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ENAS301

Avionics

Syllabus

  1. Introduction (5 hours)
    1. Need for avionics
    2. Components overview
    3. Systems that interact with the pilot
    4. Fly-by-wire, flight management and autopilot systems
    5. Sensor systems
    6. Task automation systems
    7. Overview of aircraft stability and control
  2. Cockpit Displays and Human-Machine Interface (8 hours)
    1. Functions of the cockpit systems
    2. Primary flight display
    3. Analog display systems in the cockpit
    4. Flight control instruments (side-stick, yoke, throttle, pedal)
    5. Analog controls
    6. Fly-by-wire system
  3. Basic Navigation Systems (4 hours)
    1. Principle of navigation system
    2. Types of navigation systems: position fixing and dead-reckoning
    3. Air data systems
    4. Working principle of vertical speed indicator (VSI), altimeter and air speed indicator
  4. Fly-By-Wire System, Autopilot and Flight Management (6 hours)
    1. Fly-by-wire system architecture and data handling
    2. Failure safety and triplex/quadruplex redundancies
    3. Flight management and housekeeping
    4. Data fusion
  5. Communication and Navigation Systems I (14 hours)
    1. Machinery fundamentals of radio wave propagation, antennas and transmission lines, communication, receiver and transmitter
    2. Working principle of VHF communication, HF communication, audio systems, emergency locator transmitter (ELT), cockpit voice recorder (CVR), very high frequency omnidirectional range (VOR), automatic direction finding (ADF), instrument landing system (ILS) and distance measuring equipment (DME)
  6. Communication and Navigation Systems II (8 hours)
    1. Working principle of very low frequency and hyperbolic navigation (VLF/omega), Doppler navigation, area navigation (RNAV), flight management system (FMS), global positioning system (GPS), GNSS satellite system, inertial navigation system, ATC transponder and secondary surveillance radar, traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS), weather avoidance radar, radio altimeter, and ARINC communication and reporting

Practicals

  1. Perform tests of basic flight controls
  2. Use autopilot to perform altitude hold and vertical speed settings
  3. Practice with Garmin G1000
  4. Use of NDB and VOR
  5. Refer to lab manual for software instructions and further exercises

Evaluation

  1. Chapter 1 (5 hours): 12 marks
  2. Chapter 2 (8 hours): 12 marks
  3. Chapters 3 and 4 (10 hours): 12 marks
  4. Chapter 5 (14 hours): 12 marks
  5. Chapter 6 (8 hours): 12 marks