Course detail
Radio Navigation II
FSI-ERNAcad. year: 2010/2011
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
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students will gain knowledge of the contents of relevant JAR and JEPPESEN information.
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
The examination consists of written & oral parts.
Evaluation fulfils ETCS rules.
Course curriculum
Work placements
Aims
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
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
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
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
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
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.