User Guide

Flight Simulator
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“zero-three-zero.” Say it like this
and you’ll sound like an
experienced airline captain.)
Your destination is Yazoo
airport, which lies on the 030-
degree course from the Rodster
VOR.
With your OBS set to 030, you
depart Whatzitz as shown by
Airplane A. The VOR display in
Airplane A shows a left needle
with a TO indication. A right or
left needle indication doesn’t
tell you on which side of the
selected course the airplane is
located. To determine this, you
must physically point the
airplane in the direction of the
selected course (or at least
imagine yourself pointed in this
direction). Why? The VOR
needle and flag indications
are completely independent
of the airplane’s heading.
I can’t emphasize this point
enough: VORs don’t know
which way your airplane is
heading. That’s because the
airborne VOR display is
programmed to think of itself
as always pointing in the
direction of the selected course.
The display only knows if it’s to
the right or left of the selected
course, and whether that
course will take it to or from
the station.
Figure 8
A
B
C
D
YAZOO AIRPORT
WHATZITZ AIRPORT
RODSTER VOR
TO
TO
TO
TO
FROM
FROM