ADF Tracking

[shamrock104]

When teaching the ADF whats the best way to explain Desired to Heading and Beyond for Inbound and Tail to desired and beyond for Outbound, its there simpler ways?

[Cessna driver]

GPS DCT

[PostmasterGeneral]

GPS DCT

You mean GPS OBS

[JasonE]

GPS DCT

LOL

[kev994]

Push the head, pull the tail

[iflyforpie]

You're always on the tail, and the pivot is the station. Instant situational awareness no matter where you are in relation to the station.... tracking to, from, or getting a bearing or fix.

Could come in handy should you ever experience the horror of a stand-alone NDB and the US Defence Dept takes GPS offline.

[trampbike]

As iflyforpie said...

1. You are on the tail
2. you are moving UP (and therefore, so is the tail!). Some prefer to say that the head sinks, and the tail floats.
3. The station is in the middle

Once someone truly understands that, everything becomes easy.

If you have an HSI, flying inbound to a station, you set the heading bug to the reciprocal of whatever track you want to fly. Keep the tail on the heading bug. If the tail is to the right of the heading bug, turn left, if it's to the left, turn right. Same for flying outbound, but set your track instead of the reciprocal.

[trampbike]

Could come in handy should you ever experience the horror of a stand-alone NDB and the US Defence Dept takes GPS offline.

They better not take it down, the USAF doesn't even teach NDB approaches to their new pilots anymore! Not many stand-alone NDBs left in the continental US though.

[Cessna driver]

GPS DCT

You mean GPS OBS

Yes....thats what i meant....everywhere i go is GPS DCT haha

[upintheair_]

DCT enter enter.

[Panama Jack]

Heads Fall=
Desired Course to Head, + the same angle for the intercept.

Tails Rise=
Tail to Desired Course, + same angle for the intercept.

[upintheair_]

I just use the push the head pull the tail. Once you do it a bunch of times you don't even think about it anymore.