342-0430/03 – Flight Performance and Planning 2 (PPL4)
Gurantor department | Institute of Transport | Credits | 4 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Vladimír Smrž, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Vladimír Smrž, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | FS | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The goal is for students to achieve the necessary competencies to focus on the issue of comprehensive planning and conduct of flights in commercial aviation. Completion of this course is part of the theoretical training to acquire pilot licence.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The course is based on module 031 - Weights and Balances. The content is focused on the issue of weight planning and balancing of transport aircraft. Comprehensive knowledge of all factors affecting the planning of weights and balance of the aircraft during transport IFR flight, including regulatory requirements, is one of the basic requirements for flight safety.
The student will acquire competencies in the field of loading, weight calculations and balancing of transport aircraft in the planning of transport IFR flight and basic calculations associated with it to the extent that allows him to pass ATPL exams at the Prague Civil Aviation Authority.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
To develop a semester work according to specification
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1 WEIGHT AND BALANCE
1.1 Introduction to the weight and balance
1.1 The focus
1.2 Limits of weight and balance
2 load
2.1 Terminology
2.2 Checks on aircraft weight
2.3 Procedures for determining the mass and balance documentation airplane
2.4 Effects of congestion
3 core
3.1 Principles of gravity calculations
3.2 Calculation of gravity
3.3 Securing the load
3.4 The loading area, load current technical means
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction