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Week - 1 |
Basic Concepts: Physics of atmosphere, International Standard Atmosphere. |
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Week - 2 |
Aerostatics and Aerodynamics: Airflow, aerodynamic force affecting aircraft, aerodynamic moment, coefficients of lift and drag, L/D ratio. |
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Week - 3 |
Airfoil and Wing Planform: Airfoil terms, wing span, aspect ratio, dihedral angle, incidence angle, sweep angle. |
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Week - 4 |
Drag: Boundary layer, profile (parasite) drag, induced drag. |
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Week - 5 |
Stall: Stall speed, stall angle, cause and alleviation, stall warning devices. |
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Week - 6 |
Stall: Stall speed, stall angle, cause and alleviation, stall warning devices. |
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Week - 7 |
Flight Controls: Axes of an aircraft, primary flight control surfaces, roll/pitch/yaw control. |
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Week - 8 |
Flight Controls: Secondary flight control surfaces and other control surface features. |
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Week - 9 |
Flight Controls: High lift devices, spoilers, speed brakes. |
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Week - 10 |
Stability and Control: Static and dynamic stability, longitudinal/lateral/directional stability. |
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Week - 11 |
Aircraft Components (Anatomy) – General Concepts: Wing, fuselage, empennage, engines, landing gears. |
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Week - 12 |
Aircraft Components (Anatomy) – General Concepts: Wing, fuselage, empennage, engines, landing gears. |
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Week - 13 |
High Speed Flight: Speed of sound, Mach number, critical Mach number, subsonic/transonic/supersonic flight, shock wave, wave drag, effect of sweep angle. |
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Week - 14 |
Rotary Wing: Terminology, operation of collective, cyclic and anti-torque systems. |
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