Unit Profile Correction added on 06-05-20
Instead of an examination there will be an online test on Moodle comprising 60 multiple choice questions. Time to sit the test will be extended to 2 hours and 30 minutes, plus 15 minutes read time before the test.
More details will be available on Moodle. The learning outcomes assessed are unchanged.
Overview
This unit will provide you with basic aeronautical knowledge of small general aviation aircraft. You will calculate basic take-off and landing performance and weight and balance information. Other factors that affect flying, such as local weather, will be examined. You will develop knowledge of aerodynamics and aircraft power plants and systems. In this unit you will cover the aeronautical knowledge requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Syllabus applicable to the Recreational Pilot Licence. This will allow you to sit the Recreational Pilot Licence (Aeroplane) Examination which is a prerequisite for attempting the flight test for the Recreational Pilot Licence.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2020
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Self/Students
Slides too busy.
Reduce the number of points on a slide.
Feedback from Students/staff
Tutorials to have actual CASA type questions.
Tutorials and quizzes to include CASA exam type questions.
- Communicate basic aviation terminology
- Describe the basics of aircraft power plants and systems
- Explain the basic aerodynamic principles of flight
- Calculate basic take-off and landing performance information
- Calculate basic weight and balance information
- Examine local weather information
- Describe local flight rules and procedures.
N/A. No external accreditation of the course.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||||
| 2 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | |||||||
| 3 - Examination - 60% | |||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 60% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Aviation Theory Basic Aeronautical Knowledge for the RPL
Forth Edition (2018)
Authors: David Robson
Aviation Theory Centre Pty Ltd
Brisbane Brisbane , Qld , Australia
ISBN: 978-1-875537-24-2
Binding: Hardcover
Additional Textbook Information
Copies can be purchased at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
Students are also recommend to purchase a copy of the En Route Supplement Australia (ERSA). Details on the Moodle site.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
d.jensen@cqu.edu.au
m.malouf@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Aircraft and Terminology
Chapter
Aircraft and Terminology
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial
Quiz 1 TBA
Module/Topic
Radio Communications
Chapter
Radio Communications
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial
Quiz 2 TBA
Module/Topic
Structure, Propulsion, Fuel systems
Chapter
Structure, Propulsion, Fuel systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial
Quiz 3 TBA
Module/Topic
Electrical, Hydraulic systems and Instruments
Chapter
Electrical, Hydraulic systems and Instruments
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial
Quiz 4 TBA
Module/Topic
Air Law
Chapter
Air Law
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial
Quiz 5 TBA
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Aerodynamics- Basics
Chapter
Aerodynamics- Basics
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial
Quiz 6 TBA
Module/Topic
Aerodynamics- Performance
Chapter
Aerodynamics- Performance
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial
Quiz 7 TBA
Module/Topic
Human Factors
Chapter
Human Factors
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial
Quiz 8 TBA
Module/Topic
Meteorology
Chapter
Meteorology
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial
Quiz 9 TBA
Module/Topic
Loading
Chapter
Loading
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial
Quiz 10 TBA
Module/Topic
Take-off and Landing performance
Chapter
Take-off and Landing performance
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial
Module/Topic
Navigation
Chapter
Navigation
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial
Assessment 2: Written assignment regarding the loading, weight and balance of an aircraft, and take-off and landing performance. Must be returned on-line at a date to be advised (no later than 11.59pm)
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
This is a written assignment worth 20% of grade, and tests your knowledge on loading an aircraft in terms of weight and balance, and also analyses your ability to use take-off and landing performance charts. More specifically, this will test your understanding of Moments, how to use loading system Bravo, how to calculate weight shifting, and how to use Take-off and Landing performance charts for Piper and Cessna aircraft.There are a total of 5 questions each worth 4% of grade.
To be completed and submitted on the Friday following the lecture/tutorial from week 12. Late submissions will not acquire any mark
on-line
This is a written assignment worth 20% of grade, in which there are a total of 5 questions each worth 4% of grade.All calculations must be shown as to how you arrived at your answers.
- Describe the basics of aircraft power plants and systems
- Examine local weather information
- Describe local flight rules and procedures.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
2 Online Quiz(zes)
Each Quiz is sat online on a day to be advised following the relevant lecture. On that day the Quiz portal is open between 6.00am and 9.00pm
You have 20 minutes to complete the quiz from the time you open it
- Summary of quizzes
- Quiz 1 - Chapters 1 & 3 - Aircraft and Terminology
- Quiz 2 - Chapter 2 - Communication
- Quiz 3 - Chapter 4 - Aircraft General Knowledge: Structure, Propulsion, Fuel systems
- Quiz 4 - Chapter 4 - Aircraft General Knowledge- Electrical & Hydraulic Systems and Instruments
- Quiz 5 - Chapter 5 - Air Law and Procedures of Flight
- Quiz 6 - Chapter 6 - Aerodynamics-Basics: Theories and Practice of flight
- Quiz 7 - Chapter 6 - Aerodynamics-Performance
- Quiz 8 - Chapter 8 - Human Factors
- Quiz 9 - Chapter 7 & 9 - Meteorology
- Quiz 10 - Chapter 10 - Loading
10
Weekly
Quiz to be completed on-line on the date stipulated. The quiz will be open from 6.00am -9.00pm but once you start the quiz you have only 20 minutes to complete it
At the end of each quiz you will automatically be given your mark out of 10.
The assessment will comprise 10 weekly quizzes. Each quiz will consist of 10 questions and each question is worth 1 mark. The total mark from all 10 quizzes is 100, and is worth 20% of the final grade.
- Communicate basic aviation terminology
- Explain the basic aerodynamic principles of flight
- Calculate basic take-off and landing performance information
- Calculate basic weight and balance information
- Examine local weather information
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Critical Thinking
- Ethical practice
Examination
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
