Rendezvous Management

STABILITY ENGINEERING – Volume 9 www.manhattanproject20.com 1 117-180-C Rendezvous Management Stabilizing Coupling Between Actants Moving at Different Cognitive Velocities Introduction Air-to-air refueling contains a deceptively simple engineering truth. Two aircraft can be individually stable, perfectly airworthy, and equipped with compatible refueling systems—and still be unable to transfer fuel safely if their relative motion is not controlled. • The tanker may be flying at hundreds of knots.