Description

Avionics Fundamentals was developed by the maintenance training staff of United Airlines for use as a training course for airline maintenance personnel. As such, it presents basic material which is prerequisite to category II qualification courses. Many of the explanations of elementary avionics principles found in this text are not easily discovered elsewhere. This book may be useful to anyone interested in learning the fundamentals without the design details of various devices including autopilots, flight directors, air data computers, radio altimeters, GPS, VORs, localizers, glideslopes, compasses, gyros, and indicators such as HSIs, RMIs, and FD-109s.

Written by Jeppesen, Copyright 2006. ISBN 9780884874324. Published by Jeppesen & United Airlines. 432 Pages, Softcover.

Chapters include:

  • Solid State Devices
  • Bridges & Monitors
  • Synchros
  • Servo Motors & Tach Rate Generators
  • Inertial Reference
  • Compass Systems
  • Inertial Navigation / Reference Systems
  • Automatic Direction Finder (ADF)
  • Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
  • Very High frequency Omni Range (VOR)
  • Instrument Landing Systems
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)
  • Marker Beacon System
  • Radio Altimeter Principle
  • Air Data Systems
  • Theory of Flight & Aircraft Control Surfaces
  • Ground Proximity Warning (GPWS)
  • Autopilots & Flight Directors
  • Autopilot Yaw Damper – Rudder Channel
  • Automatic Flight Guidance Systems
  • Autopilot Flight Director Roll Channel
  • Autopilot Flight Director Pitch Channel
  • Area Navigation (RNAV)
  • Flight Management Computer System (FMCS)
  • Glossary