Post by LOU on Jan 21st, 2012 at 5:12pm
The VOR!
vans...you can do this, but only if you want! :P
Each radial has width. As you fly out from the station the one degree of arc gets wider.
At 60 miles from the station a degree is one mile wide. At 120 miles it grows to 2 miles wide.
Adding to any error is the OBS knob. If you are a bit sloppy in putting in the exact degree of
selected radial or there is a bit of slop in the knob itself you can see how the accuracy of navigation begins to slip.
Flying from VOR to VOR or VOR to an intersection is pretty easy, and was all we had back in the 60's.
If you think using the VOR is hard, you should try flying a radio range! :-? No sissy pilots here!
Lou
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vans...you can do this, but only if you want! :P
Each radial has width. As you fly out from the station the one degree of arc gets wider.
At 60 miles from the station a degree is one mile wide. At 120 miles it grows to 2 miles wide.
Adding to any error is the OBS knob. If you are a bit sloppy in putting in the exact degree of
selected radial or there is a bit of slop in the knob itself you can see how the accuracy of navigation begins to slip.
Flying from VOR to VOR or VOR to an intersection is pretty easy, and was all we had back in the 60's.
If you think using the VOR is hard, you should try flying a radio range! :-? No sissy pilots here!
Lou
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