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Aerial refueling hose reel drive controlled by a variable displacement hydraulic motor and method for controlling aerial refueling hose reel
| 국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
|---|---|
| 국제특허분류(IPC7판) | B64D-037/00 |
| 미국특허분류(USC) | 244/135.A; 244/135.B |
| 출원번호 | US-0199134 (2002-07-22) |
| 발명자 / 주소 | |
| 인용정보 | 피인용 횟수 : 8 인용 특허 : 1 |
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The invention is a variable displacement hydraulic motor-controlled hose reel drive system for aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft. The system includes a variable displacement hydraulic motor, a tachometer/position sensor, a reaction torque sensor and a microprocessor which, depending upon data received from the system's position and reaction torque sensors, sends appropriate signals to the motor. The invention is also a method for deploying a hose and drogue so as to reduce the likelihood that the hose would go into oscillatio...
The invention is a variable displacement hydraulic motor-controlled hose reel drive system for aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft. The system includes a variable displacement hydraulic motor, a tachometer/position sensor, a reaction torque sensor and a microprocessor which, depending upon data received from the system's position and reaction torque sensors, sends appropriate signals to the motor. The invention is also a method for deploying a hose and drogue so as to reduce the likelihood that the hose would go into oscillation after initial engagement of a receiver aircraft's probe with the drogue. In an embodiment of the invention, the hose is retracted prior to hook up of the probe and drogue, and the force required to retract the hose is recorded. After initial engagement of the probe with the drogue, the hose is retracted until the force required to retract the hose rises to about the same force previously recorded.
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1. A method for deploying a hose and drogue for aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft, wherein said tanker aircraft includes a refueling system having a hose reel, with the hose wound around the reel, mounted on the tanker aircraft's fuselage such that said reel may rotate in a hose extension direction or in a hose retraction direction, said hose having an outlet end with said drogue affixed to said outlet end, said method comprising the following steps:(a) connecting the hose reel to a variable displacement hydraulic motor's out...
1. A method for deploying a hose and drogue for aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft, wherein said tanker aircraft includes a refueling system having a hose reel, with the hose wound around the reel, mounted on the tanker aircraft's fuselage such that said reel may rotate in a hose extension direction or in a hose retraction direction, said hose having an outlet end with said drogue affixed to said outlet end, said method comprising the following steps:(a) connecting the hose reel to a variable displacement hydraulic motor's output shaft, said motor having an electro-hydraulic control valve which controls said motor's displacement, the displacement of said motor being approximately zero when said hose and drogue are stowed in the tanker aircraft's fuselage; (b) upon receipt of a deploy command, maintaining said motor's displacement at approximately zero and ejecting the drogue from said fuselage into an air stream and allowing said air stream to pull said drogue so that the hose unwinds from said hose reel and the hose reel rotates in the hose extension direction; (c) sensing the hose's speed; (d) sensing the hose's length which is unwound from said hose reel; (e) while said hose length is beyond a first predetermined length, and while the drogue is not in contact with a probe of said receiver aircraft, setting said motor's displacement so that it causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel and sensing reaction torque on the hose reel (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose is being retracted, without the drogue being in contact with said probe, being referred to as “free retraction drag force”); (f) after sensing said free retraction drag force, setting said motor's displacement so that said motor allows the hose reel to continue to rotate in the hose extension direction with the hose unwinding from said reel at a speed up to a first predetermined hose extension speed; (g) when said hose length approaches a second predetermined length, setting said motor's displacement so that the hose extension speed approaches zero; (h) when said hose length reaches said second predetermined length, setting said motor's displacement so that the motor maintains said hose speed at zero; (i) waiting a predetermined time period after said hose speed is zero when said hose length is said second predetermined length and then sensing the reaction torque on the hose reel (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose speed is zero at said second predetermined length being referred to as “free trail drag force”); (j) continuing to sense said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue (said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue being referred to as “net drag force”); (k) comparing said net drag force to said free trail drag force, and continuing to set said motor's displacement so that the motor continues to maintain said hose speed at zero until said net drag force is less than a first predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force; (l) when said net drag force is less than said first predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force, setting said motor's displacement so that it causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel at up to a predetermined maximum allowable hose speed; (m) continuing to set said motor's displacement so that it causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel at up to said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed until said net drag force has increased to at least as great as said free retraction drag force multiplied by a factor of K, where K is a predetermined value between approximately 0.2 and approximately 2; and (n) after said net drag force has increased to at least as great as K multiplied by the free retraction drag force, setting said motor's displacement so that the motor (i) maintains said hose speed at zero so long as said net drag force is at least as great as said first predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force and no greater than a second predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force; (ii) causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel at up to said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed when said net drag force drops below said first predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force; (iii) allows said hose reel to rotate in the hose extension direction with the hose unwinding from said reel at up to said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed when said net drag force exceeds said second predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force; ?until said hose is maneuvered to a third predetermined length, which is less than the second predetermined length and greater than the first predetermined length, at which time said drogue and hose are in a refueling mode position. 