Systems and Methods for Transferring Electric Power to an Aircraft During Flight

Systems and methods for transferring electric power to an aircraft during flight. Power transfer to the receiver aircraft is effected by means of a donor aircraft using a wired electrical connection. The method for transferring electric power includes: establishing an electrical connection between a...

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description Systems and methods for transferring electric power to an aircraft during flight. Power transfer to the receiver aircraft is effected by means of a donor aircraft using a wired electrical connection. The method for transferring electric power includes: establishing an electrical connection between a receiver aircraft and a donor aircraft during flight; and transferring electric power from the donor aircraft to the receiver aircraft via the electrical connection. In one embodiment, electric power is transferred by way of a power cable deployed by the donor aircraft, a drogue attached to a trailing end of the power cable, and a probe mounted to the fuselage of the receiver aircraft, The probe and drogue are configured to form an electrical connection when fully engaged.
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subjects AIRCRAFT
ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
CALCULATING
CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTINGELECTRIC POWER
COMPUTING
CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
COSMONAUTICS
COUNTING
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
ELECTRICITY
EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
FLYING SUITS
GENERATION
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINEDOPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES
MEASURING
PARACHUTES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY
TESTING
TRANSPORTING
title Systems and Methods for Transferring Electric Power to an Aircraft During Flight
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