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.
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materiale didattico
Flight instruments and their evolution: analogue, electromechanical, electronic instruments.
Instruments for controlling the direction of the aircraft: magnetic compass, gyroscopic direction indicator; gyromagnetic telecompass; solid state magnetometers.
Altitude control instruments: ICAO standard atmosphere, true altitudes and pressure altitudes: barometric altimeter; Air Data Computer.
Speed control instruments: Pitot – static system; vertical speed indicator, airspeed indicator, mach meter. Exercises on the use of instruments in carrying out departure procedures.
Gyroscopic instruments for aircraft attitude control: basic properties of gyroscopes (rigidity, precession, apparent wander). Direction indicator, turn and slip indicator, attitude indicator.
Short/medium range radio aids: NDB/ADF and VOR/DME systems: localization exercises.
Evolution of navigation systems: Hyperbolic systems, inertial systems. GPS satellite system.
Programma
Air navigation in the context of air transport: peculiarities, navigation techniques.Flight instruments and their evolution: analogue, electromechanical, electronic instruments.
Instruments for controlling the direction of the aircraft: magnetic compass, gyroscopic direction indicator; gyromagnetic telecompass; solid state magnetometers.
Altitude control instruments: ICAO standard atmosphere, true altitudes and pressure altitudes: barometric altimeter; Air Data Computer.
Speed control instruments: Pitot – static system; vertical speed indicator, airspeed indicator, mach meter. Exercises on the use of instruments in carrying out departure procedures.
Gyroscopic instruments for aircraft attitude control: basic properties of gyroscopes (rigidity, precession, apparent wander). Direction indicator, turn and slip indicator, attitude indicator.
Short/medium range radio aids: NDB/ADF and VOR/DME systems: localization exercises.
Evolution of navigation systems: Hyperbolic systems, inertial systems. GPS satellite system.
Testi Adottati
Chris Binns, Aircraft Systems – Instruments, Communications, Navigation and Control, John Wiley & Sons - IEEE Press, Hoboken 2019Bibliografia Di Riferimento
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 2014Modalità Frequenza
Attending classes is not mandatory but is strongly recommendedModalità Valutazione
Multiple choice questions, problems