Course detail
Aeronautical On-Board Instruments
FSI-DLL Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester
The course is concerned with flight instruments, selected navigation instruments, power plant and system monitoring instruments, warning and annunciating system, displays system, flight management system, autopilot systems and recording equipment (flight data recorder and cockpit recorder). The curriculum of the course is elaborated on the base of JAR-FCL for ATPL.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
5
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Basic knowledge of theory aut. control – characteristics and transfer functions of elementary factors, servo-mechanism.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The course-unit credit test is determined by 100% presence at excercises and reqires 75% of correct answers to the test questions at least. Efficiency of the teaching process is temporarily verified.
Lectures and exercises require attendance.
Missed lectures & exercises can be compensated in a very limited extend only by personal consultations with the lecturer or by a self-study under the lecturer´s personal supervision.
Aims
The course objective is to make students familiar with the theory of flight board instruments. Student will learn how to use the theoretical knowledge about flight board instruments in practice. Students will be prepared for ATPL (A) exam at CAA.
Students will acquire the knowledge and skills of theoretical area, which are necessary for professional pilots in commercial air transport .
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-PRP-P: Professional Pilot, Bachelor's, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
39 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1. Air data systems; Air data sensors.
2. Air data instruments: Altimeter, air speed indicator.
3. Air data instruments: Machmeter, vertical speed indicator. Air data computer (ADC).
4. Gyro – theory, types, turn and bank indicator, vertical gyro/artificial horizon
5. Gyro stabilized platform, accelerometer, inercial navigation systems.
6. Directional gyro. Magnetic and gyro-induction compass. Radioaltimeter.
7. Electronic flight instrument systems (EFIS).
8. Automatic flight control systems – FMS, flight director (FD).
9. Automatic flight control systems – autopilot, envelope protection, yaw damper.
10. Automatic flight control systems – automatic trim, thrust control computer, auto-thrust/autothrottle.
11. Recording, warning and annunciation equipment – GPWS, TCAS, overspeed, stall warnig.
12. Recording, warning and annunciation equipment – flight data recorder, cockpit voice recorder.
13. Engine and on-board equipment display system.
Exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Air data systems; Air data sensors.
2. Air data instruments: Altimeter, air speed indicator.
3. Air data instruments: Machmeter, vertical speed indicator. Air data computer (ADC).
4. Gyro – theory, types, turn and back indicator, vertical gyro/artificial horizon
5. Gyro stabilized platform, accelerometer, inercial navigation systems.
6. Directional gyro. Magnetic and gyro-induction compass. Radioaltimeter.
7. Electronic flight instrument systems (EFIS).
8. Automatic flight control systems – FMS, flight director (FD).
9. Automatic flight control systems – autopilot, envelope protection, yaw damper.
10. Automatic flight control systems – automatic trim, thrust control computer, auto-thrust/autothrottle.
11. Recording, warning and annunciation equipment – GPWS, TCAS, overspeed, stall warnig.
12. Recording, warning and annunciation equipment – flight data recorder, cockpit voice recorder.
13. Engine and on-board equipment display system.