Course detail

Radio Navigation II

FSI-ERNAcad. year: 2011/2012

Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR).
Distance-Measuring Equipment (DME).
RNAV/space navigation - operation principles, methods of realization.
Electronic Horizontal Situation Indicator (EHSI).
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS).
Long-Range Navigation Systems (LORAN-C, DECCA, OMEGA).

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

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 all kinds of board radio-navigation equipment and their output information indications at the end of the course.
Students will gain knowledge of the contents of relevant JAR and JEPPESEN information.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of secondary school 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 consists of written & oral parts.
Evaluation fulfils ETCS rules.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Students will be acquainted with the purpose, use, operational principles, and main parts of all kinds of currently used & future radio-navigation equipment.
Students will understand the possibilities of practical exploitation in take-off, track flight, and landing operations of the board air navigation equipment at the end of the course.

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 self-study under the lecturer´s personal supervision.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

CAE Radionavigation, Oxford Aviation Academy, Oxford 2020. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme B2341-3 Bachelor's

    branch B-PRP , 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Slavomír Vosecký, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Introduction - Radionavigation I - review.
2. SSR - operation principles, modes, codes, kinds of the SSR, SSRmS.
3. DME (purpose, use, tech.data, deployment, co-operation with the TACAN, operational regimes).
4. RNAV - space navigation systems (Europe, worldwide).
5. EHSI (structure, CDU, symbols, navigation situation displays).
6. GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo - purpose, use, navigation capability).
7. GPS - operational principles, services.
8. GPS - augmentation trends, comparison with the GLONASS and Galileo.
9. WAAS - operational principles, realization in Europe (EGNOS).
10.LAAS - operational principles, realization possibilities.
11.Long-range navigation systems - LORAN-C, DECCA.
12.Typical ATPL(A) test questions/examples.
13.A backup- consultations, exercise.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Slavomír Vosecký, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Radionavigation I - review of the matter, typical examples.
2. DME - operational principles, use, co-operation with the TACAN, DME/DME system.
3. RNAV - planning & track plotting (typical examples).
4. EHSI - selected JAA problems - what is required in the ATPL(A) test?
5. GNSS operational principles (GPS, GLONASS, Galileo).
6. WAAS (EGNOS)operational principles.
7. LAAS operational principles.
8. LORAN-C - system operational principles, use, structure of signals .
9. DECCA, OMEGA - operational princples, use, structure of signals.
10.Typical ATPL(A) test questions (selected groups of examples).
11.Typical ATPL(A) test questions (selected groups of examples).
12.A reserve - consultations and exercise.
13.The course-unit credit test.