Basic VOR

[brewcols]

MORE VIDEO CAPT JB!!  =)

[alemoncada]

Great thanks. Now I'll get lost and try to fly back home using only VOR. If I don't manage it well,thanks anyway!

[crazyc99]

GOD HAS GIVEN YOU THE GIFT OF TEACHING!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[tonyfdesign]

Great video-thanks!

[TheFr3sh1]

Too bad all pilots aren't professional. Great video

[geoffreyr66]

Great little tutorial! Very simple and cuts through the confusion of how they work.

Nice job Thanks for making the vid and posting!

[sorin19840]

Great tutorial! Thank you!

[rodrop]

Nice video and explanation

[booj52]

no better explanation, made simple, thank you!

[joshA360]

thanks 

[OrangeCrushGI]

Very helpful

[tiggermichaelson]

Great Video. I have been working on my instrument flight rating on fsx and havent been able to understnd this apect of the flight training. You made it simple and brief and it helped a lot. Thank you.

[chrlmack]

What about the heading indicator and the magnetic compass they all work along with the VOR. Example they all need to display the same heading to verify that you are on course. In your last example the heading indicator, the magnetic compass and the VOR should all have the same indication. If the 360 radial is being tracked, the heading indicator should be reading 360 like wise the compass with the with correction. Remeber these three indicator may have a + or - 2 degree difference.

[HITHEREFOLKS]

you couldn't have explained it better ! now we want more !! many thanks for posting

[selmerpwns]

Never mind, stupid question!

Understood it AS soob AS i pushed the 'post' button xD

[selmerpwns]

What if it's just a little bit to the side?...

Nice explanation btw!! ;)

[CaptMoo]

Keep them comming... Im already a subscriber...

Im studying and flying for my CFI Lic. Thank U very much!

[shadowflyerzz]

Another lesson well done. The only thing I would consider adding is the concept of crossing radials inorder to ensure the student understands the relationship between radials and their direction (which is independant). Nice teaching style!

[1808jonathan]

Sir, thanks for the tutorials,..i have some queries regarding your discussion,..

 how reliable is VOR navigation when it comes to bad weather condition?can you please answer my question? just for research porpuses only,..thanks

[rohit5720020]

exleent lecture capt..

[rohit5720020]

exleent lecture capt..

[dfletchnj]

Thank you.  I found this very useful.

[heera82]

i have a question in a VOR how do i knw which radial im on...frm de opposite of de TO_FRM flag or de head of de needle?

[heera82]

i have a question pls...in an HSI to find out which radial ur on..u see de opposite of de flag..how abt in a VOR....how do u knw which radial ur on?? is it de same opposite de flag..or de one u select frm de OBS?

[revazion]

I'm writing the CPAER in two days, and I'm pretty sure this will be my saving grace come nav.

[jonglHG]

Merci beaucoup thank you very much for this very useful tutorial

captjb407.. Very nice

[bobtheowl2]

Another key note is that your orientation/heading has nothing to do with the CDI indication. It only shows your relative location to the vor.

[superhot340]

So when you select your heading for OBS, is that supposed to be your current heading?

[Rico8458]

excellent Captain.

[SVnerd]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!

[frank2398]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm just an Microsoft FSX user and I've just started with VOR navigation instead of just "flying the flagpole" or landing at whatever airport I see on the horizon resulting in the "where the hell am I!?!" question that always seems to follow the end of my flight. I have to say, actual pilots like yourself are simply amazing in what you have to keep track of during a flight!

[bgcomer]

Excellent explination.  Thank you, captain.

[ullekush]

Cheers awsome explanation

[chittychad18]

okay i get the navigation part , but how can you use it to line up with the runway?

[captjb407]

VOR approaches will line you up within 30 degrees of the runway, but only if the approach plate title includes the runway number (e.g. VOR RWY 5).

[colbyj14]

Thnank you so much BIG HELP!!!

[sFaAiRdO8U3K]

Very nice, thanks!

[CodyAllenmusic]

terrific explanation, this helped me immensely, thank you.

