Refueling Flashcards
When should you not practice breakaways during air refueling?
If the tanker is without disconnect capability
What should you do if the autopilot disengages during a breakaway?
Maintain firm manual control of the aircraft since abrupt changes about all axes can occur
Use autopilot ALT HOLD and roll knob during air refueling. Do not use______, _______, or ________.
HDG SEL, NAV/LOC, MACH HOLD
How is an anchor rendezvous established?
Radar vectors
Upwash from the receiver is similar to ____________, and ______________.
Ground effect, reduces drag on the tanker
What speed do tankers orbit at?
275 or .85 MACH
What is the definition of an overrun?
The receiver goes in front of the tanker during or before the tanker’s turn onto the IP to CP line
What is a standard tanker orbit (turn direction/time)
Left turns, 2 minute legs
If not using any axis of the autopilot you (do/don’t) have to tell the receiver?
Do
When does the tanker turn to or continue on the reciprocal of the receiver’s inbound track?
When the receiver is at or inside the IP and calls IP inbound
Prior to accomplishing an practice emergency separation, what must be accomplished?
Coordination btwn the tanker/receiver pilots and the boom operator
The receiver must stay 1,000’ below the tanker until when?
Until 1NM from the tanker and visual
When is the End AR Request made?
5 mins prior to the end of refueling
Can you disengage the autopilot while the receiver is in the contact position?
No
If the boom moves right then the plane will move
Right
What does a rendezvous accomplish?
Positions a receiver in pre-contact behind a tanker
When is the ARCT accomplished?
At the ARCP
The breakaway call must be made using the ___ callsign and done so ___ times
Tanker, 3
After ___ dry contacts you must ___ the boom
5, wet
When does MARSA begin?
When tanker accepts MARSA
What is the first thing a copilot does on a breakaway?
Return the strobe lights to BOTH ON and NAV lights to BRIGHT
When are practice emergency separations prohibited?
When MBL, EBL or if receiver doesn’t have disconnect ability
What is the definition of offset?
The lateral distance the tanker is displaced from IP to CP track to compensate for turn radius and drift.
Because of the _________________, flying two airplanes in close vertical proximity is _____.
Magnitude of interrelated aerodynamic effects, not safe
What draws aircraft together during AR?
Low pressure as the bow wave approaches
How can a rendezvous be accomplished?
Visual, radio or radar
When is the tanker responsible for receiver navigation?
From rendezvous through end of A/R
When refueling is complete where do the receivers go?
Fighters = 30 degrees off right wingtip Heavies = 60 degrees off right wingtip
Is closure overrun an emergency?
Yes so must call a breakaway
Failure to close gravity feed lines can result in _____
An excessive CG condition
The strength of the low pressure that draws aircraft together is ____________ to the distance between aircraft.
Inversely proportional
The most important aspect of flying a stable platform during air refueling is ________.
The power setting
