Aircraft Communication Antenna Damage
Aircraft Communication Antenna Damage
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Does anyone have any technical data or general references concerning allowable damage for aircraft mounted antennas'? UHF, VHF, HF....
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RE: Aircraft Communication Antenna Damage
RE: Aircraft Communication Antenna Damage
On one aircraft which carries our equipment, the UHF/VHF and IFF "shark fin" type of fuselage mounted antennas suffer fairly predictable leading edge wear over time. I am not sure if there are specific limits for this sort of degradation but it seems that, provided there are no structural fatigue cracks, the maintainers send them for repair, either locally by the avionics workshop or to the manufacturer. This seems to consist of filling the chips and dents and then repainting with non R.F - abosorbent paint (of course!)