Syllabus - Aeronautical Instrumentation (EI 803 (A))

Conventional Systems - Power assisted and fully powered flight controls - Power actuated systems – Engine control systems - Push pull rod system, flexible push full rod system - Components - Modern control systems - Digital fly by wire systems - Auto pilot system active control Technology, Communication and Navigation systems Instrument landing systems, VOR - CCV case studies.

Hydraulic systems - Study of typical workable system - components - Hydraulic system controllers - Modes of operation - Pneumatic systems - Advantages - Working principles - Typical Air pressure system – Brake system - Typical Pneumatic power system - Components, Landing Gear systems - Classification – Shock absorbers - Retractive mechanism.

Introduction-Qualitative and quantitative displays, basic T grouping of instruments, basics of Altitude Director Indicator (ADI) &Horizontal Situation Indicator. Air Data Instruments: Pneumatic type and air data computers, International Standard Atmosphere (ISA), combined pitot-static probe, separate static probe, air speed indicator, instantaneous vertical speed indicator.

Flight Instruments and Navigation Instruments – Gyroscope - Accelerometers, Air speed Indicators – TAS, EAS- Mach Meters - Altimeters - Principles and operation - Study of various types of engine instruments - Tachometers - Temperature gauges - Pressure gauges - Operation and Principles.

Directional Systems: Earths total magnetic field, horizontal and vertical components of total field direct reading compass and its limitations, fluxgate detector units. gyro stabilized direction indicating systems, Gyroscopic Flight Instruments: types of gyros-mechanical, ring laser gyros, fiber optic gyros and their limitations, basic mechanical gyro and its properties namely rigidity and precision, gyro horizon, direction indicator, turn and bank indicator.