root