2. The method of claim 1, including the following: additional steps:(o) when said drogue and hose are in said refueling mode position, setting said motor's displacement so that the motor (i) maintains said hose speed at zero so long as said net drag force is at least as great as said first predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force and no greater than said second predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force; (ii) causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel at up to said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed when said net drag force drops below said first predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force; (iii) allows said hose reel to rotate in the hose extension direction with the hose unwinding from said reel at up to said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed when said net drag force exceeds said second predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force; ?until said hose is maneuvered to said second predetermined length; and (p) after said hose is maneuvered to said second predetermined length after having been in said refueling mode position, setting said motor's displacement so that the motor causes the hose speed to be reduced to zero. 3. The method of claim 2, including the following additional steps:(q) upon receipt of a retraction command, setting said motor's displacement so that the motor causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel at a second predetermined retraction speed; (r) after receipt of said retraction command and after sensing that said hose length has returned to said first predetermined length, setting the motor's displacement so that the motor causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction at a rate which reduces the speed at which said hose retracts; and (s) setting said motor's displacement to zero when said hose length is zero. 4. The method of claim 1, including the following additional steps:A. monitoring said tanker aircraft's air speed; B. comparing said tanker aircraft's instant air speed to what was said tanker aircraft's air speed when said free trail drag force was sensed; and C. calculating a new free trail drag force based on a change, if any, in said tanker aircraft's air speed. 5. The method of claim 1, including the following additional steps:A. monitoring said tanker aircraft's air speed; B. comparing said tanker aircraft's instant air speed to what was said tanker aircraft's air speed when said free retraction drag force was sensed; and C. calculating a new free retraction drag force based on a change, if any, in said tanker aircraft's air speed. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein in step (e) said free retraction drag force is sensed when said motor's displacement is set so that it causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel at a substantially constant hose speed.7. A method for deploying a hose and drogue for aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft, wherein said tanker aircraft includes a refueling system having a hose reel, with the hose wound around the reel such that said reel may rotate in a hose extension direction or in a hose retraction direction, said hose having an outlet end with said drogue affixed to said outlet end, said method comprising the following steps:(a) connecting the hose reel to a variable displacement hydraulic motor's output shaft, said motor's displacement being approximately zero when said hose and drogue are stowed in the tanker aircraft; (b) upon receipt of a deploy command, maintaining said motor's displacement at approximately zero and ejecting the drogue from said tanker aircraft into an air stream and allowing said air stream to pull said drogue so that the hose unwinds from said hose reel and the hose reel rotates in the hose extension direction; (c) sensing the hose's speed; (d) sensing the hose's length which is unwound from said hose reel; (e) while said hose length is beyond a first predetermined length, and while the drogue is not in contact with a probe of said receiver aircraft, setting said motor's displacement so that it causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel at a substantially constant hose speed and sensing reaction torque on the hose reel (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose is being retracted at said substantially constant hose speed, without the drogue being in contact with said probe, being referred to as “free retraction drag force”); (f) after sensing said free retraction drag force, setting said motor's displacement so that said motor allows the hose reel to continue to rotate in the hose extension direction with the hose unwinding from said reel; (g) when said hose length approaches a second predetermined length, setting said motor's displacement so that the hose extension speed approaches zero; (h) when said hose length reaches said second predetermined length, setting said motor's displacement so that the motor maintains said hose speed at zero; (i) waiting a predetermined time period after said hose speed is zero when said hose length is said second predetermined length and then sensing the reaction torque on the hose reel (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose speed is zero at said second predetermined length being referred to as “free trail drag force”); (j) continuing to sense said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue (said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue being referred to as “net drag force”); (k) comparing said net drag force to said free trail drag force, and continuing to set said motor's displacement so that the motor continues to maintain said hose speed at zero until said net drag force is less than a first predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force; (l) when said net drag force is less than said first predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force, setting said motor's displacement so that it causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel at up to a predetermined maximum allowable hose speed; (m) continuing to set said motor's displacement so that it causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel at up to said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed until said net drag force has increased to at least as great as said free retraction drag force multiplied by a factor of K, where K is a predetermined value between approximately 0.2 and approximately 2; and (n) after said net drag force has increased to at least as great as K multiplied by the free retraction drag force, setting said motor's displacement so that the motor (i) maintains said hose speed at zero so long as said net drag force is at least as great as said first predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force and no greater than a second predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force; (ii) causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel at up to said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed when said net drag force drops below said first predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force; (iii) allows said hose reel to rotate in the hose extension direction with the hose unwinding from said reel at up to said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed when said net drag force exceeds said second predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force; ?until said hose is maneuvered to a third predetermined length, which is less than the second predetermined length and greater than the first predetermined length, at which time said drogue and hose are in a refueling mode position. 8. The method of claim 7, including the following additional steps:(o) after said drogue and hose are in said refueling mode position, setting said motor's displacement so that the motor (i) maintains said hose speed at zero so long as said net drag force is at least as great as said first predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force and no greater than said second predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force; (ii) causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel at up to said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed when said net drag force drops below said first predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force; (iii) allows said hose reel to rotate in the hose extension direction with the hose unwinding from said reel at up to said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed when said net drag force exceeds said second predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force; ?until said hose is maneuvered to said second predetermined length; and (p) after said hose is maneuvered to said second predetermined length after having been in said refueling mode position, setting said motor's displacement so that the motor causes the hose speed to be reduced to zero. 9. The method of claim 8, including the following additional steps:(q) upon receipt of a retraction command, setting said motor's displacement so that the motor causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel; (r) after receipt of said retraction command and after sensing that said hose length has returned to said first predetermined length, setting the motor's displacement so that the motor causes said hose reel to rotate in the hose retraction direction at a rate which reduces the speed at which said hose retracts; and (s) setting said motor's displacement to zero when said hose length is zero. 10. The method of claim 7, including the following additional steps:A. monitoring said tanker aircraft's air speed; B. comparing said tanker aircraft's instant air speed to what was said tanker aircraft's air speed when said free trail drag force was sensed; and C. calculating a new free trail drag force based on a change, if any, in said tanker aircraft's air speed. 11. The method of claim 7, including the following additional steps:A. monitoring said tanker aircraft's air speed; B. comparing said tanker aircraft's instant air speed to what was said tanker aircraft's air speed when said free retraction drag force was sensed; and C. calculating a new free retraction drag force based on a change, if any, in said tanker aircraft's air speed. 12. A method for controlling the deployment of a hose and drogue during aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft, wherein said tanker aircraft includes a refueling system having a hose reel, with the hose wound around the reel such that said reel may rotate in a hose extension direction or in a hose retraction direction, said hose having an outlet end with said drogue affixed to said outlet end, said method comprising the following steps:(a) after a predetermined length of hose has unwound from said reel, and while the drogue is not in contact with a probe of said receiver aircraft, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction and sensing reaction torque on the hose reel (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose is being retracted, without the drogue being in contact with said probe, being referred to as “free retraction drag force”); (b) sensing said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue (said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue being referred to as “net drag force”); (c) after initial engagement of said probe with said drogue, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted; (d) comparing said net drag force to said free retraction drag force; (e) continuing to rotate said hose reel in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel until said net drag force has increased to at least as great as said free retraction drag force multiplied by a factor of K, where K is a predetermined value between approximately 0.2 and approximately 2; and (g) after said net drag force has increased to at least as great as K multiplied by said free retraction drag force, halting the rotation of said hose reel. 13. The method of claim 12 wherein the value of K is approximately 1.14. The method of claim 12, wherein in step (a) said free retraction drag force is sensed while rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted at a substantially constant hose speed.15. The method of claim 14 wherein the value of K is approximately 1.16. The method of claim 14, including the following additional steps:(h) while said hose length is beyond said predetermined length and before initial engagement of said probe with said drogue, causing said hose reel to cease rotating, bringing said hose speed