Aircraft/Project Information
Aircraft/Procedure Issues
Lessons Learned
100
What are two benefits of an unmanned system?
Lower risk and lower cost
100
Which flight of the RPRV-870 caused the issues previously discussed?
Flight 5
100
The reliability of many functions of the ______ ______ _____ were tested throughout the flights of the RPRV-870.
Backup Control System
200
The acronym “HiMAT” stands for what?
Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology
200
What was the first problem that the crew ran into on this flight?
Fuel switch issues from the adapter on the B-52
200
What did investigators decide was the reason the landing gear software failed?
Inadequate testing
300
The core of the HiMAT program was to show the benefits of _____?
Composites
300
Who first noticed that the landing gear had malfunctioned?
The chase plane
300
When the rest of the receiver/decoder units were returned to the vendor, what tests were performed?
Failure-mode-effect testing for uplink commands
400
Who was the lead pilot for the program?
Bill Dana
400
Which receiver/decoder failed on the aircraft during the flight?
Receiver/Decoder #2
400
What tests were technicians instructed to start performing periodically after this flight occurred?
Circuit breaker pull tests
500
How many sensors are on the aircraft?
400
500
What specifically caused the receiver circuit breaker to malfunction?
Metal shavings from the radio frequency gasket
500
All circuit breakers on the aircraft were upgraded from __ or __ amps to ___ amps.
2 or 3 to 5
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