Area: |
Department of Spatial Sciences |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
5.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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Lecture: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: |
1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
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Syllabus: |
Significant figures and accuracies, mean, standard deviation, statistical reliability. Angles, bearings and trigonometric functions. Distance. Map projection and the plane. Plane triangle solutions. Basic air navigation instruments. Aircraft performance, takeoff/landing distances, enroute requirements, normal/abnormal/emergency situations. The regulatory environment. Basic flight planning and navigation of light aircraft. Basic point of no return, critical point. Circular slide rule. Programmable electronic calculators. Spreadsheet-based navigation solutions. Radio navigation principles applied to en-route navigation. Traverse computations and the Bowditch adjustment applied to air navigation. Areas of rectilinear figures. Simple circular curves. Solution of basic computations using coordinates. Missing elements. Line intersections. |
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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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Field of Education: |
19900 Other Natural and Physical Sciences (Narrow Grouping) |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information: |
Not Online |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
| Availability Information has not been provided by the respective School or Area. Prospective students should contact the School or Area listed above for further information. |
