Headings

[Luke]

So I've been playing lots of FSX (No duh) since I have not scheduled a flight training session. And one difficulty that I have found while doing flights is figuring out a heading. Now with high tech airplanes with all the gizmos and gadgets It's easy to know my heading because A:Autopilot and B: it tells me my exact heading at all time. Now in non-high tech planes, all I have to help me is this.

Now while these are helpful for knowing if I'm going North, South ,West , East or Weast It's not very helpful when ATC says my heading needs to be 325. Am I missing something, is something wrong with the game? Thanks, Luke

 

[James331]

Uhh, the top is a vertical card compass, bottom is a DG, I think.

So get the plane all leveled out, sync the DG to the compass, turn to the heading that ATC gives you based on your DG.

 

[simtech]

Sure it does if ATC gives you a heading that vertical card compass and directional gyro will show 325. Easy..I think you're over thinking it..

See the numer 30 on the bottom DG? that's a 300 degree heading. The bigger hashes in between the numbers are 10's..So after 30 the next big hash is a 310 heading. The next is 320 and the smaller hash is 5's. So that would be your 325 heading you would turn too.

 

[mscard88]

Hmmm....I wonder if the trolls are out tonight?

 

[exncsurfer]

So I've been playing lots of FSX (No duh) since I have not scheduled a flight training session. And one difficulty that I have found while doing flights is figuring out a heading. Now with high tech airplanes with all the gizmos and gadgets It's easy to know my heading because A:Autopilot and B: it tells me my exact heading at all time. Now in non-high tech planes, all I have to help me is this.

Now while these are helpful for knowing if I'm going North, South ,West , East or Weast It's not very helpful when ATC says my heading needs to be 325. Am I missing something, is something wrong with the game? Thanks, Luke

Your profile says your 14, getting a head start I guess. Yea, just add a 0 to each of those values on the DG or compass and interpolate the lines in between, either 10 or 5 degrees. 3 is 30, next unlabeled line is 40, dot between is 35, etc.

 

[Luke]

Your profile says your 14, getting a head start I guess. Yea, just add a 0 to each of those values on the DG or compass and interpolate the lines in between, either 10 or 5 degrees. 3 is 30, next unlabeled line is 40, dot between is 35, etc.

Sure it does if ATC gives you a heading that vertical card compass and directional gyro will show 325. Easy..I think you're over thinking it..

See the numer 30 on the bottom DG? that's a 300 degree heading. The bigger hashes in between the numbers are 10's..So after 30 the next big hash is a 310 heading. The next is 320 and the smaller hash is 5's. So that would be your 325 heading you would turn too.

Sure it does if ATC gives you a heading that vertical card compass and directional gyro will show 325. Easy..I think you're over thinking it..

See the numer 30 on the bottom DG? that's a 300 degree heading. The bigger hashes in between the numbers are 10's..So after 30 the next big hash is a 310 heading. The next is 320 and the smaller hash is 5's. So that would be your 325 heading you would turn too.

Uhh, the top is a vertical card compass, bottom is a DG, I think.

So get the plane all leveled out, sync the DG to the compass, turn to the heading that ATC gives you based on your DG.

Thanks