教導學生明瞭飛行力學、噴射推進基礎的空氣動力特性及流體之流動所呈現的物理現象；教導學生描述與分析流場的方法與技巧，期使學生能將所學的知識應用於簡易飛行器的製作以及相關科技的改進與發展。
This course is designed for students to practice an integration of basic knowledge, design concepts, construction and operation about flying machines, by exercising hand-on effort upon developing and manufacturing for a test vehicle of flight. We will start with the rudimentary principles of aerodynamics. It is followed by an introduction to the background and fundamentals of various propulsion systems used in aeronautical and astronautical science and technology. The students are encouraged to investigate relevant topics and principles, which would be presented and discussed in the class, in the hope of devising new concepts or machines for flight. In the second half of the semester, the students are required to build a flying machine that will be demonstrated in a contest. Related problems would be discussed via substantial interactions if time is available, likely paving a way to some analytical tools such as commercial software for numerical simulation of fluid dynamics. The project is purported to help the students understand and expand the knowledge and skills they have learned by practicing them into a real machine via an adequate procedure of design.