This course is designed to provide the students with an understanding of the design, inspection, maintenance, and alteration of aircraft instrumentation and avionics systems
Prerequisites
Prior to enrolling in any Airframe courses, students must be complete with (or on track to complete) the General curriculum of Big Bend Community College Aviation Maintenance Technology, or otherwise complete with the requirements necessary to take the FAA written, oral, and practical exams for General as verified by the instructors of BBCC AMT.
This course is designed to teach and prepare students for the FAA Airframe Mechanic written, oral, and practical exams, specifically those parts of the exams that pertain to aircraft instrumentation and avionics systems.
Program Outcome PO4 Applies to this course: Students will be able to identify and explain FAA rules/regulations, as well as describe, identify components of, troubleshoot, and repair a variety of airframe and powerplant systems.
IO1, Communication: Students will be able to communicate clearly and effectively within a workplace context.
IO2, Quantitative Reasoning: Students will be able to reason mathematically using methods appropriate to the profession.
IO3, Human Relations/ Workplace Skills: Students will be able to demonstrate teamwork, ethics, appropriate safety awareness and/or workplace specific skills.
During this course, the students will receive training in areas pertaining to aircraft instrumentation and avionics systems using various methods of instruction, such as classroom lectures and lab projects. Knowledge items and skills taught in this course include, but is not limited to:
- Identifying and explaining the function of various aircraft pitot/static instruments.
- Identifying and inspecting air- and electrically-driven gyroscopic instruments.
- Inspecting and maintaining various components of a vacuum or pneumatic system.
- Identifying components of various position indicating systems.
- Identifying and inspecting various flight data and navigation indicators, such as compasses, stall warnings, and temperature indicators.
- Demonstrating an understanding of various electronic flight instrumentation systems
- Explaining different annunciator systems
- Identifying and mitigating risks of maintaining and inspecting flight instrumentation systems, to include electrostatic discharge hazards.
- Describing principles of radio transceiver and antenna operation
- Inspecting and maintaining avionics equipment installations.
- Identifying and explaining the various operating characteristics of different navigation and communication systems, such as radios, VORs, ELTs, GPS, TCAS, GPWS, and autopilots.
- Explaining the makeup of basic autopilot systems and their basic maintenance requirements.
- Identifying when different inspections are required for various navigation and communication systems.
- Identifying and mitigating risks associated with inspecting and maintaining avionics systems.