[Borch022]

Very nice... Thank you captjb407

[joe69rocket]

thanks for a simple break down. other vids ive seen try to teach every entire concept all at once and its just to much for the newbie to absorb lol

[DJNPHRS]

Woah thks for the online lecture. Even though its short, watching it give me more understanding towards VOR. Hahah, just to ask, cuz Im an Aerospace student, could You give a lecture on TCAS, ILS, DME as well as ELT? hahah. If u were to produce it as a lecture series, Ill buy it fr sure!

[SJoelKatz]

The two main things you use a VOR to do are:

1) Fly directly to or from the station, along a known course specified by the radial. In this case, the CDI helps you stay on course by doing what it's name suggests -- indicating course deviations.

2) Determine when you cross a particular radial so that your location is known at that point, often by using the intersection of two radials from two VORs. In that case, you have crossed the radial as the CDI centers.

[theknightlynews]

Is it necessary to follow any particular radial to a VOR, or you can you set your own if you go off course, simply by adjusting the OBS switch? For example, does a pilot have to follow the specific "road" between two VORs, or can he make his own road if he goes off course?

[SJoelKatz]

It depends. If he is in controlled airspace and has been issued a clearance, then he must not deviate from that clearance. If he is not in controlled airspace or has not been issued a clearance (because one is not required for what he is doing) then he can take any path he chooses. (Subject to the other regulations, of course.)

[91mile]

very very very instructive stuff

[bruin6082]

Thanks for the tutorial. But what I don't understand is how can we figure out the heading of the aircraft. The VOR information seems pointless to me, if I don't know which way the nose of the aircraft is heading. Let's say I want to go to a given VOR on a radial of 090 and the needle tells me I'm to the right of this radial. But not knowing where the nose is pointing means I could be going let's say North, and if the station is to my East, I would never get to it!

[captjb407]

You're exactly right--the basic VOR instrument gives no heading information, and must be correlated with the compass/DG. You get the clearest sense of your position if you visualize the VOR information overlayed on your DG, and that's exactly what a Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) does for you.

[Lackyserbia]

Yeah u are right... You fly from VOR to VOR so you don't need heading.

[punkangle399]

I was kind of confused about it but its very clear on your video. Thank you.

[MrCHRISPEE]

This guy is doing the young aviation community a big favor. Thanks a lot.

[ChrizRockster]

2:57 - The first thing we need to do is tune the NAV radio to the correct VOR Station Frequency. Then Ident it via Morse Code cross-check, then we can start using the OBS.

[MrStevethepilot]

thank you :D

[JonnyTommyGuns]

i prefer adf in simulators mind you im not a pilot yet.

[chessbuff]

ok, except there is no zero radial. there is a 360 radial.

[captjb407]

Good point. I didn't even notice that I had done that. Thanks for the correction, chessbuff.

[chimpl]

Good Stuffs !!

[polarbear60]

Thank you for sharing with us your knowledge!

[tetsuyab737]

thank you! nice video!

[SDTricker]

haha Thanks! After my class lecture today, all I could say is what the heck just happened? I get it now!

[pdiben]

Good lesson. Thanks.

[GeneralGoopy]

thanks man i'm taking my Knowledge test tmrw :)

[JamesDavid94]

good luck =)

[wilburhog]

all you need to do to get your relationship to a vor is turn the knob until the needle centers with a to or from and you instantly know where your aircraft is on in relationship to the station.

[Marksmithhfx]

John, great explanation. Please keep posting.

[Aerodomy]

Clearly Explanation....Bring it more please about ILS please. Cuz the more we know the more we fly safety.

[yellowajah]

the most valuable thing i gathered from this is "think in the direction of the radial" being the main one.

[capacityplus]

This is one of the best intros for old students like me LOL. I have started my solo circuits in 172. Thanks.

[waleed123321]

thanx good job keep it up

[ljubisa88]

WELL DONE, now I understood this VOR navigation......  :))

[Omid45]

He is kinda wrong about the first two, because said something like "you'll be tracking the 240 radial" when your not, because a radial is backwards 180 from the course.

[patchau2]

great explanation man thanks, but this might be a dumb ques but what exactly would you use the vor do. i have microsoft fsx and i only use it to navigate through my flight plan, can it be used to land?

