Method of mounting pressure ports in the skin of an aircraft
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsMichel Bacou, Christophe Arruti
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Abstract
A method of mounting at least one pressure port in a skin of an aircraft, where the port is made with a hollow tube implanted in the skin, optimizes conditions whereby each of the tubes is made flush with the skin so that static or dynamic pressure measurements are accurate and reliable. The method includes a step of leveling each of the tubes and a step of painting the skin. To achieve satisfactory leveling conditions for the tubes on each occasion, the leveling step is independent of the layer of paint deposited on the skin.
Claims12
A method of mounting at least one pressure port in the skin of an aircraft, the port being made with a hollow tube implanted in the skin, the method comprising the following steps:
- a step of implanting at least one elongate tube in the skin of the aircraft, the tube emerging from the skin;
- a step of painting the skin and the emerging portion of the at least one tube;
- a step of cutting the emerging portion in order to shorten its length;
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- a step of leveling the shortened emerging portion in order to cause the at least one tube to be flush with the paint-coated skin to within a predetermined tolerance range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.