radials for landing sites

[razza1974]

Hi all

 

-What are the runway radials for all the landing stations? I have found the information for all the landing sites but that is not very helpfull for me, there are a lot of headings/radials listed and when i use them in the sim and put my navigation in landing mode i am always not lined up correctly for the runway. Also the indicator does not seem to show the course correction i have to undertake

So is there a list with the appropriate radials?

For instance what is the radial for landing site 9?

 

Thanks

Razza

[xxJohnxx]

-What are the runway radials for all the landing stations? I have found the information for all the landing sites but that is not very helpfull for me, there are a lot of headings/radials listed and when i use them in the sim and put my navigation in landing mode i am always not lined up correctly for the runway. Also the indicator does not seem to show the course correction i have to undertake

 

The PRMG system (comparable to the western ILS) can automatically detect from which runway side you are flying to the approach (which is different to the ILS where you have to set the runway/approach course yourself).

Whenever you are closer than 25km to the PRMG ground station you selected and you are within ±45° of the runway heading the PRMG system will automatically set the correct course.

 

If you would like to perform an RSBN or NDB approach the runway heading/ approach course is important though.

 

So is there a list with the appropriate radials?

For instance what is the radial for landing site 9?

 

Yes, there indeed is a list for the runway headings.

You can find it in DCS World\Doc\Charts\DCS_GND_Charts.pdf.

The airport with the RSBN / PRMG preset number should be Mozdok, which can be found on page 34 of that DCS_GND_Charts.pdf.

As you can see on the airport diagram, there are numbers on each end of the runway.

Runway 08 has a heading of 076° and runway 26 a heading of 256°.

 

Alternatively you can find the same charts in the kneeboard which you can access with RCtrl + Up. RCtrl + Left or RCtrl + Right to cycle between the pages.

 

Small tip: If you don't need the precise approach courses/runway headings, you can figure out the course/heading by looking at the runway number.

Runway 08 will have a heading of around 80°. Runway 26 will have a heading of around 260°. This method should be more than sufficient to easily get runway headings on everyday flying.

 

Best regards,

 

John