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Aircraft equipment 2

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 342-0475/05
Abbreviation PVL 2
Course title Aircraft equipment 2
Credits 3
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator Ing. Jiří Hořínka

Osnova předmětu

1. Complex digital pitot-static systems (ADC).
2. Attitude & Heading Reference Systems (AHRS), Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), Inertial Reference Systems (IRS).
3. Combined scheme of inertial systems and pitot-static systems (ADIRU).
4. Auto-flight systems - system description, control function, guiding function, protections.
5. Automatic systems of airplane control - Autopilot, Flight Director, stability control (Yaw damper).
6. Automatic systems of airplane guidance – FMS.
7. Systems of complex data displaying - EFIS, ECAM, FMA, MCDU, HUD.
8. Advanced level automatic flight control systems – auto-land, backup systems - BUSS.
9. Flight control systems FBW (Fly-By-Wire) and FBL (Fly-By-Light).
10. Flight control - levels of automation (control laws), fail passive/operational.
11. Automatic thrust control systems – auto-throttle / auto-thrust, FADEC.
12. Automatic rescue systems – anti-collision system TCAS, ground proximity warning system GPWS.
13. Future systems for navigation, communication and radar surveillance FANS (ACARS, CPDLC, ADS-B/C, SAT-ADS).
14. Previous topics review and discussion.

E-learning

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Povinná literatura

SPITZER, C. R. Digital Avionics Handbook. CRC Press, 2017. ISBN 978-1-13807-698-3 .
WYATT, D. Aircraft Flight Instruments and Guidance Systems: principles, operations and maintenance. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015. ISBN 978-11-38133-14-3 .

Doporučená literatura

Pallett E. H. J. Aircraft Instruments and Integrated systems, England, 1992, ISBN 978-0-582-08627-2