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Stuck at home thanks to the Corona virus I started a series of blog posts and videos about flightsim navigation with NDB, VOR, DME, GPS, which might be of interested to those who like to start flying IFR. The first posts are online, more to follow. / Link to the blog
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Tutorial: NDB Approach Using CJ4 Working Title Mod By thecorporatepilotdad thecorporatepilotdad, a real world corporate pilot, illustrates and explains how to do an NDB approach in the CJ4 Working Title Mod in Microsoft Flight Simulator. The airport used (PASV) is on the slope of a mountain with a 4.8% gradient. Sparrevohn airport in real life requires special certification and is for military use only or military approved contractors. For use with Microsoft Flight Simulator only. Real life and Flight Simulator can vary greatly. Thanks to Navigraph for the use of their service. The township position is displayed on Navigraph charts. More info on Navigraph can be found at navigraph.com. thecorporatepilotdad Youtube channel Get the Working Title CJ4 here Tutorial: CJ4 Systems and Avionics Explained About The Author This video is produced by thecorporatepilotdad. He has been a FlightSim.Com member for close to twenty years and using Flight Simulator since back in the day of FS98 and FS2000. He is also a professional pilot with over 8000 hours of real world flight experience ranging from Cessna 152s to super-mid size business jets. About The Working Title CJ4 Mod This mod aims to modify the default CJ4 to genuinely represent the true capabilities, functions and features of the real aircraft. This mod will continue to be developed over time to add further functionality.
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Tutorial: How To Use An Automatic Direction Finder (ADF) By thecorporatepilotdad thecorporatepilotdad, a real world corporate pilot, explains how to use an ADF or Automatic Direction Finder to track to and from an NDB or Non-Directional Beacon in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. NDBs are one of the oldest navigation systems still in current usage and knowing how to use them is still a basic skill expected of instrument rated pilots. The Carenado PA-44 is used in this demonstration, but the Cessna 172 (steam gauge version) and 152 use the same ADF. An NDB is simply a radio transmitter at a known location. It does not transmit any navigation information other than its identifier, usually in Morse code. AM broadcast stations can also be used for navigation purposes and most ADF receivers can cover the range of the AM broadcast band in addition to the dedicated NDB band just below it. Though low in power, NDBs can often be received at a greater distance than VORs and at lower altitudes. They are however affected by things like atmospheric conditions, mountains, electrical storms, etc. thecorporatepilotdad Youtube channel About The Author This video is produced by thecorporatepilotdad. He has been a FlightSim.Com member for close to twenty years and using Flight Simulator since back in the day of FS98 and FS2000. He is also a professional pilot with over 8000 hours of real world flight experience ranging from Cessna 152s to super-mid size business jets. About NDBs Learn more about non-directional beacons from this Wikipedia article: Non-Directional Beacon