Honestly, I can understand these things (VORs) intellectually, but when I'm in the plane and trying to do VOR navigation, my brain freezes up and nothing makes sense... I figure, once I have my instrument ticket, I'll never use VORs.
This looks like a great idea for those that need help with VORs. But after the first two or three "pedals", it could run the risk of being redundant for more proficient pilots.
@@GrizzlyAir I'm going to go ahead and blame auto correct for that one. But you get the gold metal for finding my error. I hope you can except my apology and that it didn't negatively affect you're day two much. Wishing ewe blew sky's and tale winds.
THIS... is a great exercise, similar to what I've been doing for many years in the sim as an instrument pilot. I just called it a VOR proficiency exercise. VPE for short. Yeah, like we need more aviation acronyms. I like your "VOR Flower" tag. Anyway, I earned my IA rating during the NDB days of the early 90s. During my checkride, I was required to fly at least one NDB/ADF approach to mins under the hood. Yo, hollaaah! Try flying this "Flower" exercise partial-panel with no gyros and let the good times roll!
10 years VOR will go the way of the NDB. By the way, this close to the station is very sensitive. Just flying outbound on a localizer during a missed approach is challenging enough!
@@aviatortrucker6198 Na... GPS is easily jammed and they will keep a "minimum" VOR network up for the backup. Iraq would jam the GPS satellites of U.S. military aircraft flying near that area.
I love flying with the radial dialed in regardless of my heading. Knowing when to push and pull the needle keeps you sharp. Knowing the rule, “If the VOR and the needle are on the same side with a FROM indication, you’re not there yet.” Learning to use a VOR like it is an HSI is challenging and rewarding task.
