Method to repair a permanently sealed air data tube

Abstract

A method to repair a permanently sealed air data tube by identifying at least one area of a strut component of said air data tube wherein said strut component may be broached to provide access to internal components accommodated generally within the interior portion of said tube; broaching said strut component and a probe component in areas generally consistent with those portions identified as providing manipulative access to internally accommodated components; removing said internally accommodated components; refurbishing the internal surface areas of the vacated air data tube; inspecting exterior surfaces and said internally accommodated components; determining air data tube components requiring replacement wherein said determination is made by choosing from a group of some or all of the used air data tube components including, but not limited to, a strut component, one or more heating element component(s), a probe component, one or more static line component(s), one or more static line fitting component(s), one or more hermetic seal(s), one or more pitot pressure line fitting connector(s) and a pitot pressure line, an electrical connector; re-assembling said air data tube with said determined replacement components; re-sealing broached air data tube components; and restoring the external surface of said re-sealed air data tube to an airworthy condition.

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