AEDC Range G is a two-stage light-gas gun owned by the United States Air Force. Constructed in 1962, the AEDC Range-G is the largest routinely operated light-gas gun in the United States. It is located at Arnold Engineering Development Complex on Arnold Air Force Base.

Hypervelocity Ballistic Ranges G and I are used to conduct kinetic energy lethality and impact phenomenology tests, hypersonic erosion testing, wake phenomenology studies, and other unique hypersonic test programs. Both launchers are two-stage light-gas guns with the Range G launcher being the largest gun of this type in the United States.

2013年7月31日 · It is the largest two-stage, light-gas gun system in the U.S. that provides "soft launch", minimized acceleration loading, capability to launch extremely high-fidelity missile simulation at hypervelocity speeds. Range-G is capable of launching projectiles at velocities up to 23,000 feet per second.

AEDC Ballistic Range S-3 is a single stage air gun owned by the United States Air Force. The gun is commonly used for bird strike testing and is often called a chicken gun. The first Range S-3 was developed by Eugene Sanders at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex for use in aircraft canopy testing. [1] .

2021年8月16日 · Two-stage light-gas guns use a propellant in the first stage to drive a piston to compress a gas which ruptures a burst disc and launches the projectile at higher velocities than can be achieved with just propellant or just gas.

2008年12月1日 · Since 1963 AEDC has conducted more than 7000 hypervelocity ballistic range shots in its hypervelocity range G facility. The range G launcher (Fig. 1, Fig. 2) is a two-stage LLG that launches projectiles into a 10-ft (3-m)-diam, 929-ft (283-m)-long, instrumented tank.

2021年2月23日 · Hyper-ballistic Range G, left, seen here during a barrel change, is used to conduct kinetic energy lethality and impact phenomenology test. It is the largest two-stage light-gas gun system in the...

2022年1月3日 · The funding has allowed the AEDC team to increase consumable inventory for the range, purchase critical spare equipment, replace operational supplies and improve operational efficiency. The supplies purchased included gunpowder for the first stage of launching a projectile, high-speed cameras and a spare flash radiograph scanner.

In 1993 AEDC's Hypervelocity Range/Track G went through a major upgrade to its model launch- ing capability. A large, two-stage light gas gun with a 3.3-in. (84 mm)-bore launch tube was installed to provide a "soft launch" capability unmatched any- where else in the world.

The AEDC Hypervelocity Testing Complex consists of (1.) a large 3.3-in.-bore two-stage light- gas launcher providing soft launch of models into the existing 930-ft-long Range G, with track guidance and model recovery, operational since April 1994; (2.) a 2.5-in.-bore two-stage light-gas launcher with performance comparable to the former Range G,...