Aerial refuelling drogue assembly stabilization and guidance system
AssigneeAirbub Defence and Space, S.A.U.
InventorsMiguel Payo Gómez, Daniel Espinoza Vasquez
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Abstract
Air refuelling drogue assembly stabilization and guidance system having: a hollow body including an outer surface of aerodynamic shape with a nose cone; an inner surface located around a flexible hose annexed to a coupling such that the nose cone is located on the opposite side to the coupling; at least an aerofoil joined to the outer surface of the hollow body having a nose located on the opposite side to the coupling and being rotatable around an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the hollow body; and a control unit in connection with the aerofoil for its rotation to stabilize and guide the drogue.
Claims15
An air refuelling drogue assembly stabilization and guidance system, the air refuelling drogue assembly comprising a portion of a flexible hose comprising its end, a coupling in connection with the end of the flexible hose and a drogue in connection with the coupling, the stabilization and guidance system comprising:
- a hollow body having a longitudinal axis configured to be located parallel to the longitudinal axis of the flexible hose, the hollow body comprising:
- an outer surface of aerodynamic shape with a nose cone,
- an inner surface configured to be located around the portion of the flexible hose annexed to the coupling such that the nose cone is configured to be located on the opposite side to the coupling,
- at least an aerofoil joined to the outer surface of the hollow body, the aerofoil having a longitudinal axis movable in a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the hollow body, the aerofoil having a nose configured to be located on the opposite side to the coupling and the aerofoil being rotatable around an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the hollow body, and
- a control unit in connection with the aerofoil for its rotation to stabilize and guide the drogue.
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