to zero, and sensing the reaction torque on the hose reel while the drogue is not in contact with said probe (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose speed is zero and while the drogue is not in contact with said probe being referred to as “free trail drag force”); and (i) after the rotation of said hose reel has been halted when said net drag force has increased to at least as great as K multiplied by said free retraction drag force, (i) holding said hose reel's rotation at a halt so long as said net drag force is at least as great as a first predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force and no greater than a second predetermined percentage of said recalculated free trail drag force; (ii) rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction with the hose winding on said reel when said net drag force drops below said first predetermined percentage of said recalculated free trail drag force; and (iii) allowing said hose reel to rotate in the hose extension direction with the hose unwinding from said reel when said net drag force exceeds said second predetermined percentage of said recalculated free trail drag force. 17. The method of claim 16 wherein the value of K is approximately 1.18. A method for controlling the deployment of a hose and drogue during aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft, wherein said tanker aircraft includes a refueling system having a hose reel, with the hose wound around the reel such that said reel may rotate in a hose extension direction or in a hose retraction direction, said hose having an outlet end with said drogue affixed to said outlet end, said method comprising the following steps:(a) after a predetermined length of hose has unwound from said reel, and while the drogue is not in contact with a probe of said receiver aircraft, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction and sensing reaction torque on the hose reel (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose is being retracted, without the drogue being in contact with said probe, being referred to as “free retraction drag force”); (b) sensing said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue (said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue being referred to as “net drag force”); (c) while said receiver aircraft's probe is engaged with said drogue, comparing said net drag force to said free retraction drag force; (d) before pumping of fuel from the tanker aircraft to the receiver aircraft has begun, when said net drag force is less than a predetermined percentage of said free retraction drag force, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted. 19. The method of claim 18, including the following additional step:using a variable displacement hydraulic motor to cause the reel to rotate. 20. A method for controlling the deployment of a hose and drogue during aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft, wherein said tanker aircraft includes a refueling system having a hose reel, with the hose wound around the reel such that said reel may rotate in a hose extension direction or in a hose retraction direction, said hose having an outlet end with said drogue affixed to said outlet end, said method comprising the following steps:(a) after a predetermined length of hose has unwound from said reel, and while the drogue is not in contact with a probe of said receiver aircraft, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction and sensing reaction torque on the hose reel (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose is being retracted, without the drogue being in contact with said probe, being referred to as “free retraction drag force”); (b) sensing said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue (said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue being referred to as “net drag force”); (c) while said receiver aircraft's probe is engaged with said drogue, comparing said net drag force to said free retraction drag force; (d) before pumping of fuel from the tanker aircraft to the receiver aircraft has begun, when said net drag force is less than said free retraction drag force multiplied by a factor of K, where K is a predetermined value between approximately 0.2 and approximately 2, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted. 21. The method of claim 20, including the following additional step:using a variable displacement hydraulic motor to cause the reel to rotate. 22. The method of claim 20, wherein K is equal to about 1.23. A method for controlling the deployment of a hose and drogue during aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft, wherein said tanker aircraft includes a refueling system having a hose reel, with the hose wound around the reel such that said reel may rotate in a hose extension direction or in a hose retraction direction, said hose having an outlet end with said drogue affixed to said outlet end, said method comprising the following steps:(a) after a predetermined length of hose has unwound from said reel, and while the drogue is not in contact with a probe of said receiver aircraft, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction and sensing reaction torque on the hose reel (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose is being retracted, without the drogue being in contact with said probe, being referred to as “free retraction drag force”); (b) sensing said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue (said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue being referred to as “net drag force”); (c) while said receiver aircraft's probe is engaged with said drogue, comparing said net drag force to said free retraction drag force; (d) when said net drag force is less than a predetermined percentage of said free retraction drag force, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction with the hose being retracted at about said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed until said net drag force has increased to at least said predetermined percentage of said free retraction drag force; (e) after said net drag force has increased to at least said predetermined percentage of said free retraction drag force, halting the rotation of said hose reel, and (f) after pumping of fuel from the tanker aircraft to the receiver aircraft has ended, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted at about a second predetermined retraction speed, said second predetermined retraction speed being less than said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed. 24. The method of claim 23, including the following additional step:using a variable displacement hydraulic motor to cause the reel to rotate. 