VOR flight instructional aid and method of use

Details VOR flight instructional aid and method of use VOR flight instructional aid and method of use

1997-06-30

1998-11-10

Smith, Jeffrey A.

Education and demonstration

Radio navigation

Simulated bearing or position or vehicle relative to radio...

434239, 33431, G09B 1900

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058334670

ABSTRACT:
A VOR flight instructional aid and methods for its use are described herein. Said instructional aid comprises a base, a course indicator arm pivotably connected to said base, and a physical representation of an aircraft connected to the end of the course indicator arm. Said instructional aid may further comprise an OBS/CDI indicator disk pivotably connected to the base for illustrating the approximate appearance of a CDI display resulting from various combinations of aircraft position and OBS setting. Said instructional aid may be used by: 1) placing the base on a flight navigation chart; 2) substantially aligning the pivot point of the course indicator arm above the position of the desired VOR station on the chart; and 3) rotating the course indicator arm to an OBS-selected radial, thereby physically representing the aircraft position relative to the VOR station. Further steps may include rotating the OBS/CDI indicator disk to an OBS-selected radial, and noting the resulting approximate CDI needle appearance physically and graphically represented by the position of the course indicator arm relative to the OBS/CDI indicator disk.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2404386 (1946-07-01), Levine et al.
patent: 2916825 (1959-12-01), Parsons
patent: 3063626 (1962-11-01), Kritser
patent: 3507969 (1970-04-01), Greenwade

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