Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Department of Aeronautical Science

AS-471 All Attitude Flight and Upset Recovery Course Plan

Fall2012Semester

Section 1: W1530AFSB-205; Section 2: R1415AFSC-205B; Section 3: W 1545AFSB-205

Credit Hours: 1Prerequisite: AS-309, Instrument Rating (or Permission of Instructor)

Instructor: Dr. R. Rogers / Office: COA-233 / Office Hours: available at
Phone: 386-226-6436 / email: / faculty.erau.edu/rogersr/Schedule.xls

Course Text: Online course text, videos, training manuals, and related learning materials available at faculty.erau.edu/rogersr/as471

Lab Location: COA-231 Lab Schedule: faculty.erau.edu/rogersr/as471/AS471LabSchedule.xls

Lab Instructors: Chris Cheung (386) 562-0903

Course Description: Introduction to aerobatic and upset recovery-maneuvering using flight simulation software running on desktop computers. Course content is drawn selectively from three related areas: light aircraft upset maneuvering; air transport upset maneuvering; and analysis of loss of control accidents.

Goal: Provide an introduction to all attitude flight in jet propelled swept wing airplanes, with special emphasis on upset recovery in transport type airplanes.

Performance Objectives:The student will be able to:

  1. Use the Microsoft Flight Simulator software as installed on course computers.
  2. Explain in writing aerodynamic and aeronautical concepts relevant to all attitude flight and upset recovery.These concepts include, but are not limited to, G force (load factor); low speed,high speed (Mach) stalls and accelerated stalls; load factor and aerodynamic flight envelopes; rolling pullout; energy states; AOA (); dihedral and sweepback effect; crossover speed; static and dynamic stability; pilot induced oscillation; post-accelerated stall departure from controlled flight; induced and parasite drag; lift and drag characteristics of swept-wing airplanes; &c.
  3. Describe verbally and in writing basic aerobatic maneuvers such as the wingover, aileron roll, barrel roll, loop, half and full Cuban eight, and Immelman from the point of view of: 1) an external observer of an aircraft performing such a maneuver; 2) the pilot looking outside the aircraft while performing such a maneuver; 3) the pilot looking at the instrument panel while performing such a maneuver.
  4. Practice and perform aerobatic maneuvers while at the controls of an airplane simulated by the Microsoft Flight Simulator.
  5. Define in writing the termsunusual attitudeand upset as applicable to general aviation,transport type, and aerobatic aircraft.
  6. Discuss verbally the strengths and limitations of current airline upset training, and the importance of knowing how to recover a transport type aircraft from an upset.
  7. Practice and perform the upset recovery maneuveringwhile at the controls of an airplanesimulated by the Microsoft Flight Simulator.
  8. Discuss verbally the causes of airplane upsets, with reference to key loss of control accidents and incidents.

Grading:Take-home Quizzes (75%); Laboratory and Attendance Grade (25%)

A: 90-100; B: 80-89; C: 70-79; D: 60-69; F: 0-59.

Course Policies:

  • This course plan constitutes an implicit instructor-student contract; each student is responsible for knowing its provisions and abiding by them.
  • Class and lab attendance with a timely arrival is required.At the instructor’s discretion, a late arrival may be counted as an absence.
  • At the instructor's discretion, students absent frommore than one class or who fail to submit work in a timely fashion may be dropped from the course with a grade of W.
  • Take-home quizzes are due at the beginning of class on the assigned due date.
  • Private conversation in class or obvious inattention (e.g. sleeping, reading newspaper, &c.) is not allowed.
  • Cell phones, pagers, and similar personal electronic devices may not be used in class and should be placed in silent mode before entering the classroom and stored off the desktop.
  • Laptop computers may be used in class only for work related to the course. Surfing the web, texting, tweeting, and similar activities are not allowed.
  • Academic dishonesty in any form may result in a grade of F for the course and in suspension or expulsion from the University.

Tentative Schedule: The course lasts 10 weeks. Theclassroom portion of the course meets once per week for 9 weeks beginning the week of January 9. The Lab portion of the course meets once per week for 9 weeks beginning the week of January 16.

Week of / Topic / Assignments
1: Aug 27 / Introduction / Class Text pp. 1-18; Watch all Aerobatic Videos
2: Sept 3 / UR Aerodynamics; Lab 1 / Class Text, pp. 19-28; Instructional Video I; Quiz 1
3: Sep 10 / URAerodynamics; Lab 2 / Class Text, pp. 19-33; Instructional Video II; Quiz 2
Sep 17 / NO CLASS / Lab 3
4: Sep 24 / URAerodynamics; Lab 4 / Class Text, pp. 19-36; Quiz 3
5: Oct 1 / UR Basic Concepts; Lab 5 / Class Text, pp. 37-41; Quiz 4
6: Oct 8 / UR Maneuvering Principles; Lab 6 / Class Text, pp. 42-47; Quiz 5
Oct 15 / NO CLASS / LAB THIS WEEK
7: Oct 22 / UR GA Airplanes Nose-High; Lab 7 / Class Text, pp. 48-52; Quiz 6
8: Oct 29 / UR GA Airplanes Nose-Low; Lab 8 / Class Text, pp. 48-55; Quiz 7
9: Nov 5 / UR GA Airplanes; Lab 9 / Class Text, pp. 1-55
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