A new session of this self-paced Mooc offered by Embry Riddle is available. Start date : February 11, 2019
Reinhard Finke
Mooc aviation
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Course description
This course will cover Aircraft maintenance like overhaul, repair, inspection or modication of an aircraft or aircraft components. including piston and jet engines. Maintenance includes such tasks as ensuring compliance with Airworthiness Directives.
Organization : onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in
Costs : free, except for certification
Start Date : Feb 25, 2019
Duration : 8 weeks
Language : English
Course Instructors : Prof. A.K. Ghosh, MR. Vipul Mathur, Department of of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur.
Pre-Requisites : Aircraft Maintenance (Online Courses Portal / NPTEL), see review
Course Layout :
Week 1 : Introduction, Construction
Week 2 : Performance, Lubrication system, Induction system
Week 3 : Fuel system, Ignition System, Starting System
Week 4 : Propeller, Maintenance
Week 5 : Introduction, Inlet, Compressor
Week 6 : Combustion, Turbine, Exhaust
Week 7 : Fuel system, Lubrication system, Ignition System
Week 8 : Starting, Thrust Augmentation, Material, Maintenance
Exam : The Certification examen (online, in one of the Indian Exam centres) is optional, costs not yet communicated. Exam dates : April 27, 2019 (2 sessions : 9am to 12 noon; AN-2pm to 5pm).
Find more information on this link
Personal recommended reference documents :
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook– Powerplant FAA :
Review
This Mooc offered by NPTEL (National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning – India) is currently the only free Mooc about technical aircraft engine maintenance. The strength of this course is the detailed explanation of how piston engines work and what you have to consider for maintenance of aircraft engines. A chapter about jet engines concludes the course. The course design, mainly based on lecture of video slides is somewhat different of European or American Moocs : it doesn’t allow a lot of interactions and visual and sound quality could be improved. What I appreciated most about this course were several Lab session videos, where the instructor disassembled real aircraft engines for maintenance and also illustrated eventual risks of engine failures due to fatigue, pre-ignition or bad assembling. This Lab session videos completed perfectly the theoretical explanations. Apart some exceptions, the NPTEL course team answered promptly to questions of the participants on the discussion forum. Personal average score of the 8 assignments was 97%.
Reinhard Finke
This course offers the introduction to the aircraft systems like hydraulics system, landing gear, fuel system, electrical systems, 50,100,200,500 hours inspection, etc
Organization : onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in
Start Date : Feb 05, 2018
Duration : 4 weeks
Course Instructor : A K Ghosh is a faculty of Aerospace Engg. Department of IIT Kanpur. He is also the in-charge of the flight laboratory and unmanned aerial vehicle of IIT Kanpur.
Pre-Requisites : Introduction to Airplane Performance (Online Courses Portal / NPTEL)
This course is designed to provide an integrated introductory treatment of airplane performance with flavor of aircraft design and flight testing.
Organization : onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in
Start Date : Feb 05, 2018 – End Date : March 30, 2018
Duration : 8 weeks
Course Instructor : A K Ghosh is a faculty of Aerospace Engg. Department of IIT Kanpur. He is also the in-charge of the flight laboratory and unmanned aerial vehicle of IIT Kanpur.
Pre-Requisites : Btech/BE in any discipline of engineering
Mooc by Embry Riddle Aeronautical University 
(February 2017, in American-English, duration about 10 h, platform canvas.net)
The course is comprised of two modules over a two-week period, consisting of several pre-recorded presentations, coupled with interactive discussion boards, supporting links and videos, and faculty and subject matter experts responding to attendees questions/comments.
Content:
Module 1 :
- 1.1 – sUAS Core Concepts
- 1.2 – sUAS Extras
- 1.3 – Discussion: The Planning Conundrum
- 1.4 – FAA Part 107 Introduction and Considerations
- 1.5 – Module 1 Quiz
Module 2 :
- 2.1 – sUAS Core Concepts
- 2.2 – sUAS Extras
- 2.3 – Cool Tools: Where on Earth Am I?
- 2.4 – Discussion: You and the National Airspace System (NAS)
- 2.5 – Module 2 Quiz
There is no prerequisite knowledge related to this course apart from basic to intermediate computer literacy. To be successful in this course, you should plan to spend approximately 3 to 5 hours a week working on each module. For me, sUAS was a new topic. So, I enjoyed especially the basic information and interesting / amazing video links in module 1. Module 2 is more about the US National Airspace System, a subject, that I’d already studied in the Aviation Mooc of ERAU
For those of you pursuing the Record of Attendance, the following requirements must be met:
- Review all main content pages, including Module Overviews and Wrap-Ups as well as the pages containing the readings and recorded lectures.
- Participate in the module discussion activities.
- Score at least 80 points in the module quizzes (my personal score was 100 points in each module quiz)
At the end of the course, upon successful completion of the aforementioned requirements for both modules, you will be given access to the MOOC Completion Form, in which you will enter your name as you would like it to appear on your certificate as well as the email address to which you would like us to send your certificate. Note: Your Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) – Key Concepts for New Users MOOC Record of Attendance will be sent to you via email within 30 days after the end of the course.
Reinhard Finke – VdN
Mooc by Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
(self-paced, in American-English, duration about 12 h, platform canvas.net)
Thrust, drag, weight, lift, this very interesting and well designed course is likely to introduce you to a variety of subjects pertaining to the aviation industry. It will teach you a lot of the ground knowledge that you need to know to be a successful pilot and might improve your Aviation-English.
Content:
- Aircraft systems
- Aerodynamics
- Flight instruments
- Airports
- Airspace
- Radio communications
- Aeromedical factors
- Aviation Weather
- Performance and Navigation
This course contains an introduction, followed by nine lessons and three multiple choice tests. The course is split into three parts. In each part, there will be three lessons, followed by a test. The material in each lesson will be presented in video format. You can download the video transcription.
At the completion of each lesson, you will have a multiple choice quiz. Each quiz (15 questions, maximum 30 minutes) and test (30 questions, maximum 1 hour) will be graded automatically and a minimum score of 80% is required to move on to the next lesson. So, it’s a kind of “light” version of the PPL(A) and achievement conditions are similar, but the number of attempts is unlimited. Each lesson should take about an hour to complete, more or less.
Duration of this self-paced Mooc doesn’t seem to be limited. Nevertheless I suggest to achieve the three lessons of each part in a short time, as the test is about the three lessons. I think you should achieve the whole course in about six weeks, or less. You may submit questions on the discussion forum, but there are not many students enrolled at the same time and the forum is often cleaned and updated.
If you’ve achieved successfully all quizzes and tests, you can download a social badge of achievement.
My personal over-all score was 95% (one single attempt for each quiz/test).
To enroll: https://www.canvas.net/browse/erau/courses/aviation-101
Reinhard Finke – VdN
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