Tanking Tonkas from an RSAF KE-3A was also interesting. The basket and hose assembly were almost wingtip mounted. The hose was a lot shorter than normal ones and this meant sitting well close to the tanker itself. The hose was prone to "whip" on contact or disconnect. The drogue basket was weighted with a hefty lump of metal; the combination of this and the hose length meant that anything other than a dead centre contact would result in hose whip and the heavy drogue bouncing off your jet's nose; in the case of the Tonka, this could and did sometimes result in either a bent or broken AOA probe.