Aircraft Control and Navigation
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Aircraft Control and Navigation Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Aircraft Control and Navigation (subject code 3170108) as prescribed for Aero · Semester 7 divides the course into 6 units, covering 27 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3170108)Unit 1 Longitudinal Dynamics
- Development of Equation of motion
- Aircraft Reference Frames
- Primary Definitions
- Aerodynamic Angles
- Forces and Torques
- Aircraft attitude with respect to earth
- Longitudinal Transfer Function for Elevator displacement
- Short period and phugoid mode
- Transient response of Aircraft
Unit 2 Longitudinal Autopilot
- Pitch orientation control system
- Acceleration control System
- Guide slop coupler
- Automatic Fuel Control
Unit 3 Lateral Auto Pilot
- Damping of Dutch roll
- Yaw orientation control system
- Turn compensation
Unit 4 Inertial Cross coupling
- Determination of Aircraft parameters affecting stability
- System for controlling cross coupling condition of Aircraft
Unit 5 Aircraft Auto Pilot Systems
- Principle and applications
- Integration with Flight Management and Flight Direction system
- Automatic approach and landing
- height and throttle control system
Unit 6 Navigation
- Navigation principles and applications
- Kinds of navigation – Position Fixing and Dead- reckoning systems
- Very High Frequency Omni- Directional Range (VOR)
- Celestial navigation and GPS based navigation
- Inertial Navigation Systems. 9 Subject Code: 3170108 w.e.f
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