Course detail

Radio Navigation I

FSI-DRNAcad. year: 2011/2012

basic principles of radio technology and propagation of electromagnetic waves.
Airborne Doppler Navigator.
Radio Navigation Systems (direction finders, compasses, beacons, approach systems).
Primary Pulse Radar Principles (aeronautical ground & airborne primary pulse radars).

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Slavomír Vosecký, CSc.

Department

Institute of Aerospace Engineering (LÚ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be acquainted with function and practical use of basic kinds of board radio-navigation equipment and their output information indications at the end of the I-st part of the course (Radionavigation I).
Students will gain knowledge of the contents of relevant JAR and JEPPESEN information.

Prerequisites

High school level knowledge of mathematics and physics is demanded.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The course-unit credit test comprises both common and detail questions related to the subject matter. Questions similar to those of the ATPL(A) test are also included.
The examination is of written & oral form.
Classification fulfils ETCS rules.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students will be acquainted with the purpose, use, operational principles, and with main parts of the basic kinds of currently used & future radio-navigation equipment.
Students should well comprehend the possibilities of practical exploitation in take-off, track flight, and landing operations of the equipment.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Lectures and exercises are realized by means of audio-visual method and therefore student´s presence is necessary.
Missed lectures & exercises can be compensated in a very limited extend only by personal consultations with the lecturer or by a selfstudy under the lecturer´s personal supervision.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Vosecký, S.: Radionavigace - učební texty pro teoretickou přípravu dopravních pilotů dle předpisu JAR-FCL-1(062 00), akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o., Brno 2006. (CS)
Kayton, M.; Fried,W.R.: Avionics Navigation Systems, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, 1997, second edition. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B3S-P Bachelor's

    branch B-PRP , 2. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Slavomír Vosecký, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Introduction - prerequisite knowledge repetition.
2. Fundamentals of radio technology (repetition/introduction).
3. Doppler Navigator.
4. VHF ground direction finder (VDF).
5. Automatic radio direction finder (ADF).
6. VOR.
7. DVOR a DME.
8. ILS.
9. MLS.
10. Fundamentals of radar technique.
11. Primary pulse radars.
12. Aeronautical surveillance & airborne primary pulse radars.
13. A reserve - consultations, exercise.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Slavomír Vosecký, CSc.

Syllabus

1.Electrical signals - parameters, modulations, etc.).
2.Wave propagation - frequency bands, ionosphere, reflections.
3.Doppler Navigator operational principle.
4.ADF measurement. Kinds of indication.
5.Radio-compass - operation principles, indication, JEPPESEN requirements.
6.VOR operation. Airborne indicators.
7.DVOR, PVOR, TVOR a DME - principles of operation.
8.ILS operational principles, use and indication.
9.MLS operation principles, use,refracted trajectories, system accuracy.
10.Primary radars - operational principles.
11.Secondary radar - operational principles.
12.A reserve - consultations, exercise.
13.The course-unit credit test.