Unconventional Aviation
Abbreviation: NEKKOZRA Load: 30(L) + 0(E) + 0(LE) + 15(S) + 0(FLE) + 0(PEE)
Lecturers in charge: dr. sc. Andrija Vidović
Lecturers: izv. prof. dr. sc. Andrija Vidović ( Seminar )
Course description: The concept and definition of unconventional aviation. Classification of unconventional aircraft: VSTOL, STOVL, VATOL and HATOL categories. Technical and operational characteristics of unconventional aircraft. Unconventional aviation operations; classification of emergency aviation, aircraft operations in the civil protection system: search and rescue (SAR), firefighting (FF), helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS). Fleet selection criteria: critical time and speed of intervention. Location of operating centres. Methodology for intervention actions. Modelling of the emergency aviation system. Emergency aviation organization models on a sample of national emergency systems. Evaluation of the needs and possibilities for applying unconventional aviation in Croatia.
Lecture languages: hr
Compulsory literature:
1. Vidović, A.: Autorizirana predavanja iz kolegija Nekonvencionalno zrakoplovstvo, Zagreb, 2009.
Recommended literature:
2. Marshal, D.M., Barnhart, R.K., Shappee, E., Most, M.: Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Second edition, CRC Press, 2016.
3. Galović, B.: Prilog razvoju nekonvencionalnih zrakoplova za priobalje Hrvatske. Doktorska disertacija. Fakultet prometnih znanosti, Zagreb, 1998. 
4. Vidović, A.: Primjena helikoptera u hitnoj medicinskoj pomoći u Republici Hrvatskoj. Magistarski rad. Fakultet prometnih znanosti, Zagreb, 2006.
5. Steiner, S., i suradnici: Koncepcija Strategije razvoja zračnog prometa u Hrvatskoj. Institut prometa i veza, Zagreb, 2002.
6. International Civil Aviation Organization: Manual on Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), First Edition, 2015.
7. Terpstra, P.: V/STOL Aircraft Design. Third Edition, Amazon Com., ISBN 1-883063-20-5
Legend
L - Lectures
E - Exercises
LE - Laboratory exercises
S - Seminar
FLE - Practical foreign language exercises
PEE - Physical education excercises
* - Not graded