CPC B64D 15/12 (2013.01) [B23K 1/0016 (2013.01); G01P 5/16 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |
1. A method for connecting a heater component of an air data probe to an interior surface of a probe head of the air data probe, the method comprising:
shaping the heater of the probe head by wrapping the heater along a mandrel to form a helical heating element having a plurality of protrusions, wherein the plurality of protrusions comprises a plurality of points between straight portions of the heater;
sliding the heater into a cavity of the probe head such that the plurality of protrusions of the heater contact an interior surface of the probe head; and
brazing the heater to the probe head with a braze material, to join the plurality of protrusions of the heater to the interior surface of the probe head.
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