When I learned to fly (When Pontius was a pilate!!) actually in the mid 1960's, our initial instrument training was with an ADF and NDB beacons. This was quite a challenge at first but very pleasurable when mastered. Moving up to VOR especially when combined with DME was a god send, it was so easy providing you could understand TO and FROM and a 360 deg. compass rose. My first privately owned aircraft was a Grumman AA5B and I had it fitted with a King KNS80 which allowed you to move a VOR to almost any location, fantastic at the time. I recall also being able to make my first instrument approach using a VOR DME. However after a 40 year flying career and having used just about every navigation system available both military and civil, my favorite is still the mark I eyeball and a chart. A little difficult when crossing the Atlantic of course, there aren't too many waves on the chart!! But is extremely important to understand the limitations of any system and paramount to keep a mental picture of your current position should any system fail.
I feel like the youngsters watching this are missing out on just how revolutionary this low-tech navigation tool was. If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, all you knew of the world in Microsoft Flight simulator was doing loops around Meigs Field. Maybe you'd do a short hop from there to Chicago O'Hare if you were feeling adventurous. But learning VOR was like earning your flight simulation black belt: it was the moment you dug the manual back out, found the map of VOR transmitters and frequencies, and realized you could theoretically go anywhere. Now nearly everything in the game comes with a simulated Garmin, and flying a simulated plane between airports is only slightly more complicated than using your phone to navigate your car to an airport's departures terminal in real life.
What's crazy is that once you get a grasp of VOR it's just as efficient as GPS. The only problem is getting a good grasp of it because it is extremely confusing. But once you get a hold of it, it's okay. I'm like 70% of the way through of understanding them.
@@kraudavid5975 I don't necessarily know about "just as efficient" since you're still tethered to particular transmitting stations which are located at fixed points on land rather than an orbiting network of satellites that can help you chart a direct line between any two points on the globe. But it's still amazingly flexible--I recently spent an entire day in the simulator taking a Cessna 152 from Seattle to San Diego using VOR just to prove to myself that I still remember how to do it.
@@kraudavid5975as for everything, we need practice. Am trying to learn as I just know where to go with a garmin g1000 but I feel like analog planes are more fun. But as we as used to VOR and that, the more able we are to understand and locate so we can navegate more efficiently
Man, as an IRL student pilot this is awesome! I was looking for a tutorial on VORs so I could simulate them in MSFS2020, and I made a 200nm trip with ease using only VORs! Thanks for the guide, you deserve more views!!
Every time I see one of Kip's tutorials I think, "I've done this many times already, how can I possibly learn more than I already know?" And yet each time I learn a ton. Like the others, I'm sure I'll be re-watching this a few times. Kip's clarity of thought and language allows him to thoroughly present complicated topics with stark simplicity. Keep 'em coming please!
Thank you! Brilliant tutorial. I was watching another tutorial on this from someone else and I had absolutely zero clue what they were talking about the entire time - but watching this one you made everything super clear and I understood perfectly well what I need to do. Appreciate it!
Heading and course aren’t the same thing and it’s a really important distinction to keep straight, especially for instrument flying. And when the flag says “TO,” that doesn’t mean you’re flying to the VOR. You could be flying away from it. The “TO” flag indicates that in order to fly TO the station, if the needle is centered, fly a course of what you’ve dialed in. This is a really hard concept for students to grasp and we’ve got to be precise as to not mess them up.
Kip, my aviation journey has only just begun. I'd never even heard of VOR before encountering this video. Thank you for providing such a phenomenal explanation of this topic. You have tremendous talent in the realm of communicating ideas. 🤯 Mind = blown 🤯
I have to say. Even thought I know this vid is a little old now, I found it so informative and never knew a thing about aviation at all. Thanks man. Will check out your new video now.
When I was working on my private pilot's license my instructor said VOR navigation is easy if you remember "Tune, Twist and Turn." "Tune" to the frequency. "Twist" the knob to either "To" or "From" "Turn" the plane to the proper heading to bring the needle to center. Never had a problem again. I love flying VOR to VOR.
