Course detail
Radio Navigation I
FSI-DRN Acad. year: 2020/2021 Summer semester
The subject presents the first part of the JAA/EASA FCL-1, 062 (Radionavigation I) themes. It contents: Introduction to basic principles of radio technology and propagation of electromagnetic waves. Airborne doppler navigator. Radio navigation equipment (radio direction finders & compasses, radio beacons, radio approach & landing systems). Aeronautic ground primary pulse radars. Aeronautic airborne weather radar used in civil aircraft. Passive radars.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
5
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will be acquainted with function and practical use of basic kinds of board radio-navigation equipment and their output information indications at the end of the I-st part of the course (Radionavigation I).
Students will gain knowledge of the contents of relevant JAR and JEPPESEN information.
Prerequisites
High school level knowledge of mathematics and physics is demanded.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics presented in lectures.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
The course-unit credit test comprises both common and detail questions related to the subject matter. Questions similar to those of the ATPL(A) test are also included.
The examination is of written & oral form.
Classification fulfils ETCS rules.
Aims
Students will be acquainted with the purpose, use, operational principles, and with main parts of the basic kinds of currently used & future radio-navigation equipment.
Students should well comprehend the possibilities of practical exploitation in take-off, track flight, and landing operations of the equipment.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Lectures and exercises are realized by means of audio-visual method and therefore student´s presence is necessary.
Missed lectures & exercises can be compensated in a very limited extend only by personal consultations with the lecturer or by a selfstudy under the lecturer´s personal supervision.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B3S-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
branch B-PRP: Professional Pilot, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
39 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction – repetition of previous knowledge (prerequisite: physics; electro –; radio –;).
2. Propagation of radio waves in Earth´s atmosphere.
3. Application of Doppler phenomenon to aeronautic navigation (GS; drift; Doppler radar).
4. VHF ground direction finders (VDF).
5. Ground omnidirectional beacon (NDB); airborne automatic radio direction finder (ADF).
6. Ground directional beacons (VOR, DVOR).
7. Aeronautic approach system (ILS).
8. Aeronautic landing system (MLS).
9. RADAR – fundamentals of radar technology (principles of pulse technique; kinds of radars).
10. Aeronautical primary pulse surveillance radars.
11. Airborne weather radar (AWR).
12. Passive radars (TDOA method; VERA, TAMARA, KOLCHUGA).
13. A reserve – consultations, exercises, credit test.
Exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1.Electrical signals – parameters, modulations, etc.).
2.Wave propagation – frequency bands, ionosphere, reflections.
3.Doppler Navigator operational principle.
4.ADF measurement. Kinds of indication.
5.Radio-compass – operation principles, indication, JEPPESEN requirements.
6.VOR operation. Airborne indicators.
7.DVOR, PVOR, TVOR a DME – principles of operation.
8.ILS operational principles, use and indication.
9.MLS operation principles, use,refracted trajectories, system accuracy.
10.Primary radars – operational principles.
11.Secondary radar – operational principles.
12.A reserve – consultations, exercise.
13.The course-unit credit test.