Unit Synopsis
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
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| 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). |
| 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 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.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 40% |
| 2. Examination | 60% |
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 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 0.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 22.22% 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: 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.
Unit is being redeveloped.
Source: Unit Coordinator
Unit lecturer was not able to teach the material after the term had started
The lecturer is redeveloping the material, which should improve the quality of the learning process and understanding of the high-level content.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- 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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