bunraku Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Hi. If ATC give me directions to land and i have to fly a certain course for a set distance, is there a way for me to mark that point i have to fly to? I am not sure of the best way to mark the distance or count it down if that makes sense. Thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBillKelsoe Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) Hi. If ATC give me directions to land and i have to fly a certain course for a set distance, is there a way for me to mark that point i have to fly to? I am not sure of the best way to mark the distance or count it down if that makes sense. Thanx You can do it as follows: 1- Before contact ATC, set TAD as SOI. 2- Change Hook Own to Own Hook (the arrow goes out from you) 3- Contact ATC 4- ATC: Fly heading XXX for YY, QFE29decimal89, runway 13, to pattern altitude (which is 2000 feet) 5- Slew TAD cursor to said distance YY and bearing XXX then hit TMS right short to pop a markpoint. That should be your final approach position. If you want a tutorial let me know. But I don't like to do it like above. Instead, I set ILS and heading to runway heading and when the runway walks towards center, I turn towards it. 10 mikes out usually sufficient to descend from 2000 feet to touchdown. Edited November 8, 2012 by WildBillKelsoe AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunraku Posted November 8, 2012 Author Share Posted November 8, 2012 Thanx Bill. Appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sungsam Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 (edited) or if you want to insert it as steerpoint : - take an overfly markpoint the moment he gives you bearing distance, - Insert that markpoint as cdu Offset bullsye - Insert bearing distance ATC notes you to CDU Offset and create a waypoint - follow that steering point and then turn to the ranway bearing ATC notes you @ 2000 Ft Edited November 8, 2012 by sungsam DCS F16C 52+ w JHMCS ! DCS AH64D Longbow ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFunk1606688187 Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Instead, I set ILS and heading to runway heading and when the runway walks towards center, I turn towards it. 10 mikes out usually sufficient to descend from 2000 feet to touchdown. Its good to know though since I've noticed intermittent ILS failures in missions. My suspicion is that missions made in older versions or for the pre-World module is the cause. Warning: Nothing I say is automatically correct, even if I think it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBillKelsoe Posted November 8, 2012 Share Posted November 8, 2012 Its good to know though since I've noticed intermittent ILS failures in missions. My suspicion is that missions made in older versions or for the pre-World module is the cause. I don't have A-10 on world ;) I play 1.1.1.1. (the KING) AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunraku Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 Is there an easier way to calculate distance to travel to the ATC location given than using the TAD? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jona33 Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Use the TACAN. Always remember. I don't have a clue what I'm doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunraku Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 But doesn't the TACAN give me a bearing and distance to the airfield whereas ATC are giving me bearing and distance to a point to glide in or get further instructions..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeFall Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 But doesn't the TACAN give me a bearing and distance to the airfield whereas ATC are giving me bearing and distance to a point to glide in Yes. You're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunraku Posted November 10, 2012 Author Share Posted November 10, 2012 So that's no good then. Anyway to cut a long story short what's the quickest way to work out distance in this sim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeFall Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I normally just take the bearing given by the tower and go to CDU NAV DIVERT -page and choose the airport. TAD shows the distance, approx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildBillKelsoe Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 you can just use the TTG numeric and do simple distance over speed to get the time. For example: Current speed 250 KIAs Current course 190° Contact ATC (Batumi) Hog 1-1, Batumi, Fly 180°, for 25, runway 90, to pattern altitude. In this case, it will take 6 mins to cover 25 nm @ 250 kts. You just need to turn to course 180. As a general rule, it takes 6 mins to cover the declared mileage at a speed of mileage X10. 10 miles = 100 kts = 6mins 20 miles = 200 kts = 6mins 30 miles = 300 kts = 6mins and so on.. What if you're flying slower or faster? slower means more than 6 mins, faster, less. AWAITING ED NEW DAMAGE MODEL IMPLEMENTATION FOR WW2 BIRDS Fat T is above, thin T is below. Long T is faster, Short T is slower. Open triangle is AWACS, closed triangle is your own sensors. Double dash is friendly, Single dash is enemy. Circle is friendly. Strobe is jammer. Strobe to dash is under 35 km. HDD is 7 times range key. Radar to 160 km, IRST to 10 km. Stay low, but never slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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