VOR Holding Pattern Simulator

The VOR Holding Pattern Simulator gives you the opportunity to fly different VOR holding patterns and observe the effects of bearing changes, directional changes, and wind.

The Controls

• Digital timer

• Start - starts the timer
• Stop - stops the timer and keeps the current time
• Reset - stops the timer and sets the timer to zero

• Holding pattern setup

• Radial - the inbound radial
• Speed - this speed is used to calculate the radius of the holding pattern turns
• Leg - the leg length in minutes for the Speed
• Right turn - use right or left turns
• Show hold - when checked the holding pattern is displayed.

• Plane track

• Show - when checked displays the plane's track in the simulator's window.
• Reset - when pressed will erase the plane's track to it's current position and will resume drawing from there if Show is checked

• Simulation Start / Stop button

  and red indicates the simulation is stopped.  When pressed, the simulation will start. The plane's position will be calculated based on its speed, direction, bank, and the wind's direction and speed.

and green indicates the simulation is running.  When pressed, the simulation will stop. The plane's position and heading will no longer change until it is started again. When a simulation is resumed, the plane will begin calculating its position from the point where it was stopped.

Wind Direction arrow - indicates the wind direction.  You can select it and position anywhere on the screen

• Setup tab - the Flight Simulator Setup provides common controls to all the Flight Trainer Simulators.

An Example

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