VOR Navigation Made Easy

groundschoolaca... VOR Navigation is one of those things that is difficult to teach. In this video I've broken it down to manageable pieces to help you better understand VOR navigation

[@keithleggett1026]

After watching a few VOR navigation videos on KZbin, yours is the only one I understood. I am not a pilot yet but I am gaining a lot of knowledge before ground school. Thank you for your way of teaching.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks for watching!

[@anthonyhinson3077]

I wished I watched these videos years ago because it would have saved me a lot of instruction in the air with CFI's blaring instructions, ATC babbling in the background and the whirl of the engines. Thank you for your support of aviators who are learning.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad you like our videos! Have a great day!

[@glaucopimenta]

Great instructions, Jason. I´m from Brazil and I´m not a pilot, yet. But now, I can learn more and practice VOR procedures inside X-Plane flight sim. Many thanks!

[@AlexandrosV]

Every day there is another thing to find in this treasure chest, which is your channel Jason. The enthusiasm and the quality of your videos are simply outstanding! One word: BRAVO

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks for the kind words, Alexander!

[@isaacmassey7291]

I'm studying for my written test and I was having a lot of issues with understanding and using VOR and this helped a lot. Thanks!

[@brianjames4169]

Jason is a gifted speaker. Relates his points across as no-one else can. I enjoy listening to him SO much.

[@carlosbotero3774]

I am a new member of the school and. The reason i joined is because i liked a lot the videos i saw in UTUBE. And I have to say, the videos that are posted in utube , yes it showes the school is great, but to be honest, I think the actual classes are a thousand times better. Is incredible the suppport you get from the school , the you ask them a question and in less than nothing you get an answer. Honestly, the best online school ever!!!!!!!

[@frankdaniels8077]

Thank you Jason and everyone at MzeroA, I've watched numerous videos trying to explain VOR Nav and this one has helped me the most.

[@Skywalker734-v1d]

Thank you for taking the time to make content or in this case, share content with students not taking part in your ground school. This is a extremely helpful video. I appreciate it !

[@PilotJames025]

People are being really critical of this video, but I really enjoyed it. It helped me get a good basic understanding of VOR. Thanks for the helpful video!

[@besthobbie]

Very nice demo. People like yourself are what keeps guys like me interested in the Aviation field. Vor traing was the hardest for me to understand. I am days away from taking my check ride and I believe I will take your ground school training. Thanks alot

[@ethanboyd7843]

Best VOR instructional and explanation ever. Hands down.

[@ryans.5998]

NONE of the videos on KZbin I have seen explained this as well as you did. Thank you very much for this, it definitely helped me understand the concept fully.

[@mundeleinguy509]

I’ve seen the KingSchool version and this and I gotta say, for my brain putting it together as the CDI needle being the “highway” that you merge on has significantly helped how I understand VOR indications. Thank you!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad we could help, thanks for watching!

[@Cessna8057F]

Always a great help. I am a ppl with about 200 hours in my beloved 150F and yes comprehending VOR use has been challenging, actually an underused option when flying ( I use my Garmin 430 and my Nexus Garmin GPS, overkill I know...thanks, your video was extremely helpful!

[@Scottpulliam]

This video is SUPER helpful! Thanks for posting!

[@citizenbanned617]

Awesome! Thank you. Found your page today. I will be getting my sport license this spring. Your channel has already taught me so much already. Ground school doesn't seem so scary now

[@Mel-vu6eb]

Hi Jason, I'm watching you from half way across the world and want to thank you for all your advice and fantastic videos, they are all so helpful! Please keep uploading! very appreciated!

[@baronvonronskisapp]

Thank you very much Jason, helped me alot. I have to comment its a shame posters seem compelled to interject insults, when your doing to me a great job. Small minded people, in my opinin. Ron

[@bill2392]

Very nice. Agree with some of the comments below regarding terminology. Radials "radiate" outward. The 090 radial starts on the East side of the station and "radiates" outward. You can say, "Intercept the 090 radial and track inbound." But you cant do that if you are anywhere on the West side of the station. The verbiage should be, "Intercept the 270 radial and track inbound." Or...."Intercept the 090 course and track inbound."

[@williamgreen4103]

Thank you thank you thank you. I was so confused. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@vyperpilot]

@@williamgreen4103 you bet!

