This is a post test photo of a full scale separation test conducted at El Toro, CA in November, 1963.`
All 216 tension plates were severed by the Linear Shaped Charge Assembly (LSC). The test article
is not a flight interstage but simulates structure important for purposes of the test.
The LSC assembly consisted of stacked 10 and 15 gr/ft RDX linear shaped charge mounted in a teflon holder. The assembly was over 100 feet long. Note the clean cut in the tension plates obtained with this product. The LSC assembly is held snugly against the tension plates by spring clips. The Assembly then is covered with a frangible aerodynamic fairing. The clips and fairing have been blown away by
back blast from the LSC, as expected.
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