Vijesti

STUDY: Aircraft Maintenance

Course: Aircraft Systems and Equipment I

Semester:

Lectures + Exercises:

Total:

ECTS Credits:

III

3

2

75

6

Course Objective: Gaining basic knowledge of the structure and operating principles of instrument, navigation and electrical systems on the aircraft.

Course Contents:

ATA24 (electrical systems): sources of electric power on the aircraft (storage batteries, generators). Organisation of electric networks, regulating, commutational and protective assemblies. Electric power converters and consumers.

ATA31 (instruments): organisation of instruments in the cockpit. Ways of data measuring and display. Direct and remote measuring. Synchronous transmission systems. Pitot-static aircraft system. Instruments for aerodynamic data. Geomagnetism and compasses. Gyroscopic instruments. Instruments of aircraft engines and fuel systems. Glass Cockpit concept, multifunction displays and integrated display systems (EFIS, EICAS, ECAM).

ATA34 (navigation systems): navigation systems on the aircraft, NDB/ADF, VOR/DME, ILS/MLS, ADIRS, GPS, GPWS/EGPWS, ACAS, WxR, RAD-ALT.

General and Specific Competencies (Knowledge and Skills): Knowledge of operating principles of instrument, electromechanical and electronic assemblies and systems on the aircraft. Reading schemes and function diagrams for the purpose of efficient fault finding.