Night Rating – Ground School

Air Law
Air Law
7 Topics
Introduction
Experience Requirements
Day and Night Definition
Night Rating Privileges
Landing or Takeoff at Night
Day VFR Equipment Requirements
Night VFR Equipment Requirements
Aircraft Systems
Electrical System
5 Topics
General
Battery
Alternator and Generator
Circuit Breakers and Fuses
Bus Bars
Other Aircraft Systems
2 Topics
Vacuum
Oxygen
Meteorology
Meteorology
5 Topics
Fog Formation
Fog Types
Katabatic and Anabatic Winds
Veering and Backing
Encountering Bad Weather at Night
Human Performance
Human Performance
2 Topics
Visual Scanning Techniques
Orientation and Disorientation
Aerodrome Lighting
Minimum Night Lighting Requirements at Aerodromes
Aerodrome Beacon
Runway Lighting
9 Topics
Runway Edge Lights
Runway Threshold Lights and End Lights
Displaced Threshold Lighting
Runway Centreline Lighting
Runway Touchdown Zone Lighting
Rapid Exit Taxiway Lighting
Runway Guard Lights
Runway Threshold Identification Lights
Visual Alignment Guidance System
Taxiway Lighting
3 Topics
Taxiway Edge Lights
Taxiway Centreline Lights
Stop Bars
Visual Approach Slope Indicator System (VASIS)
4 Topics
General
Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI)
Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI)
Eye to Wheel Height (EWH)
Aircraft Radio Control of Aerodrome Lighting
3 Topics
General
Type J
Type K
Approach Lighting
5 Topics
Low Intensity Approach Lighting System
Omnidirectional Approach Lighting System
MALSF
MALSR
ALSF-2
Miscellaneous
6 Topics
Retro Reflective Markers
Unserviceable Area Lighting
Closed Manoeuvring Area
Emergency Lighting
Light Gun Signals
Airport Lighting Available
Aids to Navigation
VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR)
8 Topics
General
Frequency Band
Range
Identification
VOR Receiver Checks
Instrument Interpretation
Position Fix Using Two VORs
Tracking TO and FROM a Station
Automatic Direction Finder (ADF)
4 Topics
General
Identification
Classification
Accuracy
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
2 Topics
General
Principle of Operation
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Night Rating – Ground School Electrical System General

An aircraft electrical system is a self-contained network of components that generate, transmit, distribute, utilize and store electrical energy. The electrical system capacity and complexity vary tremendously between a light, piston-powered, single-engine general aviation aircraft and a modern, multi-engine commercial jet aircraft. However, the electrical system for aircraft at both ends of the complexity spectrum share many of the same basic components.

Most aircraft are equipped with either a 14 or a 28-volt direct current (DC) electrical system. A basic aircraft electrical system consists of the following components:

  • Alternator/generator
  • Battery
  • Master/battery switch
  • Alternator/generator switch
  • Bus bar, fuses, and circuit breakers
  • Voltage regulator
  • Ammeter/loadmeter
  • Associated electrical wiring
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