Navigation

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Every mission requires you to navigate to target and the return safely to home base. This section describes basic navigation terms and covers different navigational tasks that you'll use every time you fly. It also covers in detail the various navigational functions of important cockpit displays.</div> <bR> <div> The Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI) is an invaluable tool for all navigation. This will be your primary navigation aid for every mission and operations around the Carrier.</div> <bR> <div> <B>TERMS</B></div> <div> Before exploring the wild blue, you should be familiar with the following navigational terms:</div> <div> <B>Sequence point:</B> Also called waypoint and/or target point is a set of coordinates denoting a geographic location. these points are stored in the aircraft's computer and collectively form your flight route. A graphical representation of these points appears in cockpit display called the horizontal situation indictor or HSI.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Bearing:</B> Lateral direction relative to your plane's nose, measured in degrees from 000° to 360°. An enemy directly to your right has a bearing of 90 degrees, no matter what direction you are traveling.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Heading:</B> Direction relative to true north, measured in degrees from 000° to 360°. If you're heading north, you are heading 000°. if you are flying due south your heading is 180°. If you are flying southwest, your heading is 225°. You can always determine what your current heading is from HUD heading scale.</div> <bR> <div> <B>TACAN:</B> Tactical Aid to Navigation, which refers to signals broadcast by airbases and aircraft. These signals act as beacons and can aid in navigation.</div> <bR> <div> <B>TACAN SIGNALS</B></div> <div> TACAN stands for Tactical Aid to Navigation, a system that many friendly ground stations and airborne tankers use to emit a signal broadcasting their position. TACAN channels provide pilots whit positional information. Each TACAN object such as an airfield or tanker has a different station ID and operates on a unique TACAN channel. Not all missions contain TACAN objects. In the ones that do, you can activate different TACAN channels in the UFC display via the TACAN submenu. To access this display, select the TCN pushbutton in the UFC.</div> <bR> <div> Initially, the selected channel defaults to the initial TCN channel, if one is available. When one is available, a channel number will appear, followed by a description of object for example " 22 USS-Truman ". To follow a TACAN signal, display the HSI page in MPCD(usually displayed by default) or on one of the MDIs and select TCN steering pushbutton. The navigational system will now track TACAN signal instead of other options.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Waypoints and Target points</B></div> <div> All waypoints and target points are numbered starting at "0" (your base or start pint), to the maximum number included in the mission(usually a carrier or base). Typically, you follow the points in order. Once you overfly a particular point, the navigation system automatically selects the next point in sequence however you ca manually change the active point. the HUD and HSI page provide steering cues that aid in navigation to the active point.</div> <bR> <div> To follow a Waypoint or Target point, display the HSI page in MPCD(usually displayed by default) or on one of the MDIs and select WPT(waypoint) or TGT(target point) steering pushbutton. The navigational system will now track WPT or TGT signal instead of other options.</div> <bR> <div> Following steering "Points" are available:</div> <div> 1. <B>TCN</B>: Selects the current TACAN station as the steering point.</div> <div> 2.<B> GPS</B>: Selects GPS target point as a steering point. the current GPS target point is treated exactly like a waypoint.</div> <div> 3. <B>ACL</B>: Selects your home aircraft carrier (mother or homeplate) as a steer point. The Mother's location is treated exactly as waypoint.</div> <div> 4. <B>WPT</B>: Selects the current waypoint as steering pint.</div> <div> 5. <B>TGT</B>: When TGT is selected, the designated A/G target (you can only use air to ground/sea target) is treated exactly like waypoint. if designate target is lost , normal waypoint steering resumes.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="10" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="3" WIDTH="656" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFFFF" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="75"><div> <A HREF="id73_cpt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="cockpit"><U>Cockpit</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="82"><div> <A HREF="id80_bf.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Basic Flight"><U>Basic Flight</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="80"><div> <A HREF="id88_bfm.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BMF"><U>BFM</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="78"><div> <A HREF="id94_form.htm" TARGET="_top" 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