Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

10583 (v.3) Flight Planning and Navigational Aids 281

Area:

 Department of Spatial Sciences

Credits:

 25.0

Contact Hours:

 5.0
 
** 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. **
 

Lecture:

 1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

 1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

 1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

 10586 (v.2) Navigation and Aircraft Performance 182
 

Syllabus:

 Flight planning and navigational logs. Natural/radio position lines. Navigation during climbs/descent/turns. Solution of turn problems. Advanced point of no return, critical point, safe diversion. Navigation and flight planning problems for turbo-jet aircraft. Advanced air navigation instruments, radio aids and inertial reference systems. Principles of Geometrical Product Specifications (GPS) positioning. Conversion between geographic, cartesian and plane coordinate systems. Datum shift versus seven parameter transformation of Cartesian coordinates. Elementary radar and air traffic control systems.
 
** 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. **
 

Field of Education:

 019900 Other Natural and Physical Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

 Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

 Grade/Mark

Availability
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