KC-10 Refuelling Data

[S77th-GOYA]

http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/6ABC82AC_1143_EC82_2EACE684C8BBDEA2.pdf

[TorwaK]

Already I finished to read. Very intresting indeed, thanks. Is there part 1-2-3-4 or more?

[S77th-GOYA]

Not that I can see. but here are some additional docs:

 

http://www.raf.mod.uk/downloads/atp56bwarning.cfm

[S77th-konkussion]

8k lbs/ minute... ph-e-e-e-e-w-w-w...

[Force_Feedback]

Boom systems always allow roughly twice the transfer rate compared to hose based systems, on the other hand, with hoses you can refuel 3 times as many planes at a time.

[Rhen]

8,000Lbs works only for refueling heavy aircraft. For fighter aircraft, it's a 4,000Lb transfer rate because the number of air refueling pumps used for fighters is lower. Then there's the plumbing in the fighter which can restrict this rate further. If you refuel a fighter like a heavy, you'll blow the fighter off the boom.

 

The drogue, because it's a hose & not a pipe, refuels slower than the boom system.

 

The important things to look at are airspeeds for refueling - they're different for different aircraft, procedures, etc. Unless we're going somewhere, fighters like to refuel in an anchor, where the fighter does the rendezvous. That way, we don't have to go to the IP constantly and can show up anywhere in the anchor area. The next best is a point-parallel in the anchor, but we've got to fly to the IP for that.

 

Then there's the "Quick Flow" procedure to rapidly get fighters cycled onto the boom. That speeds things up considerably and is a little more fun.

 

But, as you can see, there's lots of stuff wrong with LOMAC refueling - at least when it comes to Western procedures.:doh: