Aircraft VOR Free
It lets you 'tune' aircraft navigation Very High Frequency Omni-direction range (VOR) beacons via a worldwide database and allows you to select and track a VOR radial to or from the VOR station.It also optionally shows you your cross-track deviation in metres.
Features:
- Bendix/King KI-208A face
- Worldwide VOR navigation database (downloaded on first use)
- Digital CRS and distance to station indications
- Option to display cross-track error
- Filtered and smoothed display
- no jitter or jumping!
- Support for portrait and landscape screens
- Support for multiple screen resolutions
This is the free version of the app. It is supported by ads and has a five minute time limit. Upgrading to the paid version removes both of these restrictions.
Usage
IMPORTANT POINT 1
- Please ensure you have an active data connection when starting the app for the first time as it will attempt to download the radio navigation database.
Don't use it until you know its working! Until a GPS fix is obtained, or in case of GPS fix being lost, the VOR on/off indicator will be shown and the distance to station will show ----Tuning a station Use the app menu to select 'Tune NAV'. You will be presented with all the VOR stations within 200 nautical miles of your current location. Selecting a VOR will tune it up. Hit your devices 'Back' button when you have selected your desired VOR.Finding out which radial you currently on The first thing to remember when trying to find out which radial you are on is that all radials are from the station. The indicator is able to show you which direction to track to the station but this is not directly which radial you are on (it's 180 degrees out). To centre the needle and find the radial you are currently on, rotate the instruments compass card until the needle centres with a FROM indication.Finding out your current bearing to the station Sometimes it is necessary to obtain your current bearing to station. To obtain the bearing from your current position to the station, rotate the instruments compass card until the needle is centred and the TO flag is showing.Flying a specific radialSometimes it is necessary to fly along a specific radial to/from the station. In this case, first select the radial you wish to fly by rotating the instruments compass card to that radial, ensuring the TO/FROM flag is in the correct sense. The VOR needle will then indicate to you which direction you need to move in order to intercept your desired radial. If the needle is to the right, fly right. If it is to the left, fly left. Upon approaching your desired radial, the needle will close into the centre. Each dot indicated on the display is 2 degrees, so the needle will start to move when you are within 10 degrees of the desired radial. You should begin to turn onto a desired course, which matches your radial so that your aircraft heading matches the desired radial when the needle is centred. You will need to compensate for wind appropriately.Displaying X-Track deviation You can display you current cross-track error in metres by toggling the menu option. This will show you the number of metres left or right of track when you close to less than 1km of your desired radialFor further information check out http://www.wikihow.com/Navigate-Using-a-VOR
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Category : Productivity
Reviews (29)
If you can't put in a frequency to navigate by, and there is no option to do so, then this app is useless.
Great simulator to learn how to use a VOR
There is no button to enter the VOR freq. (I'm a CFII, btw...) there is some mystery VOR somewhere, the cdi centers on the 53/233 radial and the to/from flips appropriately but I don't see anything stating which VOR it is or where I can dial in a new one. Samsung Galaxy s5. I don't hate it I just can't use it. I've tried tapping, sliding, and swiping every way with one finger and with two. No luck.
I tried installing it on multiple (Samsung) Devices. Works GREAT on my Tab2-7.0 (Android 4.2.2) Does NOT work on my phone (Android 4.4.4) nor on my Tab S-8.0 (Android 6.0.1) On the Tab2 The Menu Tab is provided, alongside the (Software provided) tablet operating selection keys. On the phone and Tab S, hardkeys replace the software keys and NO menu button is provided (prolly TRIES putting them under the bezel) Without that menu key, the app is useless --- too bad, cause the app is great when it works -- works better than the real device in the airplane (cuz it isn't distance restricted) Fix that problem and you have a winner
I am 1600 meter from a VOR sation and the app do not see it. Will buy it if free ver work otherwise it is crap. Not even 1 star.
I can use this app as a flight instructor. For in-building use , let it be possible to give a dummy position or a wifi position.
More modern smartphones no longer have a dedicated MENU button, making it impossible to tune any VOR, which brakes the application completely. If/when the app is fixed by adding a menu button I'll give it more stars.
Doesn't work now . When you want to select a VOR it takes you to a click bait site trying to install Clean Sweep.
It has no ability to put in a frequency, though you can select nearby VOR's by name. Other than that, works tolerably well.
This worked well on my nexus s but I can't get the tune nav to work as it keeps crashing on my nexus 5 - every time.
Installed on my S5, Note 8 and Note 10.1 without sucess. Same with the ADF ptogram. No menu. Shows I have a fix but no green text as show.
I have installed it on my redmi-2 mobile. It doesn't give me any menu options even when gps lock is available
Really easy to use and very well presented. Have used in the air and is perfect. An invaluable backup instrument. Recommended.
I love this app. So easy to use while flying. Found it useful to the check you position on the map tuning in another vor without de-tuning the acft instruments
I had to uninstall and reinstall to get the app to tune, but now it works fine!
Seems like it would be a good app but I can't get to the menu on my Galaxy S5.
Worked fine till last update. Cant access menu now. Deleted and reinstalled, no help. No way to get to menu. Galaxy S6.
Works just fine. I kept trying to turn the obs before I realized you just turn the card. I like it!
Neither the free nor the paid app work. Please avoid until problem is resolved
Looks like a great app but can't get the menu to work on any of the Sensorworks apps on Samsung S5.
Nailed it! Works great with Nexus 7 2013. No frequency to tune (this isn't a radio receiver!) so select from a list of nearby VORs. Great solution.
It does not work with my samsung5.No data base.
Nice depiction, but unusable on LG G3 without frequency setting menu! Seems to have not been updated in 2 years.
A few instructions would be useful. Local database takes a minute or so to be located
This app has never worked on my Galaxy note II a friend uses it on his Galaxy S4 and it works perfectly, it switches off as soon as I select a beacon
Is the list of VOR DME up to date? Will you add an IDENT feature to "hear|" the VORs Morse code please. Thanks
Can't select the station not even have the database to switch to the station we wanted to flight.
I can't tune it VOR frequencies on my Samsung Galaxy S6. Worked perfectly on my S3. Why?
Thanks to another persons comment I found the menu on my Samsung S7 Edge. Just press and hold the back button. (duh) Not intuitive, but, it works, and so does the app!