FS2020: Back To Basics With MSFS: Part 8 - VOR Navigation Made Easy!

Continuing our Back to Basics Series: This time we discover the Joy & Beauty of VOR Navigation.
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⌚Timestamps⌚
Introduction: (0:00)
The Theory of VORs: (1:20)
Overview of the CDI/Nav Dials in the C-152: (4:28)
VOR Navigation in Practice: (12:51)
#MSFSVORNavigationTutorial #FS2020VORtoVORnavigation #NewbieGuidetoVORNavigation

[@vladyakimov2872]

Huddison, your explanation are way more clear than tutorials on my own language. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Hello from Ukraine 🖐️

[@Huddison]

Wonderful commendation - thank you :)

[@paulphibbs7162]

It’s worth mentioning that the outbound course can be useful for extending the range between two VORS or maintaining a course to a fixed point.

[@Huddison]

Absolutely, thanks for mentioning it Paul.

[@peteallennh]

This was very clearly explained. You mentioned things that I don't think I've heard said quite that way before. Thank you for narrating while sharing your stream of consciousness. Well done 🙂

[@Huddison]

Thanks, that's highly appreciated.

[@contactsergio18]

This is just pure gold! ❤

[@Huddison]

Thanks 😊

[@tomjanzen9278]

Excellent as always. You have a knack of taking a complex subject and making it approachable. Glad you're feeling well enough to make this.

[@Huddison]

Thanks Tom, much better now ;)

[@lyskmusic]

Coming from Zero skills in this, you have made it so easy to understand. Cannot thank you enough.

[@Huddison]

Thanks for that wonderful comment.

[@18skaterboy18]

Thanks for the video sir! I didn't understand how the CDI works, everything is clear now.

[@Huddison]

Great to hear.

[@rogerminn]

Thanks again for another informative video. In my quest to learn more about flying in MSFS, I have been focusing on learning to fly IFR procedures with the Garmin G1000 in various aircraft. But I have found that using a flight computer and the autopilot somehow takes away the pure fun of flying. And for that reason I have enjoyed your videos because they encourage me to get back to flying just for fun.

[@Huddison]

This type of flying is a must try Roger ;)

[@lfisher441]

Great lesson. Thanks for having great equipment, when you move around on the instruments it’s really clear and sharp for these old eyes. Another one for my favorites file. Loved your landing, I know your busy teaching and explaining but that’s my landings and I’m totally focused, as you say practice practice practice.

[@Huddison]

Practice is the key to success my friend ;)

[@ellonysman]

You sir are in my top 5 fave KZbinrs!❤

[@Huddison]

wow, thanks 😎

[@mikemorgan8895]

Great explanation. Love it

[@starroger]

I just watched this video again. Very good instruction as usual. I love your teaching style. I would like to point out one item at time cue 6:43. What you refer to as the compass is actually a heading indicator. They are two different instruments that essentially give the same information--the direction of flight. The compass is magnetic and reacts to the Earth's magnetic field. Though it indicates magnetic headings, the heading indicator is not magnetic. It works using a gyroscope. This distinction becomes important if you have the MSFS Assistant Option of gyroscope drift turned on in your game settings. In the real world gyroscopes drift or proceed. Part of the pre flight checklist, while parked or at a full stop short of the runway, is to set the heading indicator to agree with the magnetic compass. Once airborne; while in level, non-turning, non-accelerating flight; the pilot needs to periodically check to make sure the heading indicator and the compass still agree with each other. This is important because compasses are affected by forces of acceleration and only give accurate readings when the aircraft is in complete balance with respect to those forces (level unaccelerated flight or parked). Gyroscopes maintain their alignment during aircraft maneuvers such as climbs, descents and turns. However, over time they proceed and their heading accuracy falls off. One should keep this in mind when practicing non-GPS type of navigation.

[@Huddison]

Thanks and fair points: it's important to use the correct terminology when making these types of videos (so noted for the future). I would imagine that aircraft are always equipped with the legit instruments ;)

[@ramnik.khanna]

@Huddison, thanks for this excellent tut! No one simplifies and explains it like you do!

[@Huddison]

Thanks my friend :)

[@frankw204]

Will work on this episode next.

[@jmcc685]

Most excellent tutorial! Thanks!

[@Huddison]

Thank you 🙏

[@rafeharwood9667]

I think it's interesting that the CDI line that you follow, is actually the same as the central green/pink line on the other Garmin glass display compasses. You just don't have the 'ends' of the lines that you have on those.

[@jakew9887]

Excellent Presentation. Thanks

[@Huddison]

Many thanks.

[@Snowy57]

Very well explained, thank you.

[@Huddison]

Most welcome.

[@kencarruthers6714]

Thanks for another useful guide. I guess that rather than reset the OBS button to centre the vertical bearing line, another option is simply to fly toward that direction till it comes central and to keep doing so? I also want to try setting up both Nav receivers with standbys pre-loaded to navigate in sequence between 2 or more VORs in a longer flight or more complicated route. Ken

[@Huddison]

Hi Ken, you would have to adjust the OBS knob somewhat to aim it in the general direction of the VOR. Setting up multiple frequencies sounds like an excellent idea.

[@tourdetinus1743]

Thanks a lot!!

