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Gliders and Hang Gliders

Teaching: Completely taught in English

ECTS: 4

Level: Graduate

Semester: Summer

Prerequisites:

Load:

Lectures	Exercises	Laboratory exercises	Project laboratory	Physical education excercises	Field exercises	Seminar	Design exercises	Practicum
30		10	0	0	5	0	0	0

Course objectives:

Introduction to production, exploitation and maintenance of gliders, hangliders, paragliders and hot air balloons.

Student responsibilities:

Grading and evaluation of student work over the course of instruction and at a final exam:

Methods of monitoring quality that ensure acquisition of exit competences:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to (learning outcomes):

Lectures

1. Introduction. History.

2. Flight mechanics of glider Meteorology

3. Gliders system

4. Glider instruments

5. Introduction to hang gliders

6. Hang gliders

7. Hang gliders

8. Hang gliders

9. Paraglider

10. Paraglider

11. Paraglider

12. Paraglider

13. Hot air balloon

14. Hot air balloon

15. Hot air balloon

Exercises

1. Materials used in production of gliders

2. Visit to hangar ??â,¬â€? introduction with different type of gliders

3. Glider instruments

4. System of competition

5. Visit ??â,¬â€? demonstration of hang glider

6. System of competition

7. Law about self build aircrafts

8. Self build aircrafts 1

9. Self build aircrafts 2

10. Visit ??â,¬â€? demonstration of hot air paraglider

11. Term papers

12. Term papers

13. Visit ??â,¬â€? demonstration of hot air baloon

14. Term papers

15. Visit to company AMS Flight

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