THE APPLICATION OF AIRBORNE VIDEO TECHNOLOGIES DURING AIRPLANE AERIAL REFUELING TEST

摘要

Video technology has been applied widely in various engineering fields. With the advancement of airplane performance and the development of airplane aerial refueling technique, many new challenges and technological hurdles has occurred, such as determination of refueling system positions, conditions of receiver and tanker airplane, reliability of refueling and so forth. Through using airborne video technology during airplane aerial refueling test, external parameters can be surveyed to provide 3-D hose and drogue position measurements of sufficient accuracy. Some flight research data has been obtained; Preliminary results and important lessons are presented..