Course detail
Aircraft On-Board Systems II
FSI-OPL-A Acad. year: 2023/2024 Summer semester
Onboard information system, instruments, equipment and devices for the aircraft control. Manual, semiautomatic and automatic flight control systems.
Language of instruction
English
Number of ECTS credits
5
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Basic knowledge of the theory of aut. control – characteristics and transfer functions of elementary factors, servo-mechanism. Basic knowledge of electrical engineering.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The course-unit credit requirements: The attendance at exercises is compulsory (80% at the minimum). The exam is written or oral.
The attendance at seminars is compulsory (80% at the minimum). The absence (in justifiable cases) can be compensated by personal consultation with the lecturer and working out individually assignments. Individual assignments must be finished and handed in during the course-unit credit week at the latest.
Aims
Students will learn of the aircraft onboard system. The main emphasis is given to the explanation of the on-board information system and its individual sub-systems.
Knowledge of principles of different aircraft onboard systems and their development tendencies.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-AST-A: Aerospace Technology, Master's, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Historic introduction, current state-of-the-art and perspectives for future development
2. Instruments on-board of aircraft – general description, rules for placing, differencies in different aircraft classes
3. Aircraft instruments testing procedures
4.-7. Flight and navigation instruments
8. Electronic flight instruments system
9. TCAS, GPWS
10. Engine instruments
11. Automatic control systems
12. Recorders and signalization
13. Criticality of instruments
Laboratory exercise
1 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Equipment for instrument testing.
Exercise
12 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Aircraft systems – ATA and GAMA
2. Instruments on-board of aircraft
3. Aircraft instruments testing procedures
4.-7. Flight and navigation instruments
8.-9. Electronic flight instruments system
10. Engine instruments
11. Automatic control systems
12. Recorders and signalization
13. Criticality of instruments