Aerial refueling improvement ideas and resources

From FlightGear wiki
Revision as of 02:41, 22 December 2014 by Johan G (talk | contribs) (Created page with "These are some '''aerial refueling improvement ideas'''. Currently (December 2014) FlightGear both have several aircraft that can be refueled and several tankers. However th...")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

These are some aerial refueling improvement ideas. Currently (December 2014) FlightGear both have several aircraft that can be refueled and several tankers. However there is room for improvement.

Current situation

(December 2014)

  • At least the MRTT AI tanker have parts that are "hot"/possible to collide with.

Boom refueling

  • None of the tankers have lights indicating the aircraft position in the boom envelope or refueling status.
  • Few, if any of the tankers have a moving boom.

Drogue and probe refueling

  • None of the tankers have lights indicating the aircraft position or refueling status.
  • The hose is fixed length and rigid.

Ideas on improvements

  • Adding refueling status lights to all tankers (red, amber and green)

Drogue and probe refueling

  • Borrowing code etc. used for towing gliders
    • Visualize the hose using parts or the entire towing code
    • Have the hose attached to the nacelle and the probe (with a very small braking force, tens of pounds)
    • Visualize the drogue at the end of the hose

Common terminology

Terms commonly used in relevant marketing material and documentation.

Aerial refueling itself

  • Air-to-air refueling (AAR) (Standard NATO term and abbreviation)
  • In flight refueling (IFR)
  • (fr) Ravitaillement en vol

Related content

Wiki articles

Forum topics

(First post in 24 May 2013)
(First post in 24 Oct 2013) (Also contains links to technical documentation.)
(First post in 21 Nov 2013)
(First post in 22 Aug 2014)
(First post in 23 Aug 2014)

Source code

Links point to the 3.2 release.

External links

Currently (December 2014) sprinkled throughout the forum topics.