The students will be provided with knowledge concerning: (i) the tools are used to govern the movement of an aircraft and their evolution during the past decades; (ii) systems integration and its impact on the evolution of aircraft piloting and re-definition of the operating environment in which increased capacity and flexibility of airspace correspond to increased flight safety.
teacher profile teaching materials
Flight instruments and their evolution: analogue, electromechanical, electronic instruments.
Instruments for controlling the direction of the aircraft.
Altitude control instruments. Speed control instruments. Exercises on the use of instruments in carrying out departure procedures.
Gyroscopic instruments for aircraft attitude control.
Short/medium range radio aids: NDB/ADF and VOR/DME systems: localization exercises.
Navigation systems: Hyperbolic systems, inertial systems. GPS satellite system.
Flight Management System
Programme
Air navigation in the context of air transport.Flight instruments and their evolution: analogue, electromechanical, electronic instruments.
Instruments for controlling the direction of the aircraft.
Altitude control instruments. Speed control instruments. Exercises on the use of instruments in carrying out departure procedures.
Gyroscopic instruments for aircraft attitude control.
Short/medium range radio aids: NDB/ADF and VOR/DME systems: localization exercises.
Navigation systems: Hyperbolic systems, inertial systems. GPS satellite system.
Flight Management System
Core Documentation
Chris Binns, Aircraft Systems – Instruments, Communications, Navigation and Control, John Wiley & Sons - IEEE Press, Hoboken 2019Reference Bibliography
Rizzardo Trebbi, Navigazione e strumenti, Aviabooks, Torino 2007 Rizzardo Trebbi, Teoria del volo, Aviabooks, Torino 2016 Ian Moir, Allan G. Seabridge, Civil Avionics Systems, Professional Engineering Publishing Limited, London 2003 FAA Federal Aviation Administration, Instrument Flying Handbook, FAA Airman Testing Standards Branch, Oklahoma City 2012 Ferruccio Francescotti, Avionica – i sistemi elettronici dei velivoli, IBN, Roma 2005 Michelangelo Flaccavento, Sistemi Avionici, Hoepli, Milano 2014Attendance
Attending classes is not mandatory but is strongly recommendedType of evaluation
Multiple choice questions, problems