Patent ID: 6443390
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: B64C,B64D,G01P

Abstract:
Pressure tapping device for an aircraft, comprising at least one support element, a pressure tapping part carried by the support element and turned towards the outside of the aircraft, and a fuselage panel fixed on the support element and provided with an opening which receives the pressure tapping part, said device comprising a plate in which is integrated, without discontinuity, the pressure tapping part, said plate being fixed on the support element and the opening having a shape and dimensions almost identical to those of the plate, in such a way that the latter is received in said opening and is flush with the external surface of the fuselage panel;in which the plate is fixed on the support element by fixation elements all arranged around the periphery of said plate; and in which the fixation elements are arranged outside an angular zone of air flow centered on said pressure tapping part.