Favorite way to navigate

[pilottj]

Hey folks, the last poll I did we found that most people in this club prefer analog instruments, whichs is great. Now lets see what everyones favorite way to navigate is.

 

[Daveroo]

gps.......

 

[pilottj]

lol i forgot, consider an E6B for usage in option 2 lol....any pilot cant forget his trusty E6B

 

[robert41]

I fly mostly vintage aircraft. Using old time navigation adds to the enjoyment greatly.

 

[Brett_Henderson]

No real favorite for me.. It's airplane, mission and weather specific.

Short flights in light GA makes for fun dead-reckoning and pilotage.. longer flights might make radio-navigation fun.. IMC makes for very fun and rewarding, complete instrument flight .. including published approaches..

GPS (to me), defeats the whole purpose to sitting in front of a monitor and simulating being a pilot.... there's no navigational aspect to following a magenta line on a moving map...

 

[peter12213]

Mixing for me!

 

[ryanbatc]

Everything except the 2nd option... I'm not that into flight sim lol

 

[Piglet]

IFR.
I
Follow
Roads

 

[Dain Arns]

1 & 4
I used to know how to do 2 & 3, but that was a couple FS versions ago.

 

[skyblazer3]

#2

 

[fliger747]

With FSX or Pacific Fighters, a favorite was toget my dad's WWII USN MK IIIA plotting board out and play find the carrier..... Takeoff form the moving carrier, fly to an Island, have lunch, and then find the carrier.....

Cheers: T

 

[Bone]

With FSX or Pacific Fighters, a favorite was toget my dad's WWII USN MK IIIA plotting board out and play find the carrier..... Takeoff form the moving carrier, fly to an Island, have lunch, and then find the carrier.....

Cheers: T

Those guys had balls.

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/wwii-navy-pilot-navigational-plotting-board

 

[Lewis-A2A]

With FSX or Pacific Fighters, a favorite was toget my dad's WWII USN MK IIIA plotting board out and play find the carrier..... Takeoff form the moving carrier, fly to an Island, have lunch, and then find the carrier.....

Cheers: T

You will be surprised by how many fly IL-2 that way. Way back when I was active in a vSqn we flew an in the SEOW online wars and one was a pacific theate war. It was grand being able to takeoff go into combat with all human pilots and then try and find the carrier relying on the ole compass and protractor etc. It was made totally interesting when having to go home alone as you were damaged and or got lost from the main group. Seeing your escort in the form of another vsqn turn up and help you home was briliant. Some of the most immersive times ive had in a Flight sim were flying il-2/pacific fighters in that large online campaign.

 

[Dain Arns]

Must have been thinking about it after I answered last night.
I realized this morning, I haven't used these at all with FSX.
They've just been sitting on the desk here, collecting dust.

 

[Brett_Henderson]

Must have been thinking about it after I answered last night.
I realized this morning, I haven't used these at all with FSX.
They've just been sitting on the desk here, collecting dust.

A good chunk of piloting happens before you even step foot in the cockpit... flight-planning !

-loading
-fuel requirements
-route-planning
-nav-aid planning
-alternates
-weather
-track and ground-speed
-etc etc etc..

 

[Dain Arns]

A good chunk of piloting happens before you even step foot in the cockpit... flight-planning !

-loading
-fuel requirements
-route-planning
-nav-aid planning
-alternates
-weather
-track and ground-speed
-etc etc etc..

Yep. But I've gone totally digital.
Didn't really think about it, it just sorta happened over the years...

SkyVector.com
AirNav.com
Fuel/Load Calculator/Excel Spreadsheet
Weather via Internet and Active Sky Evolution now since it now collects AIRMETS, METARS, and PIREPS, plus voiced Flightwatch by tuning to 122.00
Plan-G in moving map mode.
etc, etc.

Still, when the batteries are dead, you can't beat the functionality of a E6B.

 

[Pepere]

You didn't put the choice of "Flight Plans - IFR". I like Small tubliners 737, 727, Airbus 318 etc etc..

David

 

[Overshoe]

1 & 4

 

[Bjoern]

GPS.

VOR -> VOR is also an option.

 

[stiz]

its a mix for me, coastlines etc for places i know and gps for the places i'm not so sure on