TylerTheHottie

Thank you this helps

So as far as TACAN is concerned, when I pick my divert point from the cdu, should I set my navigation as TACN from there on out or will that mess Up my current egi wapoints which the divert waypoint of the airbase is already on? Or are they both the same or doesn't matter if I set TACN?

Thank you this is actually very helpful although I have no idea about what Im looking at lol .

Lots of great info guys! Ill probably have more questions as they come up!

Thank you for the help! Im still a little confused. You are saying TACAN and the way you are describing it makes it sound like you might be thinking of ILS? Or am I mistaken? I understand that there are 3 seperate approaches to landing that being Radar, Tacan, and ILS? or are they all the same process just different stages?

Thank you for the clarification. Another thing that you may be able to shed some light on is that in the landing training mission they had me set the bearing of the hsi at somepoint, in that particular example they told me to set it to the runway which was 13 so the instructor had me set it to 130. Your thoughts on that exactly? Im not sure when to do that because when I have attempted to do it ive messed up the hsi lines and it gave me different heading....

Sorry I made two threads about this, realized I didnt title my thread the way I want...So I am in my 2nd month of dcs a10c, very great game. All i have been doing are training missions. Mostly because Im not yet comfortable yet with going on actual missions. One such area of unease for me is the landing aspect of this simulator. Ive read what the manual has to offer and I have done the training mission as well but i just dont think that it is explained well enough, at least not in the detail that I would like . Hoping one of you veterans out there can shed some light. Question/questions: When I start my CDU divert to access the desired airport that I want Im confused at the part after I receive my radio bearing. For one, just to be clear when the ATC says heading "34" what number is that? is that 340? Or is that actually 34? Ill often find myself in headings contrary to what I would want because Ive either literally taken the numbers as they are or Ive translated them into what I thought. 2nd question: When I somehow do receive the correct heading im often left puzzeled as to when Im supposed to turn in. the heading that the ATC gives me is not exactly the same as the straight shot heading that I receive after the cdu divert waypoint. Am I supposed to use the HSI and align myself when the hsi indicators match up???? Am i being too technical about this or is it more apt to say...base my navigation upon a visual once i get to the airbase

So I am in my 2nd month of dcs a10c, very great game. All i have been doing are training missions. Mostly because Im not yet comfortable yet with going on actual missions. One such area of unease for me is the landing aspect of this simulator. Ive read what the manual has to offer and I have done the training mission as well but i just dont think that it is explained well enough, at least not in the detail that I would like . Hoping one of you veterans out there can shed some light. Question/questions: When I start my CDU divert to access the desired airport that I want Im confused at the part after I receive my radio bearing. For one, just to be clear when the ATC says heading "34" what number is that? is that 340? Or is that actually 34? Ill often find myself in headings contrary to what I would want because Ive either literally taken the numbers as they are or Ive translated them into what I thought. 2nd question: When I somehow do receive the correct heading im often left puzzeled as to when Im supposed to turn in. the heading that the ATC gives me is not exactly the same as the straight shot heading that I receive after the cdu divert waypoint. Am I supposed to use the HSI and align myself when the hsi indicators match up???? Am i being too technical about this or is it more apt to say...base my navigation upon a visual once i get to the airbase?