Spacelog Mercury 6

Friendship Seven, Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech, calling on HF and UHF. Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Do you read?

Hello Muchea, hello Muchea. Friendship Seven on HF. Over.

Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Com Tech. Do you read?

Roger, Muchea. Friendship Seven. Read you loud and clear; how me?

Friendship Seven, would you say again?

This is Friendship Seven, Muchea. I read you loud and clear. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. I'm reading you loud and clear on HF. Over.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, Muchea Cap Com. How me? Over.

Roger, Muchea Cap Com. Loud and clear. Fuel, 62-85 [percent]; oxygen, 65-100 [percent]; amps, 22. Over.

Roger. I did not get your fuel. Would you give that … to us again? Over.

Roger, fuel is 60-85 [percent]. Over.

Friendship Seven, how do you read us on UHF? Over.

Roger. Loud and clear; I am still on HF. Over.

Friendship 7, Muchea Cap Com. Recommend you go UHF. Over.

Roger, going to UHF.

Friendship Seven, Muchea Cap Com. How now? Over.

Friendship Seven, this is Muchea Cap Com. How are read now? Over.

Hello, Muchea. Friendship Seven. Read you loud and clear; how me?

Loud and clear. You were coming in slightly garbled. Could you give us your fuel, oxygen and amps? Over.

Roger. Fuel, 60-85 [percent]; oxygen, 65-100 [percent]; amps, 22. Over.

Roger. Exhaust temperature?

Exhaust temperature 50 [degrees]. Over.

Roger. Are you in fly-by-wire?

Negative, I am on manual at present time. I'm down to 60 [percent] on automatic fuel, so I cut it off and I'm on manual at present time. Over.

Roger. How is your yaw thruster problem? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. I am getting some erratic indications in all axes. When I align everything on orbit attitude by the instruments I am considerably off where I should be. I'm rolled some 20° to the right; I'm also yawed to the right a little bit. Over.

Roger, understand. Are you satisfied with the fly-by-wire and manual proportional systems? Over.

Fly-by-wire is not functioning in yaw low right. Over.

Roger, low yaw right.

That's affirmative. When I first had trouble with it, it was malfunctioning in low yaw left, and now low yaw left is operating okay, but low yaw right is not operating. Over.

Roger. Have you tried caging your gyros and re-erecting them. What do you think about this? Over.

Negative, have not yet. I want to get an alignment as soon as I get back in daylight and do just exactly that. I think my, I'm probably not—my scanners are probably not working right. Over.

Roger. Will you confirm the Landing Bag switch is in the off position? Over.

That is affirmative. Landing Bag switch is in the center off position.

You haven't had any banging noises or anything of this type at higher rates?

Negative.

They wanted this answer. Do you have your retrosequence times 2 Dog, Easy, and Golf from Indian Ocean Ship?

Standby one. Yes, 2 Easy, and Golf, yes, I do have those.

Roger.

Do you have any, are you ready for Z and R Cal? Over.

Affirmative, go ahead.

Cal coming through.

Any comments on weightlessness, etc.

Negative, I have no ill effects whatsoever. I don't even really notice it now. I'm just, very comfortable.

Fine.

I have the constellation of Orion up here in the window now. I'm holding a position on it.

Roger, good. Your 150 VA is 200 [degrees]; your 250 VA is 190 [degrees]. Over.

Roger.

R Cal, coming now.

Friendship Seven, Muchea Cap Com. Do you still have high, both high thrusters in fly-by-wire? Over.

That's affirmative, I do.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, Woomera Cap Com. We have contact, TM solid and UHF solid. Over.

Roger, Woomera.

Friendship Seven, are you ready to go ahead with this 30-minute report? Over.

Negative, not just at the moment. Stand by.

Roger, Friendship Seven.

Friendship Seven, Muchea. Just a reminder to take your exercise after the blood pressure. Over, Woomera.

Roger.

