EC2041 AVIONICS SYLLABUS

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UNIT I INTRODUCTION 9

Introduction to aircraft – Axes system – Parts, importance and role of Avionics – systems

which interface directly with pilot – Aircraft state sensor systems – Navigation systems –

External world sensor systems – task automation systems. Avionics architecture

evolution. Avionics Data buses - MIL STD 1553, ARINC 429, ARINC 629.

UNIT II RADIO NAVIGATION 9

Types of Radio Navigation – ADF, DME, VOR, LORAN, DECCA, OMEGA. ILS, MLS

UNIT III INERTIAL AND SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS 9

Inertial sensors – Gyroscopes, Accelerometers, Inertial navigation systems – Block

diagram, Platform and strap down INS. Satellite Navigation - GPS

UNIT IV AIR DATA SYSTEMS AND AUTOPILOT 9

Air data quantities – Altitude, Airspeed, Mach no., Vertical speed, Total Air temperature,

Stall warning, Altitude warning. Autopilot – basic principles – longitudinal and lateral

autopilot.

UNIT V AIRCRAFT DISPLAYS 9

Display technologies – LED, LCD, CRT, Flat Panel Display. Primary Flight parameter

displays - Head Up Display, Helmet Mounted Display, Night vision goggles, Head Down

Display, MFD, MFK, Virtual cockpit.

TOTAL= 45 PERIODS

TEXTBOOKS:

1. Albert Helfrick. D, ‘Principles of Avionics’, Avionics communications Inc., 2004

2. Collinson, R.P.G, ‘Introduction to Avionics’, Chapman and Hall, 1996.

REFERENCES:

1. Middleton, D.H, ‘Avionics Systems’, Longman Scientific and Technical, Longman

Group UK Ltd, England, 1989.

2. Spitzer, C.R. ‘Digital Avionics Systems’, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., USA

1993.

3. Spitzer, C.R, ‘The Avionics Handbook’, CRC Press, 2000.

4. Pallet, E.H.J, ‘Aircraft Instruments and Integrated Systems’, Longman Scientific