This is by far the best demonstration I've seen on RUclips on how to use vor navigation . i get very frustrated trying to understand vor navigation . Thanks a lot for this . keep up the excellent teaching
Not a bad tutorial. As a pilot/ex-flight instructor myself VOR's were always the hardest thing to teach students. I would do everything from teaching them how to fly reverse sensing to, "Hey, you're right here, what do you do to intercept a radial?" I have a few tips and tricks that weren't covered in this video if anyone wants more in-depth tips too. In fact, I may make a video on my own tips here in the future. Great video and a great start to getting started with VORs!
Fantastic video! I knew nothing about VOR before this video, and now I feel like I really grasp the concept. I am going to watch your newer video, too, then mess around with it in MSFS202. Cheers!
Hey man. I just found your stuff and these two VOR vids gained you a new subscriber. Great content and very well done. You're a very effective instructor.
I cannot thank you enough. Sharing knowledge is one of the most altruist things a human being can do. I just want to make sure you understand how grateful I am for you to take the time to record this. Kind regards from the other side of the Americas, Brazil!
Thank you Kip. You have demystified something for me, and I did not want to even think about a pilots license if learning VOR nav was going to be like quantum physics. What a great natural teacher you are! Can’t wait to crank up MS FS 2020 this morning!
Here's a ramification of the VOR logic: If you want to just fly from your present position toward a VOR station, just tune in the frequency, adjust the OBS until the CDI needle is centered with the "TO" flag displayed, and then fly the heading indicated on top of the CDI. Or, more succinctly, *_center the CDI with TO flag and fly the heading shown on top._*
Yep. You dunnit right and proper. I been listening to these Aholes who start out on the topic and then completely veer off on an all together subject. Ya wanna tell people how to replace a green dash led then don't explain how to remove and fix the speedometer. Completely understood from beginning to end. Great job!
You make the best MSFS tutorials ever. So straight forward and easy to understand! I really look forward to more tutorials from you, especially the G1000 NXi!
This video was awesome. Super informative, educational, and concise. I would love to see something like "Ground School for MSFS." Thanks for making this video! I now know how VOR navigation works and how to apply it. Great job!
Kip, great video, your voice is soothing and full of knowledge. I believe every word that drops from your yapper. If we understand the lesson on the ground, then it will work in the sky. Thanks...SUBSCRIBED!
Thank you! Trying to learn the systems in this Cessna before moving onto another plane with more systems. I was gonna buy a flight textbook or something. This helped a bunch!
NO SHIT!. I despise those who explain ad nauseum their background, their last family vacation, the color of their dogs eyes only to desperately filter thru all the BS of the lesson.
Thanks this helps. Haven’t used VOR for navigation since FS9 and it never hurts to develop your skillset. Even though in Europe VOR stations are almost completely gone and in my country VOR facilities are used only for approach navigation and there’s no more VOR Airways.
After YEARS i've finally understood how to fly VOR, Captain Joe made a video but that was way too confusing for me. Thank you so much! I'm excited to fly on the sim now.
Here's a newer (2022), full-flight video I made using VOR navigation: ruclips.net/video/uRLc7WiaxwE/видео.html
What do you do if the nav light doesn't come on when you push the swap nav button
@owenlittle9172 4 months late I know but when you get airborne it should come on. Sometimes the VHF signal is blocked when on the ground.
That was excellent!
Thank you.
My whole family is teachers and I was in high school for 7 years so I know a thing or two about education. You're an expert educator. Cheers, pal.
Quick tip: hold ALT when you rotate the OBS knob to increment it in a single degree.
It was so good. I’ve been teaching for 15 years (an unrelated subject) and your teaching was excellent.
