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 - 2024
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 UC reflections
Better prepare students for the exams
Restructuring of the unit should continue to give students a better understanding of the topic as well as a change in the final exams. Further work should incorporate interactive components to assist with the understanding of this subject material required to pass the CQU and CASA exams.
- 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.
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 - First Nations Knowledges | |||||||
| 11 - 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 | 11 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 40% | |||||||||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | |||||||||||
Textbooks
Aerodynamics, Engines & Airframe Systems for the Air Transport Pilot
- 3rd edition (2019)
- Authors: Robson, D
- Aviation Theory Centre
- Brisbane Brisbane , QLD , Australia
- ISBN: 9781875537273
- Binding: Paperback
Avionics and Flight Management Systems for the Air Transport Pilot
- Edition: 1st edn (2009)
- Authors: Robson, D
- Aviation Theory Centre
- Brisbane Brisbane , QLD , Australia
- ISBN: 978-1-875-53743-3
- Binding: Paperback
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.
d.drury@cqu.edu.au
s.m.gould@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 04 Mar 2024Module/Topic
Atmosphere
Terminology
Aerodynamic forces
Shockwaves
Chapter
ATC Advanced Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe systems
ATC Avionics and Flight Management Systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 2
Begin Date: 11 Mar 2024Module/Topic
Coffin corner
Performance and speed
Performance and altitude
Airframe and systems
Landing gear
Brakes
Steering
Chapter
ATC Advanced Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe systems
ATC Avionics and Flight Management Systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 3
Begin Date: 18 Mar 2024Module/Topic
Actuating systems
Hydraulic systems
Airconditioning
Pressurisation
Chapter
ATC Advanced Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe systems
ATC Avionics and Flight Management Systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 4
Begin Date: 25 Mar 2024Module/Topic
Ice and rain protection
Carriage of fuel
Power plants
Turbine engines
Chapter
ATC Advanced Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe systems
ATC Avionics and Flight Management Systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 5
Begin Date: 01 Apr 2024Module/Topic
Engine Construction
Turbines
Exhausts
Turbo-props
Chapter
ATC Advanced Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe systems
ATC Avionics and Flight Management Systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 08 Apr 2024Module/Topic
Vacation Week Self Study
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 6
Begin Date: 15 Apr 2024Module/Topic
Auxillary Power Units
Reverse thrust
Engine starting
Displays
Fuel consumption
EFIS
Chapter
ATC Advanced Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe systems
ATC Avionics and Flight Management Systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 7
Begin Date: 22 Apr 2024Module/Topic
Automatic flight Control Systems (AFCS)
Inertial Reference Systems (IRS) and Inertial Navigation Systeme (INS)
Flight Management Systems (FMS)
Flight Director
Auto-pilot
Chapter
ATC Advanced Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe systems
ATC Avionics and Flight Management Systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 8
Begin Date: 29 Apr 2024Module/Topic
Auto-flight
Overspeed warning systems
Ground Proximity Warning Systems (GPWS)
Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems (ACAS)
Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS)
Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR)
Health Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS)
Master warning systems
Chapter
ATC Advanced Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe systems
ATC Avionics and Flight Management Systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 9
Begin Date: 06 May 2024Module/Topic
Fire detection and warning systems
Extinguishing systems
Global; Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
Electrical systems
Chapter
ATC Advanced Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe systems
ATC Avionics and Flight Management Systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 10
Begin Date: 13 May 2024Module/Topic
Battery and standby systems
Fault protection Unit (FPU)
Emergency Power supplies
Chapter
ATC Advanced Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe systems
ATC Avionics and Flight Management Systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 11
Begin Date: 20 May 2024Module/Topic
Revision weeks 1-5
Chapter
ATC Advanced Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe systems
ATC Avionics and Flight Management Systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 12
Begin Date: 27 May 2024Module/Topic
Revision weeks 6-10
Chapter
ATC Advanced Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe systems
ATC Avionics and Flight Management Systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 03 Jun 2024Module/Topic
Chapter
ATC Advanced Aerodynamics, Engines and Airframe systems
ATC Avionics and Flight Management Systems
Events and Submissions/Topic
Exam Week
Begin Date: 10 Jun 2024Module/Topic
Final Exam
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
The mid-term quiz will cover weeks 1-5 and there will be between 15-20 questions where the marks will range from 1 mark being a simple response single answer through to 3 Marks comprising of a short answer response giving a total of 40 marks
Mid-term quiz date TBA
The quiz will contain both Single and short answer response type questions. The assessment will show an understanding of the concepts of topics covered in weeks 1 to 5.
- 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.
What can you do to act with integrity?
