- Scott Carpenter
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Okay, I think they held well, Al. The—I think they were good. I can't tell you what was wrong about them because the gyros were not quite right. But retrojettison—3 fuse switches are on.
- Scott Carpenter
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The balloon is gone [out of sight]. I am apparently out of manual fuel. I have to go to fly-by-wire to stop this tumbling.
- Note
Tumbling here refers to low rates of all axes; however, the spacecraft was returned to proper attitude by the pilot before it had made 1/4 revolution.
- CAPCOM
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I was just looking over your reentry checklist. Looks like you're in pretty good shape. You'll have to manually retract the scope.
- Scott Carpenter
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Okay. I can make out very, very small—farm land, pasture land below. I see individual fields, rivers, lakes, roads, I think. I'll get back to reentry attitude.
- CAPCOM
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Roger Seven, recommend you get close to reentry attitude, using as little fuel as possible and stand by on fly-by-wire until rates develop. Over.
- Scott Carpenter
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Fuel is 15 [percent] auto. I'm indicating 7 [percent] manual, but it is empty and ineffective.