Now that is a pro black belt tip. GTK
Thanks I was wondering how you could get it more precise,
This is a great video :)
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When I learned to fly (When Pontius was a pilate!!) actually in the mid 1960's, our initial instrument training was with an ADF and NDB beacons. This was quite a challenge at first but very pleasurable when mastered. Moving up to VOR especially when combined with DME was a god send, it was so easy providing you could understand TO and FROM and a 360 deg. compass rose. My first privately owned aircraft was a Grumman AA5B and I had it fitted with a King KNS80 which allowed you to move a VOR to almost any location, fantastic at the time. I recall also being able to make my first instrument approach using a VOR DME. However after a 40 year flying career and having used just about every navigation system available both military and civil, my favorite is still the mark I eyeball and a chart. A little difficult when crossing the Atlantic of course, there aren't too many waves on the chart!! But is extremely important to understand the limitations of any system and paramount to keep a mental picture of your current position should any system fail.
I feel like the youngsters watching this are missing out on just how revolutionary this low-tech navigation tool was. If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, all you knew of the world in Microsoft Flight simulator was doing loops around Meigs Field. Maybe you'd do a short hop from there to Chicago O'Hare if you were feeling adventurous. But learning VOR was like earning your flight simulation black belt: it was the moment you dug the manual back out, found the map of VOR transmitters and frequencies, and realized you could theoretically go anywhere.
Now nearly everything in the game comes with a simulated Garmin, and flying a simulated plane between airports is only slightly more complicated than using your phone to navigate your car to an airport's departures terminal in real life.
What's crazy is that once you get a grasp of VOR it's just as efficient as GPS. The only problem is getting a good grasp of it because it is extremely confusing. But once you get a hold of it, it's okay. I'm like 70% of the way through of understanding them.
@@kraudavid5975 I don't necessarily know about "just as efficient" since you're still tethered to particular transmitting stations which are located at fixed points on land rather than an orbiting network of satellites that can help you chart a direct line between any two points on the globe. But it's still amazingly flexible--I recently spent an entire day in the simulator taking a Cessna 152 from Seattle to San Diego using VOR just to prove to myself that I still remember how to do it.
@@kraudavid5975as for everything, we need practice. Am trying to learn as I just know where to go with a garmin g1000 but I feel like analog planes are more fun. But as we as used to VOR and that, the more able we are to understand and locate so we can navegate more efficiently
Man, as an IRL student pilot this is awesome! I was looking for a tutorial on VORs so I could simulate them in MSFS2020, and I made a 200nm trip with ease using only VORs! Thanks for the guide, you deserve more views!!
Every time I see one of Kip's tutorials I think, "I've done this many times already, how can I possibly learn more than I already know?" And yet each time I learn a ton. Like the others, I'm sure I'll be re-watching this a few times. Kip's clarity of thought and language allows him to thoroughly present complicated topics with stark simplicity. Keep 'em coming please!
Thank you! Brilliant tutorial. I was watching another tutorial on this from someone else and I had absolutely zero clue what they were talking about the entire time - but watching this one you made everything super clear and I understood perfectly well what I need to do. Appreciate it!
Clearly one of the best VOR tutorials on RUclips. subscribed :)
Heading and course aren’t the same thing and it’s a really important distinction to keep straight, especially for instrument flying. And when the flag says “TO,” that doesn’t mean you’re flying to the VOR. You could be flying away from it. The “TO” flag indicates that in order to fly TO the station, if the needle is centered, fly a course of what you’ve dialed in. This is a really hard concept for students to grasp and we’ve got to be precise as to not mess them up.
Man, your videos are awesome. I'm new to MSF2020 and I'm learning a lot watching your video tutorials. Thank you!
One of the best flight tutorials I have seen. Thank you.
Your tutorials really pack a punch. Full of clearly communicated useful info, yet lean and concise.
Great teaching skills! Thanks.
Kip, my aviation journey has only just begun. I'd never even heard of VOR before encountering this video.
Thank you for providing such a phenomenal explanation of this topic. You have tremendous talent in the realm of communicating ideas.
🤯 Mind = blown 🤯
Feel sorry for those who are trying to learn VOR and dont find this video. This is by far the best VOR navigation I have come across. 👍👍👌👌
Watched half a dozen other folks attempt to explain VOR navigation. THIS was the one that made perfect sense. Thanks for the great vid!
I have to say. Even thought I know this vid is a little old now, I found it so informative and never knew a thing about aviation at all. Thanks man. Will check out your new video now.
