Air Navigation

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Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Radioelectronics

Synopsis:

Position determination and pilotage with visual and instrumental navigation. Radionavigation, especially satellite one. Lectures respect European Radio Navigation Plan (ERNP) recommendations and ICAO regulations. Student will study navigation system principles and its use for pilotage.

Requirements:

It is necessary to pass final test

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Geometry of the Earth, coordinate frames, World geodetic system 1984

2. Charts, their types, projection. Visual and instrumental navigation

3. Radio air navigation. Automatic direction finders, NDB beacons

4. Heading measurement, VOR, its principles and indication. DVOR, VOT and TACAN beacons

5. Distance measurements. DME system, R-NOV. Radio altimeter

6. ILS and its subsystems (LLZ, GP, markers). Beacons and receivers

7. MLS system. Principles possibilities and future

8. Hyperbolic systems, LORAN C and its future

9. Satellite radio navigation, Doppler shift and range measurements

10. Position determination, precision a DOP

11. GPS system, signal structure, SPS and PPS services

12. Satellite navigation systems GLONASS and GALILEO

13. Satellite navigation shortages, their suppression, DGPS, WAAS, EGNOS, RAIM, AAIM

14. Doppler radar

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Position assessment, Earth model parameters

2. Aeronautical Charts

3. Installation of navigation equipment and aerials in aircraft

4. Measurement with radio direction finder RKL 41

5. Precision of range systems assessment

6. Measurements with radio altimeter

7. Measurements on ILS receivers

8. Computation of position in hyperbolic system

9. Satellite navigation receiver and decreasing of its precision by sky shadowing

10. Czech airlines educational visit

11. Czech airlines educational visit

12. CTU reference station - educational visit

13. Reserve

14. Test

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Kayton, M., Fried, W. R. Avionics Navigation Systems. New York: John Wiley. 1996

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Cybernetics and Measurements - Aeronautical Engineering and Control Systems- structured studies (compulsory course)