User Guide

Flight Simulator
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2. Place your mouse cursor over the OBS. Move the little hand slightly to the left, then slightly to
the right. You should notice the appearance of a “+” or “–” symbol within the cursor.
By clicking the mouse button when a “+” or “–” symbol is in view, the course selector knob
rotates, so you can select a specific course. Practice selecting all four course values shown in
Figure 5.
Figure 6 shows that you’ve selected
the 360-degree course (360 is
shown above the index). To fly this
course, you’d turn to a direction of
360 degrees on the heading
indicator. Assuming you’ve done
this, and your airplane is in position
A, the VOR indicator should show a
centered needle with a TO flag
(upward-pointing triangle)
indication.
As you fly along the selected
course, the TO flag automatically
changes to a FROM flag
(downward-pointing triangle) as
you pass the VOR station (position
C). When you are directly over the
station (position B), the flag reads
OFF (red-and-white stripes),
indicating that you’re neither going
to nor from the VOR at the time.
Simply stated, if the airplane is headed in the direction of the selected courseSimply stated, if the airplane is headed in the direction of the selected course
Simply stated, if the airplane is headed in the direction of the selected courseSimply stated, if the airplane is headed in the direction of the selected course
Simply stated, if the airplane is headed in the direction of the selected course
and the needle is centered, the TO or FROM flag tells you if you’re going to orand the needle is centered, the TO or FROM flag tells you if you’re going to or
and the needle is centered, the TO or FROM flag tells you if you’re going to orand the needle is centered, the TO or FROM flag tells you if you’re going to or
and the needle is centered, the TO or FROM flag tells you if you’re going to or
from the VOR stationfrom the VOR station
from the VOR stationfrom the VOR station
from the VOR station
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..
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Let’s see how this works in real life.
Choose Tutorial 9, Situation 2. In this exercise, you’re flying to a VOR station on the 360-degree
course (OBS set to 360) while heading 360 degrees. You have just a few miles to go before crossing
Figure 6
A
B
C
FROM
OFF
TO