25. A method for controlling the deployment of a hose and drogue during aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft, wherein said tanker aircraft includes a refueling system having a hose reel, with the hose wound around the reel such that said reel may rotate in a hose extension direction or in a hose retraction direction, said hose having an outlet end with said drogue affixed to said outlet end, said method comprising the following steps:(a) after a predetermined length of hose has unwound from said reel, and while the drogue is not in contact with a probe of said receiver aircraft, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction and sensing reaction torque on the hose reel (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose is being retracted, without the drogue being in contact with said probe, being referred to as “free retraction drag force”); (b) sensing said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue (said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue being referred to as “net drag force”); (c) while said receiver aircraft's probe is engaged with said drogue, comparing said net drag force to said free retraction drag force; (d) rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction with the hose being retracted at about said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed until said net drag force has increased to at least as great as said free retraction drag force multiplied by a factor of K, where K is a predetermined value between approximately 0.2 and approximately 2; (e) after said net drag force has increased to at least as great as K multiplied by said free trail drag force, halting the rotation of said hose reel, and (f) after pumping of fuel from the tanker aircraft to the receiver aircraft has ended, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted at about a second predetermined retraction speed, said second predetermined retraction speed being less than said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed. 26. The method of claim 25, including the following additional step:using a variable displacement hydraulic motor to cause the reel to rotate. 27. The method of claim 25, wherein K is equal to about 1.28. A method for controlling the deployment of a hose and drogue during aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft, wherein said tanker aircraft includes a refueling system having a hose reel, with the hose wound around the reel such that said reel may rotate in a hose extension direction or in a hose retraction direction, said hose having an outlet end with said drogue affixed to said outlet end, said method comprising the following steps:(a) after a predetermined length of hose has unwound from said reel, and while the drogue is not in contact with a probe of said receiver aircraft, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction and sensing reaction torque on the hose reel (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose is being retracted, without the drogue being in contact with said probe, being referred to as “free retraction drag force”); (b) sensing said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue (said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue being referred to as “net drag force”); (c) while said receiver aircraft's probe is engaged with said drogue, comparing said net drag force to said free retraction drag force; (d) before pumping of fuel from the tanker aircraft to the receiver aircraft has begun, when said net drag force is less than a predetermined percentage of said free retraction drag force, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted at about a predetermined maximum allowable hose speed; and (e) after pumping of fuel from the tanker aircraft to the receiver aircraft has ended, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted at about a second predetermined retraction speed, said second predetermined retraction speed being less than said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed. 29. The method of claim 28, including the following additional step:using a variable displacement hydraulic motor to cause the reel to rotate. 30. A method for controlling the deployment of a hose and drogue during aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft, wherein said tanker aircraft includes a refueling system having a hose reel, with the hose wound around the reel such that said reel may rotate in a hose extension direction or in a hose retraction direction, said hose having an outlet end with said drogue affixed to said outlet end, said method comprising the following steps:(a) after a predetermined length of hose has unwound from said reel, and while the drogue is not in contact with a probe of said receiver aircraft, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction and sensing reaction torque on the hose reel (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose is being retracted, without the drogue being in contact with said probe, being referred to as “free retraction drag force”); (b) sensing said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue (said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue being referred to as “net drag force”); (c) after initial engagement of said probe with said drogue and before pumping of fuel from the tanker aircraft to the receiver aircraft has begun, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted at about a predetermined maximum allowable hose speed; (d) comparing said net drag force to said free retraction drag force; (e) continuing to rotate said hose reel in the hose retraction direction with the hose being retracted at about said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed until said net drag force has increased to at least as great as said free retraction drag force multiplied by a factor of K, where K is a predetermined value between approximately 0.2 and approximately 2; (f) after said net drag force has increased to at least as great as K multiplied by said free retraction drag force, halting the rotation of said hose reel, and (g) after pumping of fuel from the tanker aircraft to the receiver aircraft has ended, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted at about a second predetermined retraction speed, said second predetermined retraction speed being less than said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed. 31. The method of claim 30, including the following additional step:using a variable displacement hydraulic motor to cause the reel to rotate. 