Overview
Aerodynamics (Commercial Pilot Licence) will provide you with the knowledge of aerodynamics relevant for low altitude, sub-sonic flight in piston engine aircraft. You will cover the aeronautical knowledge requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Commercial Pilot Licence aerodynamics syllabus. You will study the aerodynamic properties of an aerofoil and how it produces lift and drag. You will also study the forces and moments acting on an aeroplane in flight and how these affect an aeroplane's stability and controllability. Normal and abnormal flight characteristics and performance will also be studied.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: AVAT11002 Basic Aeronautical Knowledge; AVAT11003 Basic Aeronautical Practice and AVAT11005 Aviation Physics
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 - 2019
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 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 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 Survey
Assessment tasks need more detail.
Details of the assessment task will be improved.
- Explain the aerodynamic properties of an aerofoil
- Apply the Coanda effect and Bernoulli's theorem to demonstrate and calculate how an aerofoil produces lift and drag
- Examine the forces and moments acting on an aircraft in all stages of flight
- Discuss the factors that affect stability and control of an aircraft in flight
- Determine the performance aspects of power, weight and speed in flight manoeuvres
- Explain the factors that affect the stall and spin characteristics of an aeroplane.
N/A
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
1 - Group Work - 40% | ||||||
2 - Examination - 60% |
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
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
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Group Work - 40% | ||||||||||
2 - Examination - 60% |
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Recommended text book: Aerodynamics for the Private and Commercial Pilot Licences.
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.thatcher@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction, Atmosphere, ISA, Terminology 1.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Events and Submissions/Topic
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Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapter 1.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapter 1.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapters 3 and 5.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
No lectures.
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapters 5, 6 and 8.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Spin, Spiral Dive, Taxi, Takeoff, Landing.
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Aerodynamics: Chapters 7 and 8.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Aerodynamics: Chapter 4.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapter 4.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Wake turbulence, Aircraft Limitations.
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Aerodynamics: Chapter 7.
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Application of Aerodynamics.
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Aerodynamics: Chapters 1 and 3 to 8.
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Review.
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Aerodynamics: Chapters 1 and 3 to 8.
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Review / final exam.
Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapters 1 and 3 to 8.
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Final exam.
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Aerodynamics: Chapters 1 and 3 to 8.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Recommended text book:
Aerodynamics for the Private and Commercial Pilot Licences.
ISBN 978-1-875537-83-9
Aviation Theory Centre Pty Ltd
1 Group Work
A written assignment worth 40% will be issued in week 2. The due date will be week 9.
Note that this is NOT Group Work; the assignment must be completed individually.
The assignment will require students to identify, research and discuss various concepts covered in this unit. More details will be provided in week 2.
The assignment should be submitted in Turnitin in Moodle by the due date.
The assignment should be submitted as either a Word or a PDF document.
Note: all submissions are processed through the plagiarism software (Turnitin) and, in line with university policy, the work should unique.
Week 9 Monday (13 May 2019) 9:00 am AEST
Exam Week Monday (17 June 2019)
High distinction standard
* the answer is very well written and clearly expressed
* there is a demonstrated appreciation and understanding of the issues involved
* the answer is well structured and logically organised
* demonstrated mastery of referencing system
* there is evidence of a comprehensive analysis of the issues
* conclusions are backed by well-reasoned arguments demonstrating a detailed insight and analysis of issues
* comprehensive coverage of all relevant issues
Distinction standard
* the answer is well written and expressed
* the answer is structured and logical
* the issues have been reasonably well identified and appreciated
* there is correct use of referencing
* issues have been analysed
** there is a comprehensive coverage of the issues
Credit standard
*the answer is generally well written and expressed
* the answer is structured and sequential
* referencing is satisfactory
* issues are identified and addressed
* there has been an attempt to analyse some of the issues
* the coverage of issues is reasonably comprehensive often with a good treatment and analysis of
particular points
* depth of treatment is often lacking in some of the issues.
Pass standard
* the answer is able to be followed and understood
* the answer could perhaps be better organised and structured
* the referencing may need improvement
* issues may need to be identified and addressed in more depth
* analysis when present may be incorrect
* sometimes the conclusions reached are simple
* there may be quantities of material of marginal relevance included in the answer.
Fail standard
* the answer may be significantly short of the required length
* the written expression is poor and difficult to understand
* the answer is poorly organised
* there has been a failure to identify and address the issues in the question
* referencing is generally inadequate
* the reasoning and application demonstrated is poor
* frequently there is much irrelevant material.
- Explain the aerodynamic properties of an aerofoil
- Apply the Coanda effect and Bernoulli's theorem to demonstrate and calculate how an aerofoil produces lift and drag
- Examine the forces and moments acting on an aircraft in all stages of flight
- Discuss the factors that affect stability and control of an aircraft in flight
- Determine the performance aspects of power, weight and speed in flight manoeuvres
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
Examination
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