Unit Synopsis
This unit provides the aircraft general knowledge theory and aerodynamics theory required by commercial pilot students wishing to undertake the CASA CPL examination. Topics covered include the reciprocating engine, turbo and supercharging, propeller systems, hydraulics, electrical and ignition, fuel and carburation, and flight Instrumentation, and the aerofoil, lift and drag, Bernoullis Theorem, aerodynamic stalls, wing loading, manoeuvres, stability and control; takeoff and landing.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 12 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.25 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisite: AVAT 11001 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 2. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 3. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 4. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 5. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 6. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 7. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 8. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 9. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 10. Online Quiz(zes) | 7% |
| 11. Written Assessment | 30% |
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%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2016 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 87.50% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 55.17% response rate.
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.
Source: Have Your Say
Rons style of teaching made some of the dry stuff easy to learn.
Keep improving teaching style and techniques to make the dry subjects more interesting and easier to learn. Add as much humour as possible
In Progress
Source: Have Your Say
Presentation on the Power Points complemented text books.
Keep improving the Power Points to enhance the textbooks.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Categorise and explain the mechanics of aircraft power plants and systems
- Analyse the workings of propellers including constant speed units
- Discuss and classify the workings of aircraft hydraulic and electrical systems for normal and emergency operations
- Explain aircraft fuel systems, fuel, and fuelling procedures and their operation. Choose the operation for normal and emergency situations.
- Distinguish components of aircraft instruments systems
- Determine loss of instruments from gage diagram
- Assess the aerodynamics of components of aircraft, particularly during take-off and landing
- Prepare take off and landing data and decide if take off or landing is safe in given conditions
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | ||||||
| 2 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | |||||||
| 3 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | |||||||
| 4 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | |||||||
| 5 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | |||||||
| 6 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | |||||||
| 7 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | |||||||
| 8 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | ||||||
| 9 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | |||||||
| 10 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | |||||||
| 11 - Written Assessment | • | • | • | |||||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | • | ||||||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |