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library mass storage and controller. These do not include units or components installed for other uses and shared with other systems, such as flight deck printer or general use display.
Typical examples include: air traffic and information management systems; network server system; aircraft general information system; flight deck information system; maintenance information system; passenger cabin information system; miscellaneous information system.

Module 13 Aircraft aerodynamics, structures and systems

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13.1   Theory of flight
(a) Aeroplane aerodynamics and flight controls                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             —     —                                    1

    Operation and effect of:
          *      roll control: ailerons and spoilers;
       * pitch control: elevators, stabilators, variable incidence stabilisers and canards;
          *      yaw control, rudder limiters;
    Control using elevons, ruddervators;
    Highlift devices: slots, slats, flaps;
    Drag inducing devices: spoilers, lift dumpers, speed brakes;
    Operation and effect of trim tabs, servo tabs, control surface bias;
(b) High speed flight                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      —     —                                    1
    Speed of sound, subsonic flight, transonic flight, supersonic flight, Mach number, critical Mach number;

(c) Rotary wing aerodynamics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               —     —                                    1
    Terminology;
    Operation and effect of cyclic, collective and anti-torque controls.
13.2   Structures — general concepts
(a)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        —     —                                    1
    Fundamentals of structural systems;

(b)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        —     —                                    2
    Zonal and station identification systems; electrical bonding;
    Lightning strike protection provision.
13.3   Autoflight (ATA22)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  —     —                                    3
Fundamentals of automatic flight control including working principles and current terminology;
Command signal processing;
Modes of operation: roll, pitch and yaw channels;
Yaw dampers;
Stability augmentation system in helicopters;
Automatic trim control;
Autopilot navigation aids interface;
Autothrottle systems;
Automatic landing systems: principles and categories, modes of operation, approach, glide slope, land, go-around, system monitors and failure conditions.
13.4   Communication and navigation (ATA23/34)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             —     —                                    3
Fundamentals of radio wave propagation, antennas, transmission lines, communication, receiver and transmitter.
  Working principles of following systems:
    * Very high frequency (VHF) communication;
    * High frequency (HF) communication;
    * Audio;
    * Emergency locator transmitters;
    * Cockpit voice recorder;
    * Very high frequency omnidirectional range (VOR);
    * Automatic direction finding (ADF);
    * Instrument landing system (ILS);
    * Microwave landing system (MLS);
    * Flight director systems;
    * Distance measuring equipment (DME);
    * Doppler navigation;
    * Area navigation, RNAV systems;
    * Flight management systems;
    * Global positioning system (GPS), Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS);
    * Inertial navigation system;
    * Air traffic control transponder, secondary surveillance radar;
    * Traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS);
    * Weather avoidance radar;
    * Radio altimeter;
    * ARINC communication and reporting.
13.5   Electrical power (ATA24)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            —     —                                    3
Batteries installation and operation;
DC power generation;
AC power generation;
Emergency power generation;
Voltage regulation;
Power distribution;
Inverters, transformers, rectifiers;
Circuit protection;
External and ground power.
13.6   Equipment and furnishings (ATA25)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   —     —                                    3
Electronic emergency equipment requirements;
Cabin entertainment equipment.