ANGLE OF ATTACK SENSOR WITH SLOPED FACEPLATE

• Main Authors: Krueger, William B, Whalen, Mackenzie, Valdes Chavez, Armando, Cusher, Aaron A, Schwartz, Richard Alan, Johnson, Wallace, Hanson, Daniel, Anderson, Kaleb
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.03.2023
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION,OR SHOCK; NAVIGATION; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; SURVEYING; TESTING; TRANSPORTING

An angle of attack sensor includes a housing having an open end and a closed end, a faceplate positioned on the open end of the housing, the faceplate comprising a periphery at an outer edge of the faceplate, a central opening, and an exterior surface extending from the periphery to the central opening, and a vane assembly extending through the central opening of the faceplate. The exterior surface of the faceplate has a sloped profile from the periphery to the central opening.