Microsoft KB Archive/31590

Performing VOR Navigation in Flight Simulator PSS ID Number: Q31590 Article last modified on 04-02-1991 PSS database name: D_FltSim

3.00 4.00

MS-DOS

Summary:

The following information is available as an application note from Microsoft Product Support Services by calling (206) 454-2030. The application note is titled “VOR Beacon Coordinates.”

The following article explains how to navigate to a Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) in Flight Simulator versions 3.00 and 4.00:


 * 1) Tune your navigational (NAV) radio (either 1 or 2) to the VOR frequency. Refer to your manual for the appropriate VOR frequency.
 * 2) Adjust the appropriate Omni-Bearing Indicator (OBI) (use OBI1 with NAV1, and OBI2 with NAV2) until the vertical hair centers on the OBI gauge.
 * 3) The vertical cross hair can center under two conditions: when the OBI indicator reads TO and when the OBI indicator reads FROM. Choose the TO option.
 * 4) Turn the airplane so the magnetic compass has the same degree reading as the top of the OBI indicator.

Note: Double-VOR navigation is when you tune into two VOR beacons, one with each NAV and OBI, to navigate.

Also, when you use NAV1 with OBI1, the Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) tells you the distance between your airplane and the VOR into which you are turned.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.