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by buildsjets12 hours ago |
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upvoteby mschuster9111 hours ago|
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> Additionally it cannot provide coverage over oceanic areas.

It's really hard to jam oceanic areas though, you need a vessel capable of sustaining human life autonomously at least for days plus dealing with the high seas.

Buoys could theoretically be used for that purpose, yes, but good luck getting them stationary enough. Maybe some of the secret services could pull off such a trick but at least no ordinary civilian.

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upvoteby _moof11 hours ago|
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> sustaining human life

Not really. Drone ships are very much a thing these days.

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upvoteby vanviegen1 hours ago|
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How can a drone ship hold its designated position while it's blocking gps?
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upvoteby tisizi13 minutes ago|
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Shouldn't it be possible for you to reconstruct the original GPS signal if you can control the jamming pattern?
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upvoteby Intermernet1 hours ago|
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Astral navigation is probably accurate enough
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upvoteby verelo12 hours ago|
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On VOR: It's also a PITA to use, and for inexperienced people, or someone who rarely uses it, they can confuse flying towards and away from the station.
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upvoteby buildsjets11 hours ago|
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If you are a general aviation goober like me, flying a 1960's propeller airplane, sure, that is true.

However, in a modern commercial aircraft, all position sources including VOR-DMEs, GPS, and IRS are cross-compared by the flight management system and turned into a latitude, longitude, and circular error of probability. There is no TO/FROM flag to worry about in a 777, and no reverse sensing on the back side of a localizer approach.

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upvoteby verelo10 hours ago|
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Yeah that makes sense. My experience is mostly in 70s to early 90's prop planes, I have had the opportunity to use a glass cockpit a few times and it was much easier. I guess i did the typical thing and contextualized this on my experiences and ignored that 99.9% of flights are not GA haha.
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upvoteby _moof10 hours ago|
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Time was, if you didn't understand how to use VORs, you couldn't really fly. We used them as primary en route nav, as well as for approaches, for many decades. As a CFI I think most of the confusion around VORs these days comes down to poor or inadequate training.
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upvoteby verelo10 hours ago|
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That's fair. I replied to someone else with a similar remark, but essentially doing most of my flying in 70s to 90s prop planes, I imagine the tools I'm most used to are just dated. Your point around training is likely very accurate, I had some great teachers but I also had a few instances of being given inaccurate information and having to teach the teacher so to speak.
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upvoteby Charon775 hours ago|
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I don't fly and I wouldn't call my self someone that plays a lot of flight simulator. But I do enjoy navigation methods and I did learn the basics and practices of VOR navigation. I got an Android app that simulates flying courses, holding patterns etc, but only the navigation part. I would say I learned some intuition to it.
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