ER-2 Briefing

ER-2 Specifications

ER-2 Typical Flight Profile

ER-2 Loiter Time (based on 8 hr mission) - Operations depart from and return to PMD

ER-2 Basic Configuration

Inside Nose looking Forward Fixed Nose Looking Aft ER-2 Payload Areas: Nose Area

Forebody inside looking forward Aftbody side view ER-2 Payload Areas: SuperPod Fore and Aftbody

Forward Midbody looking Aft Lower Midbody looking Up and Aft ER-2 Payload Areas: SuperPod Midbody

Internal Q-Bay looking Up and Aft Aft Q-bay Forward Q-Bay ER-2 Payload Areas: Q-Bay

ER-2 Payload Areas: Q-Bay Hatch Designs Pressure Box Mount Dual Window Hatch

Open Port With Fairing Panoramic Window Hatch ER-2 Payload Areas: Q-Bay Hatch Designs

ER-2 Payload Areas: External Pods Centerline Pod System 20 Pod

ER-2 Electrical/Control Interface Experiment Control Panel Experiment Interface Panel

Airworthiness Process Overview For New Instruments 15 ASP Programmatic Requirements  Science Operations Flight Request System (SOFRS)  Cost Estimate  Approved Flight Request  Funding  AFRC Airworthiness Requirements  Required before first flight for all new or modified instruments  Results in an approved Flight Request  Payload Integration Planning – Instrument Design and Analysis ER-2 Handbook – Upload and Check-out – Combined System Test – Engineering Check Flights – Science Flights

ASP Programmatic Requirements Process Overview 16  Airborne Science Program (ASP) Flight Request  Science Operations Flight Request System (SOFRS)   Project Cost Estimate  Flight Hour Cost - $3500/hour with SMD approval  Mission Peculiar Cost (MPC)  Labor Overtime  Travel  Integration Cost  Logistics  Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Approval  Funding at AFRC

AFRC Airworthiness Requirements Process Overview 17  Technical Briefing  Independent peer review of project goals and plans  Key Elements  Overall Project Objectives and Responsibilities  Payload Design and Analysis  Structural Analysis  Electrical Interface  Weight and C.G.  Flight Plans and Operations  Mission Profiles  Aircrew Checklist and Procedures  Hazards Analysis  Flight Request  Required before first flight for all new or modified instruments  Results in approved Flight Request

Payload Integration Planning Process Overview 18  Major Tasks and Timeline  Technical Interchange Meeting  Instrument Design and Analysis  Periodic Design Reviews  Electrical Interface Design  Loads Analysis  Upload Instrument and Checkout  Two to three weeks before first flight  Weight & Balance  Verify Electrical Interface  Install instrument in aircraft  Installed system checks  Technical Brief  Typically two weeks prior to first flight  AFRC Approved Flight Request

Payload Integration Planning Process Overview 19  Major Tasks and Timeline (Continued)  Combined System Test (CST)  On aircraft engine running system checks  Verify instrument operation and procedures  Day prior to first flight  Engineering Check Flights  Typically 10 to 15 hours depending on complexity of instrument  Time to ascend and descend is ~ 1.4 hours, so by example …  3-hours of data collection would a require 4.4 hours mission  Standard Crew Duty Day is 9-hours  Supports up to 5-hours mission without over-time  Defined mission profiles  Pilot Procedures and Checklists  Science Flights  Separate SOFRS Request and Funding