INTERACTIVE RADIO NAVIGATION

VOR Navigation Trainer BETA

Tune and identify a trainer-style NAV receiver, turn a working OBS, and interpret a smoothly animated course deviation indicator. Each free session draws 10 scenarios from a 30-scenario FAA-grounded bank.

SET IT · READ IT · TRACK IT

Learn what the needles are actually telling you.

Setup roundsEnter the station frequency, press ENT, transfer it to active, identify it, and set the OBS.
Interpretation roundsRead a fixed receiver and CDI, then answer about radials, TO/FROM, corrections, station passage, reception, or airways.
Route scenariosPractice two-VOR fixes, planned doglegs, Victor-airway legs, and correct facility changeover logic.

Important: all stations, frequencies, and routes in this activity are synthetic training data. They are not current navigation data and must not be used in flight.

What this simulation models

The rotating course card has light mechanical inertia. The CDI needle uses a damped response with a small settling movement, and a newly tuned station takes a moment to become usable. A conventional VOR indication is modeled at approximately 2° per dot and 10° at full-scale deflection.

The corrected version of the common route question is: “The airplane is on the 210° radial from the station. Which reciprocal course should be selected to fly inbound?” The answer is 030° with a TO indication—not “the 030 radial to the station,” because radials always extend outward.

Study references: PHAK Chapter 16: Using the VOR, OBS, CDI, and TO/FROM indications, and the FAA AIM changeover-point guidance.