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sdflyer
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TACAN navigation

Post by sdflyer » Wed Sep 07, 2016 3:26 am

I'm not sure if I'm doing ti correctly, but I have few problem with VOR navigation.

1. Outbound DME leg on HSI (departing VOR on radial) shows incorrect distance . Instead of incrementing from 0 or 1 it shows 20+ miles (right after passing VOR)
2. HSI DME slant range distance doesn't seem right. I tried a leg between LAX and MZB VORs and distance showed around 13 miles. This is way off from actual distance whether it sm or nm.

JonathanBleeker
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Re: TACAN navigation

Post by JonathanBleeker » Wed Sep 07, 2016 6:59 am

screenshot?

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Re: TACAN navigation

Post by sdflyer » Wed Sep 07, 2016 1:29 pm

Will do

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Re: TACAN navigation

Post by sdflyer » Thu Sep 08, 2016 4:55 pm

OK I did mess around with TACAN navigation. Tried different VORs, and was able to track successfully, but I was unable to get any DME reading. I didn't have any flight plan pre-loaded.

So I'm thinking right now that readings I got before using TACAN navigation were due to loaded flight plan (with selected waypoints via F-4 menu and checked auto-sequencing option)
I will investigate more.

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Re: TACAN navigation

Post by JonathanBleeker » Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:59 pm

If you send me a screenshot of your main panel and TACAN panel, I am pretty sure I will be able to tell you instantly what is wrong.

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Re: TACAN navigation

Post by Krazycolin » Fri Sep 09, 2016 1:28 am

This needs to be in the supper forum. Till it is, no further answers will be made. Thanks.

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Re: TACAN navigation

Post by sdflyer » Fri Sep 09, 2016 3:47 am

Krazycolin wrote:This needs to be in the supper forum. Till it is, no further answers will be made. Thanks.
Where is support forum?

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Re: TACAN navigation

Post by Krazycolin » Fri Sep 09, 2016 7:06 am

You have to register for that. Contact Kat at milviz dot com. She will help you.


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