Aircraft Instrumentation

Lecturer:

Karel Draxler (gar.)

Tutor:

Karel Draxler (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Measurement

Synopsis:

Present trends in airborne instrumentation of civil, military, sports aircrafts and helicopters. Visualization of flight, navigational, and engine parameters on electro-mechanical gauges, CRT, LCD, and head-up displays. Aircraft power sources and their nets. Philosophy of engine parameters measuring systems. Principles of aerometrical quantities measurements with special pressure sensors and aerometrical systems. Measurements and evaluation of Euler angles, angular speed and applied acceleration. Inertial navigation systems. Navigation based on Earth magnetic field. Ground proximity warning system. Flight data recorders, diagnostic systems, and central monitoring systems.

Requirements:

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

Study materials:

[3] Titterton, D. H., Weston, J. L.: Strapdown Inertial Navigation

Technology. Peter Peregrinus Ltd., London 1997

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Doctoral studies, daily studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, combined studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, structured daily studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, structured combined studies (compulsory elective course)