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Brooke Clarke wrote:
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> 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 .  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is obsolete, doesn't mean the tech orders are gone.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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