saracelica
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I hope we don't get much thread drift but I guess what fun is that on a web board.
So in IR training today my CFII made up a VOR/DME arc. We have GPS but no DME (thank goodness!) So he said "Follow the VWV - Waterville VOR with a 10nm radius" Once I found the Waterville VOR I got it nailed down pretty good. But I'm *concerned* that maybe it was luck. So for realistic scenerio...let's say you the reader of this post takes off from KTDZ and fly the 160 radial for 5-6 minutes and then your CFII says "Follow the VWV Waterville VOR" what would be the steps you'd do to figure out where you were and how to get there? Do you punch in VWV into the GPS and just hold when you're 10nm away?
So in IR training today my CFII made up a VOR/DME arc. We have GPS but no DME (thank goodness!) So he said "Follow the VWV - Waterville VOR with a 10nm radius" Once I found the Waterville VOR I got it nailed down pretty good. But I'm *concerned* that maybe it was luck. So for realistic scenerio...let's say you the reader of this post takes off from KTDZ and fly the 160 radial for 5-6 minutes and then your CFII says "Follow the VWV Waterville VOR" what would be the steps you'd do to figure out where you were and how to get there? Do you punch in VWV into the GPS and just hold when you're 10nm away?