Week - 1 |
Basic Definitions: Coordinate systems and axes; wing planforms; relationship between lift, weight, thrust and drag. |
Week - 2 |
Lift Augmentation: Flaps, leading edge slots, slats, boundary layer control, slat and slotted flap combinations. |
Week - 3 |
Flight Controls: Aerodynamic Balancing, Power Operated Control, Mass Balance, Three-Axis Control, Tabs. |
Week - 4 |
Steady-State Flights: Steady level flight and its performance characteristics. |
Week - 5 |
Steady-State Flights: Steady climb, steady descent and gliding, glide ratio. |
Week - 6 |
Steady-State Flights: Steady climb, steady descent and gliding, glide ratio. |
Week - 7 |
Basic Maneuvers: Coordinated turn, load factor, bank angle, stall. |
Week - 8 |
Basic Maneuvers: Flight envelope and structural limitations, V-speeds. |
Week - 9 |
Flight Stability: Basic concepts, static and dynamic stability. |
Week - 10 |
Flight Stability: Effects of high speed flight on stability. |
Week - 11 |
Flight Stability: Longitudinal stability, pitching moment. |
Week - 12 |
Flight Stability: Longitudinal stability, pitching moment. |
Week - 13 |
Flight Stability: Lateral stability. |
Week - 14 |
Fight Stability: Directional stability. |