The Boeing Company
Apparatus to store a drogue hose on an aircraft

Abstract:

Apparatus to store a drogue hose on an aircraft are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a pod to be attached to an aircraft to store a drogue hose, a drum disposed in the pod around which the drogue hose is coiled, where an axis of the drum is aligned with a direction of flight of the aircraft, guides to move along a length of the drum to guide the drogue hose as the drogue hose is coiled around the drum, and exit rollers adjacent to a drogue chute cave of the pod, the exit rollers to guide the drogue hose as the drogue hose moves through the drogue chute cave.