R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BANGALORE 560059

(Autonomous Institution under VTU, Belgaum)

Department Instrumentation Technology

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Course Code: 10ITC654 Course Title: Aircraft Instrumentation Teaching Hours: 48 hours L-T-P: 4-0-0 CIE: 100 SEE: 100

Unit-I
Introduction: Instrument displays-Qualitative and quantitative displays, Director displays, instruments grouping, cockpit layout Integrated Display Systems: head-up display, flight detector system, integrated attitude heading reference system Air Data Instruments: Standard Atmosphere (ISA), basic air data system, pitot-static probe, heating circuit arrangement, air speed indicator, square-law characteristics, Mach/air speed indicator
05 hours

04 hours

Unit-II
Vertical Air Speed Indicators: Instantaneous Vertical Airspeed indicator, air temperature indicator, air data altering system, Mach/warming system, altitude alert system Direct Reading Compasses: Terrestrial magnetism, Compass construction, errors in indication, acceleration error, air craft magnetism, components of magnetism, compensation
04 hours

05 hours

Unit-III
Gyroscopic Flight Instruments: The gyroscope and its properties, Determining direction of precession, limitations of gyroscope, operating gyroscopic flight instruments, gyro horizon, erection systems for gyro horizons, errors due to acceleration and turning, direction indicator, Turn and Bank indicator
09 hours

Unit-IV
Engine Instruments: Pressure measurements indicating systems, pressure switches, temperature measurements, indicating systems: variable resistance systems, sensor units, Wheatstone bridge systems Fuel Quantity and Indicating system: Capacitance type systems, basic indicating systems, effects of fuel temperature changes, measurement of fuel quantity by weight, compensation indicating systems, densitometers, Construction of probes, location of probes
04 hours

05 hours

Unit-V
Engine Power and Control instruments: RPM measurement, generator and indicating system, Techo probe and indicator system, talk monitoring , exhaust gas temperature, engine pressure 09 hours ratio measurement, fuel flow measurement, integrated flow meter system

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R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BANGALORE 560059

(Autonomous Institution under VTU, Belgaum)

Department Instrumentation Technology

Text Book: 1. Aircraft instruments and integrated systems, second Edition E H J Pallet, pitman and sons, 1992 ISBN: 0582086272. Reference Books: 1. Aircraft Instruments, CA Williams Galgotia Publications, New Delhi 2. Aircraft Propulsion Bhaskar Roy, Elsevier publications, New Delhi. 3. Aircraft Instrumentation Design, second edition, W. H. Coulthard, Pitman and sons.

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