Awesome! I FINALLY GET IT! I've watched a bunch of tutorials and usually ended up more confused. You nailed it! Thx
This makes so much more sense than just hearing them tell you about it in the in-game training!
I swear, this guy is on another level of helpful and explanatory its crazy! By far the best MSFS tutorials!
When I was working on my private pilot's license my instructor said VOR navigation is easy if you remember "Tune, Twist and Turn." "Tune" to the frequency. "Twist" the knob to either "To" or "From" "Turn" the plane to the proper heading to bring the needle to center. Never had a problem again. I love flying VOR to VOR.
This is by far the best demonstration I've seen on RUclips on how to use vor navigation . i get very frustrated trying to understand vor navigation . Thanks a lot for this . keep up the excellent teaching
Not a bad tutorial. As a pilot/ex-flight instructor myself VOR's were always the hardest thing to teach students. I would do everything from teaching them how to fly reverse sensing to, "Hey, you're right here, what do you do to intercept a radial?" I have a few tips and tricks that weren't covered in this video if anyone wants more in-depth tips too. In fact, I may make a video on my own tips here in the future. Great video and a great start to getting started with VORs!
Fantastic video! I knew nothing about VOR before this video, and now I feel like I really grasp the concept. I am going to watch your newer video, too, then mess around with it in MSFS202. Cheers!
Always nice to see my home airport on RUclips..also someone that pronounces San Luis right ;)
You teach it way easier than the flight school
You're a natural born teacher. Congratulations.
Thank you for the refresh. I've used VOR navigation in FSX, but I haven't had much time to play FS2020. Ready for flight now!
Oh an Sub+1 for the excellent vocal delivery.
Hey man. I just found your stuff and these two VOR vids gained you a new subscriber. Great content and very well done. You're a very effective instructor.
I cannot thank you enough. Sharing knowledge is one of the most altruist things a human being can do. I just want to make sure you understand how grateful I am for you to take the time to record this. Kind regards from the other side of the Americas, Brazil!
I just learned more in 20 minutes than I have in a long time! This lesson is great, thank you!
You do the best intruction of any videos i have seen on the MSFS!
The quality of this video is amazing, you're an excellent content creator. Thank you very much!
I went through a half dozen videos before I found one that was concise and well laid out enough for me to follow. Thanks!
Thank you Kip. You have demystified something for me, and I did not want to even think about a pilots
license if learning VOR nav was going to be like quantum physics. What a great natural teacher you are! Can’t wait to crank up MS FS 2020 this morning!
Excellent my friend,
Great video, love how you used the old school 152 no frills, just learning and understanding
Here's a ramification of the VOR logic: If you want to just fly from your present position toward a VOR station, just tune in the frequency, adjust the OBS until the CDI needle is centered with the "TO" flag displayed, and then fly the heading indicated on top of the CDI.
Or, more succinctly, *_center the CDI with TO flag and fly the heading shown on top._*
Was about to watch this whole video then I saw your comment and I understood and didn't watch this video . Thanks so much bro 😇
Thanks, you that clears up sooooo much. It was easy with Garmin but moving back to the 152 was tough.
Good stuff Kip. Clear, concise, not complicated. Thanks mate, from Will S. Down Under. [Sydney Australia that is]
Yep. You dunnit right and proper.
I been listening to these Aholes who start out on the topic and then completely veer off on an all together subject.
Ya wanna tell people how to replace a green dash led then don't explain how to remove and fix the speedometer.
Completely understood from beginning to end. Great job!
You make the best MSFS tutorials ever. So straight forward and easy to understand! I really look forward to more tutorials from you, especially the G1000 NXi!
I was at the point all of this was just too complicated for me. This video explained VOR perfectly! Thank you!
This video was awesome. Super informative, educational, and concise. I would love to see something like "Ground School for MSFS." Thanks for making this video! I now know how VOR navigation works and how to apply it. Great job!
Sooo, it was this simple? Why on earth does everyone make it sound so confusing. Thank you so much!
A great, 'easy-to-understand' video, many thanks!
