AIR TO AIR ACTIVE REFUELING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AERODYNAMIC RADIAL LOADS AT A HOSE-END

    公开(公告)号:US20230242270A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-03

    申请号:US18129699

    申请日:2023-03-31

    IPC分类号: B64D39/02 B64D39/06

    CPC分类号: B64D39/02 B64D39/06

    摘要: A method for compensating for aerodynamic radial loads applied to a drogue coupling of a hose and drogue air to air active refueling system including: deploying a refueling hose from a tanker aircraft, wherein the drogue coupling is at a distal end of the hose and the drogue coupling is connected to a hose end control unit which includes at least three fins extending outward into air flowing over the hose end control unit; sensing acceleration of the hose end control unit and/or the drogue coupling, generating an acceleration signal with data representing the sensed acceleration; determining at least one deflection angle for at least one of the three fins based on the acceleration signal, and rotating at least one of the three fins by the at least one deflection angle.