boeing247 wrote on Mar 14^th, 2011 at 3:02am:

Hey, LOU. That's what I've been trying to do, learn to operate the VOR stuff on the 727. Now, no offense to CoolP, who has been graciously providing me with links to tutorials, but I've read the entire VOR tutorial in FSX, so I know what I'm doing (to some extent, I'm no expert), but my CDI says I way off course to the left, even when I know (by cheating and looking at the GPS) that I'm way off-course to the right. What's going on?

Sorry if I am wrong but it sounds like you are confusing the indications of the CDI.  If the CDI bar is to the left of the course arrow, then you are too far to the right of the course and must turn left to intercept.  The course deviation indicator shows the direction of offset from the desired course relative to your current course.  General rule, if the bar is to the left, fly to the left, and when the bar is to the right of center, fly to the right to intercept.  Of course this is backwards when you are flying away from a VOR.