I love this video especially sine I live near KSBA your videos are great
we are going from the zoo video to some tutorial
perfect video! had to learn the radial with the course. every time i fly with vor i forget 😂
Finally eureka moment after 12 years....thank you so much...u r inborn teacher ... keep the great work coming 🙂👍
Flight sim 2020 tutorials tops❤
This was by far the best explaining/teaching of VOR I have ever seen, well done!
I am newbie, with your help (this tutorial) i made it to the Airport, but need to work on my landing skills . Thank you 🙂
Just watched this a second time. Very well done, with just the right amount of detail. Thanks!
Your channel is a godsend I've been trying to figure out which buttons actually *do what* in these planes. Thank you!
This is really good, thank you. VOR has been a game changer for me. Earned a sub.
Now understand VOR. Thank you!
Super Kip! Best explanation and production of video I have seen.
I have seen so many vids on VOR, totally new to such things, coudnt understand one bit but you explained it very well. Thank you so much.
Kip, great video, your voice is soothing and full of knowledge. I believe every word that drops from your yapper. If we understand the lesson on the ground, then it will work in the sky. Thanks...SUBSCRIBED!
Very helpful and clear. Many thanks from England.
This has been by far the best explanation I've seen!
This is super helpful, thank you for the in-depth explanation!!
I’m very new to msfs and flying in general. Your video was a huge help to letting me use and enjoy the experience. Thank you!
Great tutorial, really want to learn the basics of navigation in the cessna before moving onto the automated stuff, this is super helpful 👌
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! As a new sim pilot I was curious about how to use those instruments inside of the cockpit. Happy flight!
Thank you! Trying to learn the systems in this Cessna before moving onto another plane with more systems. I was gonna buy a flight textbook or something. This helped a bunch!
Thank you very much for taking the time to make this video.
Cool video just what I needed since I am getting back into simming
Nice video.
Back when marshalers still had 2 wands...
This is great. Hope you make more videos in the new year!
Excellent tutorial. Easy to follow from SkyVector to implementation. Thanks!
Great tutorial! will be using this myself next time I'm in MSFS2020
Damn, that is a very pretty trip at sundown...( beats Block island to New Bedford in the rain )
Thanks for that great explanation!
excellent!
Thank you for the tutorial, It was a huge help for me.
Great job on your clear and concise tutorial. I’m sure many people will benefit from this.
Thanks for this. I'm finally starting to understand VOR navigation. Your video was very helpful.
Great tutorial! Shout out to SLO town...
The tutorial in the game really did not go into detail explaining navigation. This is great, went into great detail especially for someone very new.
you make it so easy to understand your tutorials are amazing
You should be a CFI! Great explanation
broooooooooooo ! this is great stuff iwatched so many videos on radio nav but this is straight and easy, good deal
This tutorial needs more attention on RUclips, excellent delivery, easy to follow and not filled with extraneous information
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NO SHIT!. I despise those who explain ad nauseum their background, their last family vacation, the color of their dogs eyes only to desperately filter thru all the BS of the lesson.
I did not realize this was a simulator until far into this video.. wow
Dude this is an awesome tutorial! Thanks a lot!
Thanks this helps. Haven’t used VOR for navigation since FS9 and it never hurts to develop your skillset. Even though in Europe VOR stations are almost completely gone and in my country VOR facilities are used only for approach navigation and there’s no more VOR Airways.
Perfect explanation, thank you!
FANTASTIC VIDEO!!! I finally got it! I'm going to purchase the "Flight Simulator" program because of you, thanks a lot!! Keep up the good work!
This is awesome! Thank you!
The chain ends here
Excellent! Great description of VOR.
Great video man. I appreciate you. Really helped a lot.
After YEARS i've finally understood how to fly VOR, Captain Joe made a video but that was way too confusing for me.
Thank you so much! I'm excited to fly on the sim now.
Loved the video. really put ya in a real world situation on how to use it! well... almost real being just VR. lol. but still great video!
Well-done! That was a great explanation!
Amazing explanation! Thank you
This was Great! Thank you so much, I learned heaps!
Very good explanation brother great great explanation gonna watch another vid🫵🏾☝🏾👁