• Semester 5, position 4

The main objective of the course is to develop understanding of the mechanics of aircraft flight. Methods to assess and calculate the basic performance, stability, controlling and maneuverability of aircraft will be studied in the course.

Having mastered the planned curriculum, the student acquires sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge to be able to estimate independently the performance possibilities of modern aircraft and any flight restrictions that arise from it. In this course, students will receive full sublimation and the verification of previously acquired knowledge and skills that they have required within the aviation modules from the group of aerodynamic subjects.

- Introduction. - General definitions of flight mechanics. - General characteristics of the power plant. - Stationary flight condition aircraft performance. - Special performances: takeoff, landing, range and flight duration. - Horizontal flight. - Powerless flight. - Acrobatic flight maneuvers: * dive, * loop (looping), * combat turn, * inverted flying, * "knife-edge" maneuver, * Cuban eight, * turns, roll, * "Bell" maneuver, * "Cobra" maneuver, * Immelman turn, * stall and * spin. - Fundamentals of stability and maneuverability of the aircraft. - Fundamentals of flight tests.

Revision of aero properties of the atmosphere. International standard atmosphere. Measurement of the basic parameters of airflow in the wind tunnel. Measurement of basic parameters of the load model in the wind tunnel. Project assignment on the aircraft performance. Tutorials follow the theoretical lectures.

No special conditions.

Total assigned hours: 75

New material: 20
Elaboration and examples (recapitulation): 10

Auditory exercises: 0
Laboratory exercises: 10
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 5
Project: 10
Consultations: 0
Discussion/workshop: 5
Research study work: 0

Review and grading of calculation tasks: 0
Review and grading of lab reports: 5
Review and grading of seminar papers: 0
Review and grading of the project: 5
Test: 0
Test: 5
Final exam: 0

Activity during lectures: 10
Test/test: 15
Laboratory practice: 10
Calculation tasks: 0
Seminar paper: 0
Project: 35
Final exam: 30
Requirement for taking the exam (required number of points): 35

Rendulić Z., Mehanika leta, Vojnoizdavački i novinski centar, 1987.; Hull D.G., Fundamentals of Airplane Flight Mechanics, Springer, 2007.; Cook M.V., Flight Dynamics Principles, Second Edition, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.; Stengel R. F., Flight Dynamics, Princeton University Press, 2004.