[@markajones83]

i have watched a few of these videos, and this is by far the most informative. cheers.

[@mistercarstens]

Thanks Jason! I very much appreciate all of the "free" teaching that you have already given to me through your videos! At some point I will be ready to sign up and get serious. Have a great day today!

[@armoredgaming2352]

This actually helped me so much! Wow, never been able to understand VORs/Radials until watching this video. Feeling a bit better about taking my PAR exam this coming week.

[@fs1112222]

This is the best video for VOR interception and tracking it has made it a piece for f cake for me

[@lionnel51]

thank you for posting and keeping up these videos. they have been and continue to be a superb help during training.

[@springfeild45]

I am an instrument pilot getting pretty darn close to my commercial checkride and I still benefited from this video...Thanks for posting!

[@jlnixoninc]

Great presentation! Made something difficult to understand much easier. Thank you.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Excellent! Thank you for watching!

[@msh3711]

You should get an award for this video...so helpful its crazy

[@mrdonsmith]

When the examiner asked me to dial in a VOR and fly to it, I did so without comparing each Morse Code character with the sectional. On the ground, the examiner criticized me for not verifying the VOR. I told him that I DID verify the VOR. I told him that I'm an amateur radio operator and I know Morse Code. He smiled. In retrospect, I should have repeated the letters I was hearing out loud, but it was so natural to me to be reading the code that I didn't think of it. So, if you know Morse Code and don't need to compare the dits and dahs with the sectional to verify a VOR, say something. As an aside, one of my pleasures was flying to smaller towns using their local AM broadcast station as an NDB and using a technique taught to me by a lady instructor who once ferried aircraft in WWII that allowed me to track straight to an NDB in a crosswind. I wonder if really practical techniques like that are taught in this online ground school class.

[@Chris11249]

Would love to fly and learn with someone like you!

[@lyingcat9022]

Danm I want to memorize Morse code now!!!

[@mrdonsmith]

Learning Morse Code is pretty easy. However, some people fear it for reasons I can't understand. If I were teaching it, I would start out with a dit. That's an E. Then di-dit (two dits), that's an I (eye), then di-di-dit. That's an S. Have someone send a mix of those three letters for a few minutes and you'll reach a point where you just know each character and you don't have to think about it. A dah (dash) is a T. Da-dah is an M. Da-da-dah, is O (oh). Now, you know how to send S-O-S, don't you? I once had a Cub Scout troop over to show them amateur radio. My daughter, who was about 12 at the time, was watching me demo Morse Code. After the demo, I had to run an errand. When I came back about two hours later, Deanna, my daughter, could send any letter of the alphabet in Morse Code! Slowly, but she did it. One final easy lesson: Numbers are sent is a pattern of five characters. 'One' is one dit followed by four dah's. 'Two' is two dit's followed by three dah's. Get it? 'Five' is five dit's. Six through Zero reverses the pattern; 6 is one dah followed by four dit's. 7 is two dah's followed by three dit's. You get it. What's zero? Yeah, you got it.

[@lyingcat9022]

@@mrdonsmith Di-di-dah-dit-dah Dit-da-dah di-di-di-dit dit-dah dah / di-di-di-dit dit-dah dah di-di-di-dit / da-dah-dit da-da-dah dah-di-dit / dit-da-dah dit-dah-dit da-da-dah di-dit-dah da-dah-dit di-di-di-dit dah

[@mrdonsmith]

@@lyingcat9022 No clue as to di-di-dah-di-dah unless you mean a Clear/Begin but that's usually signified by di-di-di-dah repeated three times. Then 'What / hath / god / wrouq. Then you should have added di-di-dah-dah-di-dit (the 't' in 'dit' is only added to a 'di' at the end). Don, KK5DON.

[@ernestmacias4287]

Very entertaining and educational. Nice to have someone talk about a subject in a non monotone voice and get to the point. Keep up the good work.

[@quincymosby480]

Very good video and a great way to supplement what you may have learned from a lecture in the classroom. Watching it happen and listening to the explanation as the airplane and the needle moves are GREAT learning tools!

[@moyewicks3508]

Jason, you have a good method of explaining not only how but why. Still learning and looking for a good instructor. Thanks, Moye.

[@mattmasroor]

I left MZeroA sometime ago, and I have solid reasons. However, Jason you cracked this one so well, thanks for sharing your knowledge. This is great!

