Principles of Avionics

Written by a professor with forty years of designing and teaching avionics, Dr. Albert Helfrick of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University explains communications, navigation and flight control systems in aircraft and space vehicles. He covers legacy systems such as navcom, transponder, automatic direction finder, DME, collision avoidance (TCAS), and weather radar. He covers new techniques---Performance-Based Navigation and Required Navigation performance----mandated for 2020. Dr. Helfrick is a regular speaker at the Digital Avionics Conference, a consultant to FAA, advisor to aerospace companies and a leader of avionics seminars held world-wide. He wrote this book to meet a long-standing need by his engineering students and anyone who needs to know the latest theory and practice for airborne electronic systems. Also included are three glossaries of reference information and a glossary of avionics terms. "Principles of Avionics" has been in continuous publication for 18 years and is now in its Tenth Edition. Read more