Other titles:SELECTION OF ADMIRALTY RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT TRIALS AND RECORD FILMS AND VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A film showing some of the facilities and testing capabilities of the Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment (AMTE) trials base at Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire.
Description: The film starts with clips of the site as a whole before moving onto more specific areas within it. Each section shows both the equipment used during testing as well as an example of the test itself.
VERTICAL DROP, VARIABLE PITCH FACILITY. SIMULATION OF HELICOPTER DROPS FROM HOVER POSITION. Shows a test rig built to produce the equivalent conditions experienced when an object or individual is dropped or lowered from a hovering helicopter.
PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT. EARLY WORK FOR STINGRAY shows testing of the parachutes intended to become an integral part of deploying the Sting Ray torpedo.
IMPACT PRESSURES ON A MODEL SONAR DOME.
IMPACT PRESSURES ON MODEL SHIP KEEL AND DEADRISE SECTION.
WATER ENTRY RESEARCH. IMPACT LOADS ON ¼ SCALE MODEL.
FULL SCALE WEAPON LAUNCHER AT AMTE COULPORT. The Coulport site is based on Loch Long, on the west coast of Scotland, around 25 miles north west of Glasgow.
UNDERWATER LAUNCHING FACILITY. COMPRESSED AIR / VACUUM LAUNCHER.
1/5 SCALE MODEL SUBMARINE DISCHARGE FACILITY.
WAVE MAKING (STANDARD WAVES), showing the wave making machine used in their water tank.
ESCAPE FROM DITCHED AIRCRAFT. MODIFIED MARTIN BAKER EJECTION SEAT, showing the testing of a modified ejection seat intended for use in Royal Navy aircraft.
Alternative Title:SELECTION OF ADMIRALTY RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT TRIALS AND RECORD FILMS AND VIDEOS [Allocated Series Title]