[@bobboborino9817]

That was an awesome training scenario. Thanks, VOR has always been a little confusing, you make it look so easy.

[@jeremyborg5364]

This is the best video that explains about vor , thank you

[@jacquesmootoo7274]

Came across your video on KZbin this is great. I am going back to flying after so many years and I will definitely sign up. Thanks for the amazing lessons.

[@robertpalmer9907]

I really liked it. It was very informative. I have never seen it done that way. I’m an older student pilot. Thank you. I will check out your on line school

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for watching!

[@PICOTTSportsEnt]

This video was extremely helpful in understanding VOR in a 3-dimensional 360 degree model. THANK YOU for your excellent description and clarification.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad it was helpful!

[@davidross6036]

Hi - I'm a Liberty student working on commercial lis - enjoyed your video - very nice job in explaining a fairly complex item. Thanks!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad it was helpful for you! Keep us updated with how your training is going!

[@costafortia6854]

Thank you for the video. VOR is definitely the most frustrating to understand, but you make it funny and interesting man.

[@alhassant9204]

The clearest VOR tutorial I have ever come across! Well done.

[@jeffreypellissier7070]

Hi Jason: This was very helpful. I am new to flying (20 hours of instruction). It was so good that when I get a little further along I will join your gold program so that I can prepare for my licence....thanks and this was a great marking idea. I am learning in Santa Monica CA at Justice Aviation.

[@JohnHuthmaker]

Thanks for the video. I was doing my flight review today after 10 years of inactivity. I can fly a plane just as good as I ever could, but I had completely forgotten VOR navigation. I think I'll be ready to finish my flight review after watching your video.

[@canadianbacon5716]

helped understand VORs a lot better, thanks!

[@jlnixoninc]

That was the easiest presentation to understand I have seen. I plan to check out your website.

[@justinshelton7961]

So forgive me if this sounds stupid as I have not yet started ground school myself, but was it truly necessary to fly due north on heading 360? Why couldn't you for example fly heading 020 or 030 to gradually intercept 090 and then change heading again accordingly? (obviously excluding radar vectors here).

[@SlashDOT02]

Very helpful video! I just had my first NAV Radio lesson and was totally confused about intercepting. Your video just made it all clear. Thank you very much!!! Liked and subscribed :)

[@vincentfuria7301]

I don't care what others think, I now have the knowledge of VOR basics that I didn't get from others.

[@sadafsaeed6849]

Excellent you clear my concept in very awsome visual way these kind a visual clips makes life easy thanks you

[@sharkyraaymond6101]

Awesome Jason. Love the instruction.

[@ansarisaad773]

I have to say...that was amazing.....as soon as i get the money, I will definetly sign up

[@mynickels]

Man, young pup Jason. I remember when this vintage gold first came out.

[@gabestorm7150]

Great tutorial Jason, you made the intercept puzzle now clear for me. Cheers!

[@thinktriple4282]

Wow, you really make intricate things much simpler. Genius!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!

[@_ShaDynasty]

well explained. where can download this simulator ?

[@wesimmaruwge3383]

Hi! Whats the name of the nav. program you are using plz!? :-)

[@utubepilot822]

Good instructional video! You helped me to refresh my in flight technique on holding patterns, thank you. I don‘t know who would give you a thumb down, but to me it is two thumbs up ^^

[@thebootywizard]

Thanks a lot Jason, I fly helicopters and this single video helped out a ton. Great explanation man!

[@BlueLineSpeed]

Dictionary definition of a Radii (origin of Radial): "A straight line extending from the centre of a circle." in the case of a VOR it has 360 radii. It would be clearer to use bearing to and radial from. If you're on a 050 bearing TO a VOR, you are located on the 230 radial FROM the VOR. This provides clarity in definition, the same way you only use the word "takeoff" if its in a "takeoff clearance" otherwise its departure. If you say you're on the 050 radial "but is it to or from" you are increasing the potential for error by 50%, this may be why such a high % of students make errors on this during check rides. In this example; you are located on a 050 BEARING to the VOR on a heading of 070. What heading do you require to intercept the 090 RADIAL? And where are you in relation to the VOR? Answer: 050 bearing TO must be 230 Radial FROM..., you can only be SW of the VOR. Do not use the definition TO and FROM in relation to your VOR positioning, only use it in reference to your aircraft instrumentation.

