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  • Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Department of Avionics
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  • Flight Controls
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Course Introduction Information

Code - Course Title HYO436 - Flight Controls
Course Type Required Courses
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Laboratory + Practice 2+0
ECTS 2.0
Course Instructor(s) DOKTOR ÖĞRETİM ÜYESİ NEVZET KAYA, DOKTOR ÖĞRETİM ÜYESİ NEVZET KAYA, DOKTOR ÖĞRETİM ÜYESİ NEVZET KAYA
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
Prerequisites No prequisites or co-prequisites required for this lesson
Courses Recomended Aircraft Structure and Systems I, Aircraft Aerodynamics, Aircraft Maintenance Terminology I, Automatic Flight Systems
Recommended Reading List FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook - Airframe, Chapter 02: Aerodynamics, Aircraft Assembly and Rigging
Assessment methods and criteria Midterm exam, Final exam
Work Placement None
Sustainability Development Goals

Content

Weeks Topics
Week - 1 Control Systems Overview: Aircraft control axes; Primary and secondary flight control surfaces, cockpit controls; General operating methods: direct cable system, aerodynamically boosted cable system, hydraulically operated system, fly-by-wire.
Week - 2 Direct Cable Control System: System description and principle of operation; Cable and pulley systems, push-pull rod systems and torque tube systems. Aerodynamically Controlled Control System: System description and principle of operation; Aerodynamically controlled aileron system.
Week - 3 Hydraulically Assisted Control System: System description and principle of operation. Hydraulically Actuated System with Direct Cable Backup: System description and principle of operation. Hydraulically Actuated System with Control Tab Backup: System description and principle of operation.
Week - 4 Hydraulic Power Operated Systems: System description and principle of operation; Transmission via steel cable, Follow up control; Operation of a mechanically controlled hydraulic actuator and electrically controlled hydraulic actuator.
Week - 5 Trim Control: Description and use of trim systems; Cockpit controls; Pitch, roll and yaw trimming; Automatic pitch trim; Mach trim; Versine Signal: Description and use of versine signal. Active Load Control: System description and principle of operation.
Week - 6 Trim Control: Description and use of trim systems; Cockpit controls; Pitch, roll and yaw trimming; Automatic pitch trim; Mach trim; Versine Signal: Description and use of versine signal. Active Load Control: System description and principle of operation.
Week - 7 High Lift Devices: Description, use and operating principles of flaps and slats; Flap-slat types, trailing edge flaps, leading edge flaps: Movement types: hinge, track carriage and compound; Flap-slat operating system on a large aircraft, system elements and their functions, position monitoring and indication.
Week - 8 Lift Dump and Speed Brakes: Description, use and principles of operation; roll spoiler operation, speed brake system operation, ground spoiler system operation, cockpit indication.
Week - 9 Artificial Feel and Centering: Description, use and principle of operation; artificial feel spring, “Q” feel. Torque Limiting: Description, use and principle of operation. Gust Locks: Description, use and principle of operation. Flutter Damping: Description, use and principle of operation; mass balance damping, hydraulic dampers.
Week - 10 Yaw Damper: System description, use and principle of operation; engine failure compensation, “Dutch Roll” damping: the system and its elements, control mechanism, control loop, yaw damper signal acquisition/generation, rudder control. Rudder Limiter: System description, use and principle of operation.
Week - 11 Stall Protection Systems: System description, use and principle of operation; Rigging of Cable Operated Flight Controls: Purpose, basic elements, tools and principles.
Week - 12 Stall Protection Systems: System description, use and principle of operation; Rigging of Cable Operated Flight Controls: Purpose, basic elements, tools and principles.
Week - 13 Fly by Wire: System description and principle of operation; axes and control surfaces, cockpit controls, computers; pitch, roll and yaw control, speed brake and ground spoilers, surface actuations; Control Laws: normal, alternate, direct.
Week - 14 Fly by Wire Protections: Load factor limitation, pitch attitude protection, high speed protection, AOA protection, bank angle protection. Operation of a Fly by Wire Actuator: Principle of operation of an aileron actuator and its electro-hydraulic servo valve.

Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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  • Questoning
  • Effective use of Turkish
  • Effective use of a foreign language
  • Use time effectively

Assessment Methods

Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 40
Final Exam 1 60
Toplam (%) 100
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