Originally Posted by
KC10 FATboy
If you did boom limits properly, there shouldn't have been a problem. And yes, the KC-10 hates you (130s). Throwing out degrees of flaps and limiting the bank to 15 degrees so it doesn't stall is very painful. But, for the pilots, it is a lot of fun. However the boomers hate you because the slow speed takes away a lot of the boom authority ... which is probably why you got b slapped.
You are right, FATboy, we weren't doing it properly. We were doing it like on a KC-135 which we saw 75% of the time. 45 degree vertical S Deltas and trying to see who got the PaChing' first! The Herk was a blast to AR from our seat as you did it all with rudder and 1010 degrees TIT. Speaking of slow, try refueling an HH-3 receiver single engine, 3-5 knots above airframe buffet!
