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 - 2021
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.
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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 Student evaluation
Assessment feedback was insufficient.
Assessment answers to be discussed in tutorials after assessment return.
Feedback from Student evaluation
Assessment requirements were not clear
Assessment descriptions be reviewed and updated and the assessment marking rubric be made more specific.
Feedback from Student evaluation.
Assessment was not returned on time.
Change assessment due dates to align better with UC/marker availability.
- 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. No external accreditation
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 - First Nations Knowledges | ||||||
| 11 - 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 | 11 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||||||||
| 2 - Online Quiz(zes) - 20% | |||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 60% | |||||||||||
Textbooks
Aerodynamics for the Private and Commercial Pilot Licences
- Aviation Theory Centre
- Brisbane Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
- ISBN: 978-1-875537-83-9
- Binding: Paperback
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.
r.faulkner@cqu.edu.au
a.ranganathan@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 08 Mar 2021Module/Topic
Introduction, Atmosphere, ISA, Terminology 1.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
None
Week 2
Begin Date: 15 Mar 2021Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
None
Week 3
Begin Date: 22 Mar 2021Module/Topic
Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapter 1.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 1 available
Week 4
Begin Date: 29 Mar 2021Module/Topic
Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapter 1.
Events and Submissions/Topic
None
Week 5
Begin Date: 05 Apr 2021Module/Topic
Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapters 3 and 5.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 1 due
Quiz 2 available
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 12 Apr 2021Module/Topic
No lectures.
Chapter
Revise Chapters 1 - 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
None
Week 6
Begin Date: 19 Apr 2021Module/Topic
Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapters 5, 6 and 8.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 2 due
Quiz 3 available
Week 7
Begin Date: 26 Apr 2021Module/Topic
Spin, Spiral Dive, Taxi, Takeoff, Landing.
Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapters 7 and 8.
Events and Submissions/Topic
None
Week 8
Begin Date: 03 May 2021Module/Topic
Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapter 4.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 3 due
Quiz 4 available
Week 9
Begin Date: 10 May 2021Module/Topic
Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapter 4.
Events and Submissions/Topic
None
Week 10
Begin Date: 17 May 2021Module/Topic
Wake turbulence, Aircraft Limitations.
Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapter 7.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 5 due
Quiz 6 available
Week 11
Begin Date: 24 May 2021Module/Topic
Application of Aerodynamics.
Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapters 1 and 3 to 8.
Events and Submissions/Topic
None
Week 12
Begin Date: 31 May 2021Module/Topic
Review.
Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapters 1 and 3 to 8.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz 6 due
Assignment due
Written Assessment Due: Week 12 Friday (4 June 2021) 12:00 am AEST
Review / Exam
Begin Date: 07 Jun 2021Module/Topic
Review / final exam.
Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapters 1 and 3 to 8.
Events and Submissions/Topic
None
Exam Week
Begin Date: 14 Jun 2021Module/Topic
Final exam.
Chapter
Aerodynamics: Chapters 1 and 3 to 8.
Events and Submissions/Topic
None
Easter Monday clashes with Lecture 5. This lecture will be rescheduled.
1 Written Assessment
Aim of the assignment
To broaden your understanding of knowledge presented in the unit.
Assignment Description
Select an aircraft accident pertaining to a light aircraft (maximum gross takeoff weight of 12,500 lb (5,670 kg) or less).
Ensure that the accident involves an element relating to aerodynamics. For example, loss of control due to stall or spin. As another example, the primary cause of an accident may be due to lack of training or pilot fatigue, which gave rise to a loss of situational awareness after which the aircraft entered a deep stall and crashed.
Critically analyse the accident. Include in your paper:
· Accident description (what, when, why, etc);
· The aerodynamics and systems factors contributing to this accident;
· The safety analysis and recommendations.
If there is limited information available about the accident, you may expression your own opinion but ensure you justify your reasoning.
Since there is an element of Team Work in this assignment, you may work within a team to discuss your methodology. However, each student is required to submit a unique paper, which is subject to the standard plagiarism policies.
Resources
Use on-line aircraft accident databases to find relevant accidents. For example:
https://aviation-safety.net/database/
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/index.aspx
http://www.aviation-accidents.net/
There are many other databases.
Format
The paper should be written in a report format with a title page, executive summary, table of contents, introduction, main body (can be subdivided if appropriate), conclusion / recommendations.
Referencing required is Harvard style.
Include number the pages, word count and a table of contents.
Use Calibri (Body) 11 font.
Assessment
Refer to the Rubric marking matrix on Moodle.
Week 12 Friday (4 June 2021) 12:00 am AEST
Return as pdf or Word file, may depend on Moodle.
Exam Week Friday (18 June 2021)
Return as normal through the Moodle site
Refer to the Rubric.
- 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.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
2 Online Quiz(zes)
Complete the online quizzes. There are 6 quizzes in total
6
Fortnightly
The due dates are given on the weekly Lecture schedule on the unit Moodle site
To be shown on the unit Moodle site within one week of the closing date
There is one mark for each correctly answered quiz question. Each quiz has 10 questions.
- Apply the Coanda effect and Bernoulli's theorem to demonstrate and calculate how an aerofoil produces lift and drag
- Explain the factors that affect the stall and spin characteristics of an aeroplane.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
Examination
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