[@BradleysSupremacy]

Great video.... I understand VOR so much more than what I used to! Thanks

[@yodez3]

I thought you explained this confusing subject very well. Thanks for posting your videos, I have found them to be very helpful. I'm a 50 hour student and just about ready for a checkride.

[@edlaska12]

Thanks. Thought this was a good video. I agree the top view with the instruments view is very good for understanding the geometry. Might consider limiting discussion about bearing vs. course (i.e. bearing is always the radial and course determines the TO/FROM)

[@vincentignacio8878]

Wow! This video made me understand how to use a VOR! Can't wait to start my flight training! 😁

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad it was helpful! Good luck in training!

[@StrickerA1]

Jason, you are remarkable and I appreciate the video. I have a good friend Richard Seghieri who is about one month away from CFII and he recommended you; the funny thing was I had already found you. I would like to sign up but I a not sure exactly how the system works (because I have a time frame issue). 4 year old child, work and driving five hours to and from Sac from Humboldt. Needless to say and for a lack of words, your'e the bomb buddy! Thanks to you I learned something knew in a short amount of time and in plain 21st century verbiage.--Adam--

[@StinkThePilot]

amazing, this is the best VOR video I've seen. Appreciate it!

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!

[@Ezek69]

Jason, thank you for sharing this video! I finally understood how to read the OBS. I really enjoy and learn a lot from your work. Thank you again.

[@obiwankenobi5769]

Just started with VOR and this really helped thanks

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Glad to hear it!

[@hrzn]

What is the simulator? Both your lecture and this simulation helped to to figure out how to navigate in the space

[@Dan007UT]

If you want to get to the VOR (lets say from directly east) does it matter if you use the FROM 90 radial or the TO 270 radial?

[@randyphillips1649]

thank you Jason this helps a lot i am int the last three chapters of my ground school book where im learning navigation and charts and longitude latitude and minutes. this helps a tremendous amount

[@mikemurphy4814]

Jason, why not fly to the VOR on that bearing then fly the radial 090? Why fly further than you have too?

[@DunbarBennett]

VOR tricky navigation made simple , thank you.

[@rosh638]

Thanks...from Kenya,East Africa

[@richardsoncarrette3582]

I am proud of you guys i am from a disaster prone country and we need young pilots since our prime minister is going to build an international airport. Grateful if we could have a nexus regarding the subject. Want to invest in school. Welcome and thanks in anticipation.

[@clifbrittain2972]

Don’t understand why when you determined that you were west of transmitter, you didn’t just turn to 30 or 45 until to/from flipped, then followed indicator until bumped donut. I don’t fly (yet), but how far away are you before you can actually see VOR device?

[@smirnoff1589]

i learned how to fly approaches with and without vectors by trial and error through fsx. the instruments i also learned to use including both VOR gauges by simply fiddling around with them until i figured out how they worked, i dont think its nearly as difficult as you make it seem

[@julianarias3759]

HELLO JASON THANK YOU FOR THE HELPFUL INFORMATION . IT WAS GREAT.PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

[@KennoCaptures]

7 years on - still a spot on lesson!

[@romaniachin6751]

(It helps to better understand it but not enough in my opinion...)

[@badgerfishinski6857]

06:20 It's not a 050 degree radial to the station. You are flying the 230 radial inbound, which happens to be a 050 degree magnetic course.... but it's not the 050 degree radial... it's the 230 radial TO the station. You are still on the 230 degree radial. It doesn't care what direction your are flying. So the takeaway is in order to fly the 230 degree radial TO the station, just dial your OBS with 230 on the BOTTOM with a TO indication, which means 050 will be on top. Inbound = (230 degree Radial on the) Bottom =TO indication. You are making this more difficult than it actually is.... This is a great VOR learning tool tho! Thanks for sharing.

[@DownTheRabbit-Hole]

If a flight examiner told me to intercept the 90 radial "to" the station, I would have to fly east of station and intercept the 90 radial with eventual heading of 270. Terminology is key. There is no 90 radial west of the station.

