Basic VOR

Teaching lecture using whiteboard for visual aid on the ABSOLUTE BASICS of VOR navigation. I threw this together in about 2 hours because it has been so long since I posted the first one.

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Education

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• Portland
• Community
• College
• Aviation
• Science
• AVS260
• CFI
• Ground
• VOR
• radio
• navigation
• Teaching
• Lecture

[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).

[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.

[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.

[Borch022]

Very nice... Thank you captjb407

[CodyAllenmusic]

terrific explanation, this helped me immensely, thank you.

[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!