32. The method of claim 30, wherein K is equal to about 1.33. A method for controlling the deployment of a hose and drogue during aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft, wherein said tanker aircraft includes a refueling system having a hose reel, with the hose wound around the reel such that said reel may rotate in a hose extension direction or in a hose retraction direction, said hose having an outlet end with said drogue affixed to said outlet end, said method comprising the following steps:(a) after a predetermined length of hose has unwound from said reel, and while the drogue is not in contact with a probe of said receiver aircraft, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction and sensing reaction torque on the hose reel (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose is being retracted, without the drogue being in contact with said probe, being referred to as “free retraction drag force”); (b) sensing said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue (said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue being referred to as “net drag force”); (c) after initial engagement of said probe with said drogue, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted at about a predetermined maximum allowable hose speed; (d) comparing said net drag force to said free retraction drag force; (e) continuing to rotate said hose reel in the hose retraction direction with the hose being retracted at about said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed until said net drag force has increased to at least as great as said free retraction drag force multiplied by a factor of K, where K is a predetermined value between approximately 0.2 and approximately 2; (f) after said net drag force has increased to at least as great as K multiplied by said free retraction drag force, halting the rotation of said hose reel, and (g) after pumping of fuel from the tanker aircraft to the receiver aircraft has ended, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted at about a second predetermined retraction speed, said second predetermined retraction speed being less than said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed. 34. The method of claim 33, including the following additional step:using a variable displacement hydraulic motor to cause the reel to rotate. 35. The method of claim 33, wherein K is equal to about 1.36. A method for controlling the deployment of a hose and drogue during aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft, wherein said tanker aircraft includes a refueling system having a hose reel, with the hose wound around the reel such that said reel may rotate in a hose extension direction or in a hose retraction direction, said hose having an outlet end with said drogue affixed to said outlet end, said method comprising the following steps:(a) after a predetermined length of hose has unwound from said reel, stopping rotation of said reel and, while the drogue is not in contact with a probe of said receiver aircraft, maintaining said hose's speed at zero; (b) while said hose's speed is maintained at zero with said drogue not in contact with said probe, sensing reaction torque on the hose reel (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose's speed is zero with said drogue not in contact with said probe being referred to as “free trail drag force”); (c) sensing said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue (said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue being referred to as “net drag force”); (d) while said receiver aircraft's probe is engaged with said drogue, comparing said net drag force to said free trail drag force; (e) before pumping of fuel from the tanker aircraft to the receiver aircraft has begun, when said net drag force is less than a predetermined percentage of said free trail drag force, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted at about a predetermined maximum allowable hose speed; and (f) after pumping of fuel from the tanker aircraft to the receiver aircraft has ended, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted at about a second predetermined retraction speed, said second predetermined retraction speed being less than said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed. 37. The method of claim 36, including the following additional step:using a variable displacement hydraulic motor to cause the reel to rotate. 38. A method for controlling the deployment of a hose and drogue during aerial refueling of a receiver aircraft from a tanker aircraft, wherein said tanker aircraft includes a refueling system having a hose reel, with the hose wound around the reel such that said reel may rotate in a hose extension direction or in a hose retraction direction, said hose having an outlet end with said drogue affixed to said outlet end, said method comprising the following steps:(a) after a predetermined length of hose has unwound from said reel, stopping rotation of said reel and, while the drogue is not in contact with a probe of said receiver aircraft, maintaining said hose's speed at zero; (b) while said hose's speed is maintained at zero with said drogue not in contact with said probe, sensing reaction torque on the hose reel (said reaction torque on said hose reel when said hose's speed is zero with said drogue not in contact with said probe being referred to as “free trail drag force”); (c) sensing said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue (said reaction torque after said receiver aircraft's probe engages said drogue being referred to as “net drag force”); (d) while said receiver aircraft's probe is engaged with said drogue, comparing said net drag force to said free trail drag force; (e) rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction with the hose being retracted at about said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed until said net drag force has increased to at least as great as said free trail drag force multiplied by a factor of K, where K is a predetermined value between approximately 0.2 and approximately 2; (f) after said net drag force has increased to at least as great as K multiplied by said free trail drag force, halting the rotation of said hose reel, and (g) after pumping of fuel from the tanker aircraft to the receiver aircraft has ended, rotating said hose reel in the hose retraction direction so that said hose is retracted at about a second predetermined retraction speed, said second predetermined retraction speed being less than said predetermined maximum allowable hose speed. 39. The method of claim 38, including the following additional step:using a variable displacement hydraulic motor to cause the reel to rotate. 40. The method of claim 20, wherein K is equal to about 1.
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