[@xaviss_jm7429]

Are Inbound radials at the bottom of the VOR panel? So, in the example his flying R-270 Ib Hdg 090

[@DownTheRabbit-Hole]

@@xaviss_jm7429 Yes. The pilot is flying correctly. It is just the terminolgy I was addressing. ATC only speaks in terms of radials inbound or outbound and headings. They have no top or bottom , to or from, of VOR etc. So I think it is better to copy their terminolgy. This is a bit nuanced. They would say track 270 radial inbound, not 90 radial "to". They are not concerned with your VOR settings/indications. The authors vor terminology technique would only confuse a newbie, IMO In other words, if you repeated back 90 "to" VOR when they said track 270 radial inbound, even tho they are identical, somebody would get confused. No offense, just my opinion. Inbound radials bottom vor, outbound top vor.

[@jamesstuart3346]

Exactly. This is an error and should be corrected

[@TG-to3dv]

I have almost 8K hours and 10ATP Types. Radial and Bearing, correct terminology is important.

[@DownTheRabbit-Hole]

@peterpickguitar Just curious. Not sure what avionics you are using, but if OBS lines are magenta then you are still in GPS mode and using the OBS function. This is different than VOR nav with green lines. They are very similar, and can be used interchangeably usually, but one is dialed into VOR frequency (green line) and other is using GPS coordinates to approximate VOR location. An FAA flight examiner will ask for true green line VOR nav usually.

[@meowfty]

Well this worked as a VOR primer for me as a flight simmer. I was able to fly east of KSAN and move between three different VOR stations. I'm just about to try a specific radial intercept as per the example.

[@beaum1cah]

your videos are extremely helpful. very simple but very informative. thanks for posting!

[@lancelaird1052]

My question is, flying your radius is demonstrated in the cockpit by what instrument? Is it just the vor instrument or is there something that shows your plane position like your example?

[@martinh88]

Can anyone explain, in this example when reporting inbound to tower would I say that we are inbound on the 270 radial? Or 090 radial inbound?

[@maria-4837]

Phraseology really messed me up, but after reading the comments I understood that I had it correctly all along; What he does is intercepting radial 270 inbound with a course of 90 degrees. Nothing more nothing less.

[@MzeroAFlightTraining]

Thanks for the feedback and for watching.

[@CMDRSweeper]

I am late, but here I have been tinkering with some old classic planes in the simulator where GPS isn't there for navigation and you are left with VOR only. However I have never been able to grasp the concept of this until this video came along.

[@RodneyBrown]

Jason these videos are excellent.

[@eugeniajang6509]

Shouldn't to indication zone be 180 degree zone of aircraft side?, i mean with reference to imaginary perpendicular line from the aircraft to VOR station in the center? Why do i feel like the purple and green zone, which shows bearing-to and radial-from ranges be opposite? Help please? :) at 6:45

[@christopherhadsell9049]

I'm wondering, because you don't have the blue and green map, you only have the VOR indicator (and heading indicator). Seems like you make a guess (needle is left or right) and then you go accordingly until you get the movement, no green/blue map, unless you're using the GPS. I have to still learn about the GPS.

[@telosfd]

So, i am doing turning 45 or 20 or 10? What if i am 20 or 10 miles or 5 miles from VOR station. What is the right angle of turn to intercept VOR as by the tower ask me to do. Thanks.

[@einfussganger]

Excellent explanation - thank you. The simulation really helped make it understandable. That chart everyone uses doesn't.

[@jupiteronkauai]

Wow. Had to watch it couple times.. not a real student yet but diving into the theory... that takes a little to sink in

[@82trooper50]

I'm pretty sure that I watched another video somewhere that said that your bearing is the radial that you are currently on and the heading is the direction that you are traveling. You just said, unless I misunderstood you, that your bearing is the direction to the VOR station?? I'm confused.

[@paulmorrisette1581]

Awesome, to- from explanation cleared it up for me.

[@BEACHYz]

thnx for the vid. how did you know to enter the 230 bearing for the "where are you now calculation.Also, how did you know which direction is north on the chart?

[@Spy1228]

THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to this video now i know how it works ! I repeat, thank you !!!

[@vishudhkumar1803]

Could you please let us know the name of this 2D IFR flight training simulator?

[@hugo-kikecastillomyfavorit7548]

Best explanation ever! Thanks.👍😎✈

[@jsugar72]

the way i understand it is you track the inbound 090 bearing to the station on the 270 radial. Once over the station on the same course you would then be flying bearing 090 on the 090 radial.