National Aviation College First Edition

Aircraft Maintenance Technician Syllabus August, 2015

6. Theory of Flight
6.1. Course title :-Theory of Flight
6.2. Course code:- BC-4
6.3. Allotted time:- 85 hours , practical nil
6.4. Course Objective:- At the end of this course the student able to: explain air flow and its interaction with the body,
understand the international standard atmosphere(ISA) and relation to the aerodynamics, describe the formation
and relation of thrust, lift, drag and weight, describe the effect of variation of angle of attack on the characteristics and
performance of the aerofoil, define the center of gravity, pressure, lift and effect of wing loading and stalling speed
with angle of attack, bank angle, weight distribution; relate Ground speed(GS), True speed (TAS) and indicated air
speed (IAS); Describe the aircraft stability and control system about the axis, formation of flutter and mechanisms to
reduce it ; Describe Dutch Roll and Pitch Up and state the methods used to control them, describe the control surface
and their function, explain the high lift developing structures, the effect of vortex and vortex generator; explain the
sonic property of the airflow and formation of shocks.
6.5. Course Outlines Course content Practical
1. Elements of Aerodynamics 1.1. Definition and Division of the atmosphere
(7 hours)
i. Troposphere
ii. Tropopause
iii. Stratosphere
iv. Ionosphere
v. Exosphere
1.2. Properties and composition of air and characteristics of
airflow-subsonic speeds and air pressure, density, viscosity
1.3. Measurement, difference and relation of air speed
i. True air speed
ii. Ground speed
iii. Indicated airspeed
1.4. Effect of altitude and atmospheric condition on fluid motion
i. Streamline flow
ii. Turbulent flow
iii. Two dimensional flow
iv. Bernoulli’s principle and the venture tube
2. Airfoil theory (5 hours) 2.1. Application of Bernoulli’s theory to flat plate and curved plate

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Aircraft Maintenance Technician Syllabus
3. Theory of Flight (73 hours)
3.1. Aerodynamic terms (8 hrs)
3.2. Principles of flight (10 hrs)
AMT Syllabus, First edition
National Aviation College First Edition
August, 2015
2.2. Change in density and temperature with altitude
2.3. Relation between pressure, volume and temperature
2.4. Relation of air density to temperature and humidity
2.5. Absolute temperature
2.6. Isothermal expansion and compression
2.7. Adiabatic expansion and compression
3.1.1. Mean aerodynamic chord
3.1.2. Dihedral angle
3.1.3. Angle of incidence
3.1.4. Aspect ratio
3.1.5. Drag and lift, weight and thrust
3.1.6. Angle of attack
3.1.7. Center of pressure
3.1.8. Lift/drag ratio
3.1.9. Static pressure
3.1.10. Dynamic pressure
3.1.11. Pitching moment
3.1.12. Airfoil nomenclatures
3.1.13. Boundary layer
3.1.14. Stall
3.1.15. Vortex generator
3.1.16. Symmetry
3.1.17. Sweep back
3.1.18. Span
3.1.19. Dutch roll
3.1.20. Wing fence
3.1.21. Wing and power loading
3.2.1. Subsonic flights
3.2.2. Performance of an airfoil
3.2.3. Forces acting on an airplane in flight and principle of
operation
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