Originally Posted by
Whiskey Papa
How come the AoA sensor seals let in water? There can be little difference between a jet wash and climbing to FL350 at 200kts through rain. Aren't the probes heated automatically?
Same question here.....
I expect there is already a link on the thread to what the AoA sensors on the A320 look like. Could somebody oblige, rather than wade back through 62 pages?
As an ancient, to me an AoA sensor is a small vane, and a jet of water would have drained off it like water from a duck's back.
CJ