Waypoint at VOR Radial
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Hi, and welcome to the iFly family!
Open iFly, navigate to the Lax Vor on the VFR map. Place a finger over the Vor, and place your adjacent finger on the 123 radial a distance away. The distance between the two points wii be displayed, and be adjusted to fine tune to 17 miles. Once you get the distance where you want it, press anywhere to remove the distance bar, then press and hold the spot that was 17 miles from the Vor. Use the pop-up menu to create and save a custom way point.
Hope this helps.
Open iFly, navigate to the Lax Vor on the VFR map. Place a finger over the Vor, and place your adjacent finger on the 123 radial a distance away. The distance between the two points wii be displayed, and be adjusted to fine tune to 17 miles. Once you get the distance where you want it, press anywhere to remove the distance bar, then press and hold the spot that was 17 miles from the Vor. Use the pop-up menu to create and save a custom way point.
Hope this helps.
I don't know if there's an easier way, but I tried this on my desktop and it seemed to work.
Start a Flight Plan with the VOR as the starting point.
Pick an intersection/airport/waypoint in the general direction you want to go.
Close the Flight Plan page.
On the map, click on the "end" of your "planned flight", and start dragging it. A box will appear and show the distance and direction from the Start Point/VOR.
When the numbers in the box match your radial and mileage, unclick.
Open the Flight Plan, and assign a name of your choice (LAX/123/17) to create a custom waypoint.
The main problem I can see with this is if the Radial depicted with iFly doesn't correlate with the charted Radial. (True North vs Magnetic North)
Start a Flight Plan with the VOR as the starting point.
Pick an intersection/airport/waypoint in the general direction you want to go.
Close the Flight Plan page.
On the map, click on the "end" of your "planned flight", and start dragging it. A box will appear and show the distance and direction from the Start Point/VOR.
When the numbers in the box match your radial and mileage, unclick.
Open the Flight Plan, and assign a name of your choice (LAX/123/17) to create a custom waypoint.
The main problem I can see with this is if the Radial depicted with iFly doesn't correlate with the charted Radial. (True North vs Magnetic North)
That's a very creative workaround! It actually works.
If I set magnetic north in my Units of Measure, then it displays magnetic north instead of true north.
The biggest shortcoming with this approach is that if we want to truly follow a VOR radial, then we can't use the displayed direction in iFly, but we have to visually align the flight path with the VOR compass rose, since VOR radials typically don't line up with the actual magnetic bearings due of magnetic drift.
Thank you!
If I set magnetic north in my Units of Measure, then it displays magnetic north instead of true north.
The biggest shortcoming with this approach is that if we want to truly follow a VOR radial, then we can't use the displayed direction in iFly, but we have to visually align the flight path with the VOR compass rose, since VOR radials typically don't line up with the actual magnetic bearings due of magnetic drift.
Thank you!