Unit Profile Correction added on 08-05-20
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, formal examinations have been cancelled for 2020 Term 1. The final examination in this unit will be replaced by an online test. More details will be available on Moodle. The learning outcomes assessed are unchanged.
Overview
Aerodynamics and Aircraft General Knowledge (Air Transport Pilot Licence) will provide you with advanced knowledge of transonic and supersonic aerodynamics, and heavy aircraft power plants and systems. You will cover the aeronautical knowledge requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority Air Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL) aircraft general knowledge syllabus. You will study high speed aerodynamics and aircraft electrical and mechanical systems. Ice and rain protection systems will be examined. You will also study navigation and automatic control systems.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: AVAT12006 Aerodynamics (Commercial Pilot Licence) and AVAT12007 General Aeronautical Knowledge (Commercial Pilot Licence)
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 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 Instructor observation.
More emphasis on revision time, unit review and exam preparation.
A full tutorial was conducted during week 13. Many students appeared not to attend or view the tutorial. The lecturer will place more emphasis on the importance of this final tutorial.
Feedback from Student feedback/instructor observation.
Some students said they felt the unit content was too detailed, whilst others stated that they had already covered some of the material in previous units.
The unit was designed to review and consolidate material presented in previous units, and also extended and build upon previous learning. The lecturer should emphasis this during the first lecturer. The unit coordinator believes that a 'happy medium' between the review and presenting new material was achieved, whilst ensuring that all the learning objectives were met.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator.
Enhanced learning through virtual reality.
The unit coordinator is currently researching/developing flight simulator and flight deck virtual reality. Initial student feedback (and staff feedback) of the virtual reality is very positive. It is believed that virtual reality will greatly enhance the student learning experience and will be included as much as possible when this unit is taught again.
- Analyse the aerodynamic forces and performance in normal, asymmetric and high speed flight
- Apply the principles of aerodynamics to high speed flight
- Evaluate large transport aircraft electrical and mechanical systems
- Compare the operation and construction of turbo-fan and turbo-prop power plants
- Examine the function of engine instruments
- Explain the function and purpose of a large transport aircraft's automatic flight control system
- Describe the principles of operation of a Global Navigation Satellite System.
N/A
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 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 | 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 | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
1 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||||
2 - Examination - 60% |
Textbooks
Aerodynamics, Engines & Airframe Systems for the Air Transport Pilot
Aviation Theory Centre
ISBN: 1-875537-80-5
Binding: Paperback
Avionics and Flight Management Systems for the Air Transport Pilot
Aviation Theory Centre
ISBN: 978-1-875-53743-3
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Copies can be purchased at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Recommended text books: 1. ATC Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems for the Air Transport Pilot. 2. ATC Avionics and Flight Management Systems for the Air Transport Pilot.
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
a.ranganathan@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Advanced Aerodynamics 1.
Chapter
Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems, Avionics and Flight Management Systems.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Advanced Aerodynamics 2.
Chapter
Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems, Avionics and Flight Management Systems.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Airframe and Systems 1.
Chapter
Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems, Avionics and Flight Management Systems.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Airframe and Systems 2.
Chapter
Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems, Avionics and Flight Management Systems.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Power Plants.
Chapter
Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems, Avionics and Flight Management Systems.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
No lectures.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Engine Instruments 1.
Chapter
Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems, Avionics and Flight Management Systems.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Engine Instruments 2.
Chapter
Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems, Avionics and Flight Management Systems.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Flight Instrument Systems 1.
Chapter
Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems, Avionics and Flight Management Systems.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Flight Instrument Systems 2.
Chapter
Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems, Avionics and Flight Management Systems.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Warning and recording equipment 1.
Chapter
Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems, Avionics and Flight Management Systems.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Warning and recording equipment 2.
Chapter
Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems, Avionics and Flight Management Systems.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Global Navigation Satellite Systems. Review.
Chapter
Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems, Avionics and Flight Management Systems.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Review / final exam.
Chapter
Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems, Avionics and Flight Management Systems.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Final exam.
Chapter
Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe Systems, Avionics and Flight Management Systems.
Events and Submissions/Topic
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 medium aircraft (MTOW rating between 7 t and 136 t) or heavy aircraft (136 tonnes or more).
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.
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, introduction, main body, 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 11 Friday (29 May 2020) 11:00 pm AEST
Exam Week Friday (19 June 2020)
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.
- Analyse the aerodynamic forces and performance in normal, asymmetric and high speed flight
- Apply the principles of aerodynamics to high speed flight
- Evaluate large transport aircraft electrical and mechanical systems
- Compare the operation and construction of turbo-fan and turbo-prop power plants
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- 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.