[@mikecoffee100]

good refresher course once I get msfs running half decent hope to plan flights realll sooon using the VOR

[@Huddison]

Hopefully soon Mike.

[@christerhed851]

Great video🎉

[@Huddison]

Many thanks 🛩

[@weircottage]

Helpful. Thanks…

[@riflemusket]

Another excellent tutorial vid, Sir HUD. Makes me want to jump back into the C152 and fly some VORs. Even though the cockpit lighting is now nerfed. Lol.

[@Huddison]

It's worth doing regardless 😉

[@riflemusket]

@@Huddison I did some VOR flights last night in the 152. Is there any way to get VOR freqs within MSFS rather than websites, etc?

[@Huddison]

@@riflemusket Not that I could find, but worth further investigation.

[@riflemusket]

@@Huddison X-plane has the VOR and ILS freqs available within its native map function.

[@Huddison]

@@riflemusket They may well be available in MSFS too - I'll need to do some further research.

[@jeffdeluca1153]

When you center the needle with the dial, does that tell you the heading you need to fly, from your current location, the end up at the vor ?

[@captainduggo6084]

Nicely done. Very helpful. Were you using Heading (HDG) mode, to keep you on those radials? and...Would HDG mode be considered "Using the Autopilot"? Thanks.

[@Huddison]

Thanks. Yes, if you are using HDG mode, you will be using autopilot.

[@captainduggo6084]

@@Huddison Were you using the heading mode in the video? You did such a good job of keeping it on track, I have to wonder.

[@leecourington2536]

Thanks heaps. Are all four of those panels VOR receivers? And is the lower instrument a second VOR indicator? Is that so you could load them up an plan a whole route ahead? Ie activating the next one once passing a VOR transmitter. Just wondering why you used the top right VOR? Thanks heaps again. I learned heaps super quickly. 👍

[@Huddison]

There are 2 VOR dials in the C152 and yes, you can use them both independently. I only used the top one to simplify this demonstration. Switch between Nav1/2 to use each one.

[@leecourington2536]

@@Huddison thanks for the clarification

[@michaelevans2975]

Thanks for this, I'm considering purchasing Microsoft flight simulator for Xbox series X (can't afford PC) and i like the idea of having a go at VOR to VOR flying using NAV instruments rather than GPS navigation. I assume you don't have to select an option to allow this in the SIM, you just get in the cockpit and set your target VOR frequency on NAV1 and then take off?

[@Huddison]

As long as you know your local VOR frequencies, then you are able do fly in this fashion with just the Base Sim (on Xbox or PC).

[@michaelevans2975]

@@Huddison thanks.

[@jeffdeluca1153]

So when yoi turn the cdi know to center the needle, does that tell you the heading you need to fly? I'm confused because I would think you would need to change heading until you intersect the radial, thus centering the needle

[@Huddison]

See my answer to your question elsewhere.

[@pfv3462]

This was very clearly explained. but If I set the correct frequency of a VOR and the NAV light does not come on, does this mean that it can receive that radio signal?

[@Huddison]

Can you explain your question a little more?

[@helicopterovirtual-msfs6254]

Perfeito.

[@DarkGT]

Today's lesson - VOR. Didn't know such thing existed until today.

[@Huddison]

It has existed for the past 40-50 years in flight simming ;)

[@DarkGT]

@@Huddison So here the problem, I didn't exist 40-50 years ago I didn't pick up the trend :P

[@Huddison]

🤣

[@peterprow6093]

Having trouble with NDBs when flying the 152 and beechcraft V, I'm tuning to the right frequency, ADF selected, airbourne and in range but the needle doesn't budge, mostly I'm flying around the Midlands and north of England - are these beacons not working, or am I doing something wrong? Thanks in advance :)

[@Huddison]

Can you hear the Morse Code identifier for your selected station? I'll aim to cover this in a future nearby video.

[@peterprow6093]

Ah of course! I could have checked the Morse... Seems that some of the NDBs in the UK that appear on Navigraph are not there in the sim, whether this is because on real life they have gone, or just weren't ever in game I don't know. Thanks for the help! It's much more enjoyable navigating the old fashioned way!

[@Huddison]

@@peterprow6093 It is a lot of fun, who needs GPS eh ;)

[@janspandonk6886]

I Like this tutorial very much but with me it works only when I depart from Birmingham Departing from any other airport in Spain or Holland doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?

[@Huddison]

It'll be difficult to pinpoint what you're doing correctly or wrongly; but watch this video, as it shows how to use VOR navigation at a different location: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpu2k6aPlMt-hbM. The Discord (link in the description) is also a great place to ask for advice.

[@janspandonk6886]

@@Huddison I have checked your videos twice and have done exactly as you mention but the only VOR that works in my Cessna 152, is the VOR you mention in your video, from Birmingham to 113.65. Tried also other airports in UK as well as Holland to fly to this same VOR but the CDI does not react. I hope you can help me with this.

[@Huddison]

@@janspandonk6886 Hop onto the Discord and let us know exactly which VOR you're having difficulties with.

[@janspandonk6886]

@@Huddison Thanks for your quick reply. I have made 4 videos showing the "problem". # 1 as in your video and worked well and the other 3 with different departing airports with no reaction on the CDI. What is the best way to share these videos with you. Is 'we transfer' an option?'