Friendship Seven, Woomera Cap Com. Do you read? Over.

Go ahead, Woomera.

The Cape advises that you conduct this horizon check and cage the gyros, before California.

Say again, please, Woomera, did not understand.

Cape advises that you conduct this horizon check, and cage the gyros before California contact. Over.

Roger, understand before California contact.

Roger. Would like to confirm your control systems status, fly-by-wire low yaw right is inoperative.

That's affirmative.

Good in all axes. Over.

That is affirmative

Can you give status on your ASCS system? Over.

This is Friendship Seven. ASCS started out operating, it would drop into orientation mode in yaw and that would throw the other axes out. It was doing this for a while it world drift off slowly, yaw right and there would be no correction until it went out about 20° . Then it would come rapidly back across and correct itself from a 20° right attitude, would come back across to a left attitude in orientation mode. This continued for a while. I took control, that was right after Guaymas. By the time I had gone over Africa the condition had just reversed, had just reversed. The same thing, only the other direction. Over.

Roger, I understand.

Friendship Seven, if you're ready, could we conduct this 30 minute report? Over.

Friendship Seven. Roger. All switch fuses still same position. Squib is armed. Auto Retrojettison is off. ASCS mode selector is normal, rate command, gyro, normal. Manual fuel handle is pulled. Automatic fuel is still on. Retro-Delay, normal, Landing Bag is off. Everything else on sequence panel is normal. Fuel. …

Could we have a blood pressure check? Start your button, then exercise the bungee cord, then start your blood pressure check again. Over.

Roger. Friendship Seven. Blood pressure coming on.

Roger, Friendship Seven. We're reading your blood pressure, what kind of result on your visual acuity test? Over.

Roger. Friendship Seven. Visual acuity still good. Can read same lines I did when starting out. Over.

Roger. Would like to go through this 30-minute report again, starting with the Auto Retro-jett switch. Go ahead.

Auto Retro-jettison is armed. I'm having to break this in the middle because I need to keep looking out the window to control accurately. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. … discussion. Over.

Roger.

This is Friendship Seven. Auto Retro-jettison is off. ASCS mode selector is normal, rate command, gyro normal. All “T” handles are in except manual, and it is out. I am controlling manually at present time. Landing Bag switch is off. Sequence panel is all normal except for that. The control fuel is 60-82 [percent]. Attitudes at present time on manual control are roll 5 [degrees] right, yaw 15 [degrees] right, pitch —34 [degrees] in orbit attitude. My time from launch is 2 plus 33 plus 60, MARK! Correction that would be 2 plus 34 on that mark. Did you receive? Over.

Yes.

Roger. Cabin pressure is 5.5 and holding. Cabin air is 95 [degrees]. Cabin excess water light is still on. I'm turning it down a little bit more yet.

Cabin relative humidity is indicating 20 [percent]. Coolant quantity is 66 [percent]. Suit is 68 [degrees] on temperature, pressure 5.8 indicated, steam temperature, 50 [degrees] in suit circuit and comfortable. Oxygen is 65-100 [percent] amps 20. Voltages: main 24, 25, 25, 25; standby one is 25, 25; isolated 29; and back on main. Fans is 113, ASCS 113. I have two warning lights on, the excess cabin water and fuel quantity. Over.

Roger, Friendship Seven. Aeromed would like to know whether you have conducted your exercise on bungee cord. Over.

Negative, I have not done that recently. Will conduct that now as part of this check. You had a blood pressure.

You are fading now. Standby for Canton in a few minutes. This is Woomera Cap Com, Over and Out.

Okay, exercise conducted. Blood pressure starting.

This is Friendship Seven. Woomera, are you still receiving me? Over.

Friendship Seven, Canton Com Tech.

Hello Canton Com Tech. Friendship Seven. How did you receive UHF-HI? Over.

Friendship Seven, Canton Com Tech. Reading you loud and clear. Standby for Cap Com.