[captjb407]

Actually that's a good question. A VOR can be used in non-precision localizer approaches, which don't provide any vertical guidance. Some VOR instruments, however, are combined with a glideslope and can be used in precision ILS approaches.

[bartjuhh12]

man i like your epaulettes

[jeepontherocks]

Good explanation, but the VOR does not know the direction of flight or heading. It just knows the relationship in from a vor.

[technomentis]

I finally got it. Many thanks.

[logo10heli]

Thanks for posting this. Much easier to understand now.

[misterwhoami]

15 minutes re-reading my handbooks vor section-nothing

a 7 minute video- totally understand it now

thanks man

[tetavo]

learning everything on youtube- priceless :)

[skierplaterandy]

Very useful info for learning how it works.

[747forever]

look he is so mean. look at 2.02 he says heres a small noob. lol. :-D

[CommanderDenton]

A knob. Not a noob. :)

[747forever]

i know lol but its sounds like noob, lol

:-D

[gemisto]

Clearest exposition of VOR principle I've seen! Thank you.

[HoustonRocket101]

Whats wrong with GPS ?

[glosairtourer]

nothing...GPS will probably be the death of VOR as it's cheaper and easier to run but VOR is still used

[pyrite1978]

Everyone that is going to pilot an aircraft should still know how to navigate vor's no matter what we use for our mainstream Navaid.  when your GPS fails. You dont wanna end up in Canada.. *shudder* ;)

[glosairtourer]

haha loveit! totally agree!

[tetavo]

gps is expensive. end of story :)

[35375480]

otimo video !!

[Gehaddk]

WISH he could be my teacher i like him hes good

[fayik123]

it all ties together.

[bulldog01209]

Great video thanks for posting this !

[MINES34]

super video

[fayik123]

He didnt mention the fact the first thing you need to do is tune in the nav receiver to a vor station frequency from a chart

[siemprehorney]

Standing ovation to tou my friend. It has been a very good tutorial video even I have an stupid girlfriend that understood finally how this instrument works ( she was convinced it was another clock more on the plane ).

[xxxemodtixxx]

would the obs be the same as the crs?? wat is the diffrence betwean the two?

[captjb407]

Yes, they are the same. They're used the same way, so the only basic difference is the name.

[EvilNando]

Thank you for this instructional video , I think I still need to watch this 3 o 4 more times because I keep getting the wrong idea with the deviation needle

I hope you release more videos !

[racsito39]

Oh that's easy, I've being flying on MSF since 1998. I like to fly around my island (Hispaniola), there are several VOR stations (we have also a lot of airports. Let's say I am in the middle of the air, and I want to get as quick as possible to a station, I look at navigation map, and I move the OBS until the CDI is centered, then making sure I am flying TO. It's fun, of course real life doesn't work that way, but it gets me close to an airport.

[Menguillo]

Hi!

Hisponiola?

Did you mean Spain?

What city you are?

[racsito39]

Hispaniola is an island of the Caribbean, the most populous, the second biggest land mass of the Caribbean too. It has the Dominican Republic (2/3) and Haiti (1/3). I live in Dominican Republic.

[racsito39]

Almost forgot, my city is Santo Domingo de Guzmán.

[flyernate]

actually, if you're VFR, it works exactly like that!

[mykeylynx]

more please!!!

[iamdaschitt]

very low volume

[gr8pugs]

Wonderful explanation! BUT, on my computer at least, the volume is very very low - any suggestions?

[Bateseh]

Thanks for this video, It's well stuck in my head now.

[gmtxrsts]

Thanks a lot for this simple, quick and very comprehensive tutorial!

[FAlencarO]

Very nice!!

Well explained!

Show us more tutorials!!!

thaks for this video!!

[786delboy786]

sir you have explained the unexplained well done plain english thank god hats off to you im a student pilot i have had so much trouble being explained this u my man are a genius well done and thank u

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[theberlindoctor]

Western Michigan University has a very good aviation program. Nice town too. Grew up there. Recommended.

[Omid45]

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