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Avionics Training: Systems, Installation and Troubleshooting

$64.00
Avionics Training: Systems, Installation and Troubleshooting
ORDER #: T-AVIONICS-AT01
ISBN #: 1-885544-21-9

A hands-on approach to avionics. Each chapter explains a system, how it works, then how to install it and check for trouble. No complex schematics or math. Over two dozen systems are explained in clear photos and pictorial drawings---in full color. Covers conventional avionics, right up through the latest GPS, electronic instruments (EFIS) and satellite nav and com. This is a practical book that shows how and where to run wires, install instruments, avoid interference and check for problems. Covers today's practices for the avionics industry. It's all there---navigation, communications, radar surveillance, collision avoidance, crash recorders, weather radar---and much more in 29 chapters. This book is recommended for students, A&P mechanics, engineers, training departments, marketers and people entering the avionics field


Contents

Section 1: Systems
Chapter 1. Meaning of “Avionics”
Chapter 2. A Brief History
Chapter 3. VHF Com, VDR (dataradio), Navcom Connections, Com Control Panel, Splitting VHF Channels
Chapter 4. HF Com, SSB (SingleSideband), Line Replaceable Units (LRUs), HFDatalink &  Transceiver, Antenna Couplers & Antenna Mounting
Chapter 5. Satcom, Inmarsat, Ground Earth Station (GES), Aircraft Earth Station (AES), Satcom Antennas, High Speed Data
Chapter 6. ACARS System, Messages and Format, ACARS Bands and Frequencies
Chapter 7. Selcal, How Selcal Code is Generated, Ground Network, Airborne System
Chapter 8. ELT, Search and Rescue, 406 ELT System, Fleet Operation--Cospas-Sarsat
Chapter 9. VOR, Signal Structure, Receiver, Navigation, Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI), Radio Magnetic Indicator (RMI)
Chapter 10. ILS, Flight Inspection and Monitoring, Signals—Glideslope, Marker Beacon Receiver
Chapter 11. MLS, Azimuth Beam, Elevation Beam, Time Reference, Multimode Receiver
Chapter 12. ADF System, NDB (Non-Directional Radio Beacon), Limitations, Digital ADF
Chapter 13. DME, DME “Jitter” for Identification, Airborne and Ground Stations
Chapter 14. Transponder, Transponder Interrogator, ATCRBS and Mode S, Mode S Interrogations and Replies
Chapter 15. Radio Altimeter, Antennas, Operation
Chapter 16. GPS/Satnav, GPS Constellation, Frequencies, Time Difference Measurement, Finding Position, The Satellite Signal, GPS Segments, WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System), LAAS (Local Area Augmentation System), RAIM (Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring), Galileo Constellation
Chapter 17. EFIS, Electromechanical to EFIS, Three-Screen EFIS, EFIS Architecture, Multifunction Display (MFD), EFIS on the B-747, Airbus A-320 Flight Deck
Chapter 18. Cockpit Voice and Flight Data Recorders, CVR Basics, Underwater Locating Device (ULD), Flight Data Recorder, Solid State Flight Data Recorder
Chapter 19. Weather Detection, Radar Color-Coding, Types of Detection, Radar Transmitter-Receiver, Radar Antenna, Datalink, Radomes, Lightning Detection
Chapter 20. TCAS, Basic Operation, Traffic and Resolution Advisories (TA, RA)
TCAS I and II, TCAS Components, Directional Interrogation, Non-TCAS Airplanes, TCAS III, Voice Warnings

 

Section 2: Installation
Chapter 21. Planning the Installation, Replacing “Steam Gauges”, Required Instruments and Radios, Flight Instrument Layout, Large Aircraft EFIS, Flat Panel Integrated, Avionics Planning Worksheet, Manuals and Diagrams, Connectors and Pin Numbers, Schematic Symbols, Survey the Airplane, Navcom Connections
Chapter 22. Electrical Systems, AC and DC Power, Airline Electrical System, Switches, Circuit Breakers/Fuses
Chapter 23. Mounting Avionics, New or Old Installation?, Hostile Areas, Selecting Metal, Cutting Holes, Structures, Avionics Bay, Airlines (ARINC) Case Sizes, Electrostatic Discharge, Cooling, Panel-Mounted Radios, Remote-Mounted Radios Indexing Pins, Instrument Mounting, Round Instruments: 2-and 3-inch
Chapter 24. Connectors, RF Connectors, How to Identify Connector Contacts,  How to Identify Mil-Spec Part Numbers, Coaxial Connectors, Typical ARINC Connectors, Crimping Contacts, Releasing Connector Pins, Safety Wiring Connectors, Attaching Coaxial Connectors
Chapter 25. Wiring the Airplane, High Risk Areas, High-Grade Aircraft Wire, Wire Sizes, Wire and Cable Types, Wire Stripping, Nicked or Broken Wires
Precut Cables, Splicing, Terminal Strip (Block), Marking Wires, Harnessing the Wire Bundle, Tie Wraps, Problems: Chafing and Abrasion, Clamping, Grounding to Airframe, Bending Coaxial Cable, Service Loops
Chapter 26. Aviation Bands, Radio Frequency Bands, Higher Bands (Microwave, Millimeter), Low Frequencies, Skipping through Ionosphere, High Frequencies, Very High Frequencies, L-Band, From Hertz (Hz) to Gigahertz (GHz), Line of Sight Communications, Control and Display of Bands and Frequencies
Chapter 27. Antenna Installation, Antennas for Airline, Corporate and Military
How to Read an Antenna Spec Sheet, Antennas for Light Aircraft, Airline Antenna Locations, Bonding the Antenna to the Airframe, Antenna Mounting, Antenna Couplers, Base Station and Mobile Antennas--GPS Antennas
Chapter 28. Panel Labels, Silk Screen Engraving, Tape, Panel Abbreviations

Section 3: Test and Troubleshooting
Chapter 29. Test and Troubleshooting, ADF, Antennas, Autopilots, Com Transceivers, DME, ELT-Emergency Locator Transmitter, Glideslope Receiver, Lightning Strikes, Software Loading, Transponder, Wiring and Connectors, Fault Detection Device (Wiring), Precipitation (P) Static

Avionics Checklist
Index