dialing in the radial you want to fly

[razza1974]

Can someone explain how you dial in the radials within the RBGN dial.

When you dial in the radials, say you one fly on a radial of 270 to airport number 8, how do you know exactly how many degrees you are switching it to. How do you read out the instrument?

Many thanks

[TurboHog]

Didn't the radial intercept interactive training mission answer all your questions? For me it did...

[Random]

When flying FROM an RSBN station put the thin tip of the needle on the bearing you want. When going TO the station put the thick tip on the bearing ypu want. Each division on the dial is 2 degrees IIRC.

[zaelu]

That is a bit confusing i think.

 

I understood that you always set your radian with the double end of the nidle which is the tail of the so called course nedle. You dont swich ends of the needle.

[razza1974]

Thanks for the answers,

What i meant was how to read out the radial you put in. I have seen a tutorial vid and there the pilot dials in a radial of 270 but i can't see how he determines what a radial of 270 is (in my understanding a radial of 270 would be at the 9 pm clock position of a watch but the pilot "moves" the pointer to a different position). So how do you "read" the dial (i understand that every notch is 2 degrees)?

I think i am overlooking something....

Thanks

Razza

[zaelu]

You know what a heading is right? is a "star" of 360 rays that emerges from you.

 

radials are the same as the heading... but the rays are emerging not from you but from the radio station you are interested in.

 

Because they are opposite of heading they are set with the tail of the heading needle. So if you fly towards a station on heading 90... you are actually on radian 270 from that station.

[razza1974]

Thanks, I understand the "360 degrees star theory",

did not realise the difference between radials and heading, thanks

[Art-J]

If You want the yellow needle on the KPP to guide You nicely towards selected radial, remember to set the course needle head on the NPP always towards the station (as Random mentioned above).

 

Generally, If You want to train using radials for navigation, I recommend the "round the map" mission found in folder with single missions. 3.5 hours of flying and refueling, with so much of RSBN and ARK usage You will get fed up with it :D.