School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Flight Operations
  • Unit Code

    SCA2100
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Borislav KULIC

Description

This unit will introduce methodologies that ensure successful and economic air navigation over large distances. Position control options and operational calculations to assure safety in an emergency will be investigated. The relevant documentation for planning a flight under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) will be analysed. The IFR procedures, ground radio navigational aids and their importance for flight crew situational awareness will be assessed. The practice of airspace protection and management will also be evaluated.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed SCA1125

Equivalent Rule

SCA2422

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the operational characteristics of long range flying.
  2. Explain the concept of Mach number (Ma) under various flight situations.
  3. Apply the major principles of modern radio navigation.
  4. Identify the essential requirements for safe flight under IFR.
  5. Apply the main methods of IFR navigation.
  6. Analyse operational applications of radio navigation aids used for airspace protection and management.

Unit Content

  1. Concepts of Rhumb line and Great Circle, effective long range flying, flight path calculations.
  2. Mach Number theory, speed comparisons, atmospheric influences on Ma and Indicated Airspeed (IAS).
  3. Radio waves theory, ground and airborne navigation equipment, satellite navigation.
  4. Instruments and equipment for IFR flight, pilot's qualifications for instrument flying, night requirements, meteorological conditions for IFR flying.
  5. Lowest safe altitude, holding patterns, standard instrument departure procedures.
  6. Standard arrival routes, instrument approach charts, organisation, management and protection of airspace.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentNavigation aid orientation20%
TestMid-semester test20%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination *60%

* Assessment item identified for English language proficiency


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Flight Operations
  • Unit Code

    SCA2100
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Borislav KULIC

Description

This unit will introduce methodologies that ensure successful and economic air navigation over large distances. Position control options and operational calculations to assure safety in an emergency will be investigated. The relevant documentation for planning a flight under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) will be analysed. The IFR procedures, ground radio navigational aids and their importance for flight crew situational awareness will be assessed. The practice of airspace protection and management will also be evaluated.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed SCA1229

Equivalent Rule

SCA2422

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain the operational characteristics of long range flying.
  2. Explain the concept of Mach number (Ma) under various flight situations.
  3. Apply the major principles of modern radio navigation.
  4. Identify the essential requirements for safe flight under IFR.
  5. Apply the main methods of IFR navigation.
  6. Analyse operational applications of radio navigation aids used for airspace protection and management.

Unit Content

  1. Concepts of Rhumb line and Great Circle, effective long range flying, flight path calculations.
  2. Mach Number theory, speed comparisons, atmospheric influences on Ma and Indicated Airspeed (IAS).
  3. Radio waves theory, ground and airborne navigation equipment, satellite navigation.
  4. Instruments and equipment for IFR flight, pilot's qualifications for instrument flying, night requirements, meteorological conditions for IFR flying.
  5. Lowest safe altitude, holding patterns, standard instrument departure procedures.
  6. Standard arrival routes, instrument approach charts, organisation, management and protection of airspace.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentNavigation aid orientation20%
TestMid-semester test20%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination *60%

* Assessment item identified for English language proficiency


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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