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US 5,667,170 AGranted
Pod mounted refueling system
AssigneeTracor Flight Systems, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Gregory Moss, Kenneth Dale Roberts, Charles Whitford Briggs
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AssigneeTracor Flight Systems, Inc.
InventorsWilliam Gregory Moss, Kenneth Dale Roberts, Charles Whitford Briggs
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A refueling system mounted to an aircraft fuselage for transferring fuel from a tanker aircraft to a receiver aircraft. The refueling system including a pylon extending from the fuselage at a position aft of the main wing and having a refueling pod mounted thereto at an outboard location. A refueling hose is disposed within and extendable from the refueling pod and functions to transfer fuel from the refueling pod to the receiver aircraft. A means for transferring fuel from a fuel source, located within the aircraft, to the refueling hose is also provided. The pylon and refueling pod are configured so as to channel the refueling hose in a preferred direction to maximize safety during refueling. The channeling of the refueling hose is accomplished by mounting the refueling pod at an angle to the pylon, mounting the refueling pod at an angle to a horizontal plane, mounting the pylon at angle to the fuselage, or a combination of these mounting arrangements. The pylons are preferably supported by a sandwich-type reinforcement of the fuselage floor between the pylons.
A refueling system for an aircraft, the aircraft having a fuselage, a main wing extending from opposite sides of the fuselage, a stabilizer extending from opposite sides of the fuselage aft of the main wing, and a fuel source disposed within the aircraft, the refueling system comprising:
A refueling system for an aircraft, the aircraft having a fuselage, a main wing extending from opposite sides of the fuselage, a stabilizer extending from opposite sides of the fuselage aft of the main wing, and a fuel source disposed within the aircraft, the refueling system comprising:
A refueling system for an aircraft, the aircraft having a fuselage, a main wing extending from opposite sides of the fuselage, a stabilizer extending from opposite sides of the fuselage aft of the main wing, and an fuel source disposed within the aircraft, the refueling system comprising:
An aircraft capable of dispensing fuel in-flight, the aircraft comprising:
An aircraft capable of dispensing fuel in-flight, the aircraft comprising:
A refueling system for an aircraft, the aircraft having a fuselage, a main wing extending from opposite sides of the fuselage at a forward location, a stabilizer extending from opposite sides of the fuselage aft of the main wing, and a fuel source disposed within the aircraft, the refueling system comprising:
A refueling system for an aircraft, the aircraft having a fuselage, a main wing extending from opposite sides of the fuselage, a stabilizer extending from opposite sides of the fuselage aft of the main wing, and a fuel source disposed within the aircraft, the refueling system comprising:
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