REFUELING BOOM DISCONNECTION SYSTEM

REFUELING BOOM DISCONNECTION SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an aerial refueling controller which securely operates when necessary and does not operate when unnecessary.SOLUTION: A refueling controller 326 is configured to receive data about a current rate of movement of a refueling boom 312 while the refueling boom is in cont...

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Hauptverfasser: JUSTIN CLEVE HATCHER, BRDAR TIMOTHY ROBERT
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AIRCRAFT
ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
FLYING SUITS
PARACHUTES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an aerial refueling controller which securely operates when necessary and does not operate when unnecessary.SOLUTION: A refueling controller 326 is configured to receive data about a current rate of movement of a refueling boom 312 while the refueling boom is in contact with a receiver aircraft 310 during flight. The refueling controller is further configured to disconnect the refueling boom from the receiver aircraft on the basis of the current rate of movement of the refueling boom and a current position of the refueling boom.