Code: mk3agk1r04hx17-en
ECTS Credit Points: 4
Evaluation: mid-semester grade
Year, Semester: 1st year, 2nd semester
Its prerequisite(s): Theoretical Knowledge of Airline Transport Pilot Licence I (ATPL)
Further courses are built on it: Yes/No
Number of teaching hours/week (lecture + practice): 2+2
Topics:
The course (Part I and II together) teaches the comprehensive knowledge of Aircraft General Knowledge - Airframe/Systems/Powerplant to demonstrate a level that grants a succesfull authority exam according to FCL.515 ATPL - Training course and theoretical knowledge examinations.
Part I of the course covers the following main areas and give thorough information on:
System design, loads, stresses and maintenance, airframe, hydraulics, landing gear, wheels, tyres and brakes, flight controls, pneumatics: pressurisation and air conditioning
By conducting both Part of the course the student will have the knowledge recommended by the EU legislation (AMC1 FCL.310; FCL.515 (b); FCL.615 (b) and will understand the complex technological background, structures, solutions used in airframes, systems and powerplants in aviation.
Learning Objectives (LOs) published by the European Comission are used when developing the Part-FCL theoretical knowledge elements of the course.
The course is aimed to contribute to the achievement of safe flight during their proposed pilot career. It is crucial that a pilot could be able to recognize the hazard and apply for the well-known procedures in this matter during a flight.
Literature:
Compulsory:
- Cae Oxford Aviation Academy (UK), Airframes and Systems, 2015, Isbn szám: 978 1 90620 265 1
- Cae Oxford Aviation Academy (UK), Electrics and electronics, 2015, Isbn szám: 978 1 90620 266
- Cae Oxford Aviation Academy (UK),Powerplant,2015, Isbn szám:978 1 90620 267 5
| 1st week | 8th week |
|---|---|
| Registration week | 1st drawing week |
| 2nd week | 9th week |
| Lecture: System Design, Loads, Stresses, Maintenance, System design, Design concepts, Level of certification, Loads and stresses Practice: Lab demonstration, Loads and stresses | Lecture: Landing Gear, Wheels, Tyres, Brakes, Landing gear, Types, System components, design, operation, indications and warnings, on-ground/in-flight protections, emergency extension systems, Nose-wheel steering: design, operation Practice: Lab demonstration, simplified landing gears |
| 3rd week | 10th week |
| Lecture: System Design, Loads, Stresses, Maintenance, Fatigue, Corrosion, Maintenance, Maintenance methods: hard time and on condition Practice: Examples on Fatigue, Corrosion | Lecture: Landing Gear, Wheels, Tyres, Brakes, Types and materials, System components, design, operation, indications and warnings, Anti-skid, Autobrake, Wheels, rims and tyres, Types, structural components and materials, operational limitations, thermal plugs Practice: Lab demonstration, simplified brakes |
| 4th week | 11th week |
| Lecture: Airframe, Construction and attachment methods, Materials, Aeroplane: wings, tail surfaces and control surfaces, Design and construction, Structural components, Loads, stresses and aeroelastic vibrations (‘flutter’) Practice: Site visit, aircraft demonstration | Lecture: Flight Controls, Aeroplane: primary flight controls, Manual controls, Fully powered (irreversible), Partially powered controls (reversible), System components, design, operation, indications and warnings, degraded modes of operation, jamming Practice: Site visit, aircraft demonstration |
| 5th week | 12th week |
| Lecture: Airframe, Fuselage, landing gear, doors, floor, windscreen and windows, Structural limitations Practice: Site visit, aircraft demonstration | Lecture: Flight Controls, Aeroplane: secondary flight controls, System components, design, operation, degraded modes of operation, indications and warnings, Aeroplane: Fly-by-Wire (FBW) control systems Practice: Site visit, simulator demonstration |
| 6th week | 13th week |
| Lecture: Hydraulics, Hydromechanics: basic principles Practice: Site visit, aircraft demonstration | Lecture: Pneumatics - Pressuration and Airconditioning Systems, Pneumatic/bleed air supply, Piston-engine air supply, Gas turbine engine: bleed air supply Practice: Site visit, aircraft demonstration |
| 7th week | 14th week |
| Lecture: Hydraulics, Hydraulic systems, Hydraulic fluids: types, characteristics, limitations, System components: design, operation, degraded modes of operation, indications and warnings Practice: Lab demonstration, hydraulic fluids | Lecture: Pneumatics, Aeroplane: pressurisation and air-conditioning system, System components, design, operation, degraded modes of operation, indications and warnings Practice: Site visit, aircraft demonstration |
| 15th week | |
| 2nd drawing week |
Requirements
A, for a signature:
Attendance at lectures is recommended, but not compulsory.
Participation at practice classes is compulsory. A student must attend the practice classes and may not miss more than three times during the semester. In case a student does so, the subject will not be signed and the student must repeat the course. A student can’t make up any practice with another group. Attendance at practice classes will be recorded by the practice leader. Being late is equivalent with an absence. In case of further absences, a medical certificate needs to be presented. Missed practice classes should be made up for at a later date, to be discussed with the tutor.
B, for grade:
The course ends in mid-semester grade based on the assessment of the instructor.