VOR Correction

Yeah, you'd have to use situational awareness.

But what do I know, all our airplanes have dual radios and the error is always zero.
 
When I was flying the old analog Dash we would adjust the charted radial for the error. If we didn't we would hear HCF calling every 5 minutes that we were off course.
 
gotWXdagain said:
Why don't you make one if you feel like you need one?
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Because when you suck at intercepting and tracking as much as I do, my lack of airmanship along with an indicator that is 4 degrees off, generally offsets itself and puts me right on course. Your results may vary.
 
If you had a rifle that you knew shot 3" to the left at 100 yards, but you didn't have the tools to adjust the scope, would you keep aiming at the center of the target?
 
rframe said:
If you had a rifle that you knew shot 3" to the left at 100 yards, but you didn't have the tools to adjust the scope, would you keep aiming at the center of the target?
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Sure, if I was using the same rifle every day and was sure that the person who wrote down the error meant that it shoots 3" left and not that you have to aim 3" left in order to hit the target. Hopping in and out of planes and never being sure if the knucklehead before you meant 3 degrees left error or set 3 degrees left of desired course would make me pretty shy of doing this on a regular basis in commercial flying. My own plane, where I would have the number memorized? yah all the time.
 
Look at it like this. If you can look a fed In the face and explain why you're doing something and are comfortable with doing so, go ahead. I'd personally leave out the Kentucky windage analogy.
 
Roger Roger said:
Sure, if I was using the same rifle every day and was sure that the person who wrote down the error meant that it shoots 3" left and not that you have to aim 3" left in order to hit the target. Hopping in and out of planes and never being sure if the knucklehead before you meant 3 degrees left error or set 3 degrees left of desired course would make me pretty shy of doing this on a regular basis in commercial flying. My own plane, where I would have the number memorized? yah all the time.
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We had to do a VOT test every crew rotation so we usually knew what the error was. Where you are you probably don't have the luxury of doing it all day but 99% of 121 operations will be at an airport with a VOT.
 
gotWXdagain said:
Yeah, you'd have to use situational awareness.

But what do I know, all our airplanes have dual radios and the error is always zero.
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What if you do a dual VOR check? One VOR could be +5 and the other could be +9 and you would be legal :eek:
 
gotWXdagain said:
Scary, eh?
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Been flying freight for 2 years. Can you guess how many times ATC has told me I am off course even though the needle is centered and I have the proper radial set? It is legal sadly. I would do VOT checks as often as I could. I don't get that liberty as often anymore.
 
Yeah i see both sides of the story . . . "But Mr. Inspector, My VOR CDI said 135 degrees and the airway course was 135 degrees.....or "uhhh Freight Captain, why is your OBS course off 4 degrees? Well because that's the error I had during the VOT check. Well is that error the same on the airway? Derrr . . . . . I . . . . . uh . . . . . Requesting radar vectors"
 
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