VOR Navigation Explained - Pro Pilot | Former CFI

A VOR tutorial made by an ATP rated professional pilot and former CFI that covers the basics of how to navigate using VORs. How to use a VOR can be quite confusing to student pilots. VORs are not difficult, and this video's intent is to make VOR navigation easy with visual presentations and then flying the presentation in Microsoft Flight Simulator and covering the basics of VOR navigation. The video will start with by explaining the parts of the VOR indicator instrument then by explaining a VOR, how to find them, and how they work. How to TUNE and IDENTIFY a VOR using Morse code is demonstrated and shown in the video. VORs can be used to fly to a VOR from the present position, a desired course to or from the VOR, or a 2nd VOR can be used to locate the aircraft's position. Radials, VOR instrument indicators, DME, Reverse Sensing, Chart Supplement, and the FAA Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, and the FAA Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards (ACS) are demonstrated and shown. DME is not always accurate due to slant range error. This concept is illustrated and demonstrated. VORs can reverse sense. This phenomenon is shown as well as how to recognize reverse sensing and how to fix it. Sectionals used in the video are from VFRMap.com The top-down image of the Piper Arrow is from JustFlight Piper Arrow add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator http://justflight.com Join this channel at the Private Pilot tier (2.99 USD) or higher to get access to guides and tutorials on the Citation Longitude, CJ4, Flysimware Cessna 414, and Concorde. Members who join at the Commercial level (6.99 USD) will get access to Lear 35 tutorials and every Private Pilot tier video (All channel member videos are ad-free). https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOTbYtdmGZfqxq0D0lsrYeQ/join Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge - Free PDF https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/faa-h-8083-25c.pdf This video is for entertainment purposes only and NOT intended to replace instruction from a qualified flight instructor. Microsoft Flight Simulator visuals are used but MSFS does not mimic the movement of the CDI needle 100%. 0:00 - What You Can do with a VOR 0:15 - VOR Indicator Components 0:58 - What is a VOR? 1:23 - VOR Radials 2:55 - How to Tune and Identify a VOR 3:43 - Flying Direct to a VOR from Present Position 5:05 - Flying a Specific Course TO the VOR 6:30 - Find a Radial with a TO Indication? 7:00 - VOR Triangulation 8:50 - Station Passage 9:18 - Flying a Specific Radial FROM the VOR 10:40 - Heading has no Impact on VOR Indications 11:18 - Reverse Sensing 13:05 - Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) 13:30 - DME Errors 13:50 - Slant Range Error 14:15 - Chart Supplement, ACS, PHAK 14:40 - VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) #navigation #msfs #aviation