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Subject: Re: MD-1 automatic astrocompass
From: Brooke Clarke (brooke@XXX.XXX)
Date: Mon Jan 27 2003 - 17:06:20 EST
Hi Paul:
Thanks for the info, I'm now pursuing your suggestions.
Can you tell me how you have your mail system configured in terms of line length?
Thanks,
Brooke
Paul Hirose wrote:
> Brooke Clarke wrote:
> >
> > Also I'm interested in learning what the input and output signals are on all the electrical connections to the MD-1 automatic astro
> > compass star tracker <http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/MD1.shtml>. I think this could be interfaced to a computer eliminating
> > all the rest of the original system, but need to know what all those electrical connections do. Also would then need all the mating
> > connectors, what are they? Sorry, but most of the photos have been removed. form the server.
>
> I hope you have 115 V 400 Hz available and the capability to handle
> synchro signals and drive 400 Hz servomotors. Based on my experience
> with the ASB-9/A and ASB-16 part of the ASQ-38 system, that's my guess
> on what you would need to run the star tracker.
>
> See if you can get the Air Force technical orders for the system. This
> company might be worth a try:
> http://www.aerotecdata.com/html/library.html
>
> Maybe the Air Force Museum could help. They have a large collection of
> flight manuals, but I don't know about avionics tech orders.
>
> If I were still on active duty I'd research this for you from the USAF
> end. There's an index which cross references part numbers and system
> designations to the applicable tech orders. And just because a gizmo
> is obsolete, doesn't mean the tech orders are gone. In the late 1990s
> I looked up the BC-348 liason radio my father had operated in the
> Korean War years. The TOs were right there in the index, and their
> status was listed as "active".
>
> I'm not sure how civilians who are not DoD contractors would go about
> obtaining tech orders. If you want to contact the USAF, first thing I
> suggest is downloading the first two or three TOs on this list:
> http://www-ext.tinker.af.mil/tild/default.htm#techorder
>
> They explain how the USAF tech order system works, including how to
> find the applicable pubs for a system and how to procure them. Whoever
> you contact will likely have a desk full of work, so the more up to
> speed you are from the get-go, the better your chance of getting good
> help.
>
> By the way, your message used very long lines which made the
> formatting look ugly on my system.
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