On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:04:09 +0200 (IST), Vassilii wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Does anyone know if the DME calculation to a VORTAC is based on > > slant range? Noticed when flying over a fix say at FL350, the range > > goes down to zero at station passage. It should be the AGLvalue of > > the aircraft over the station. > > OTH a waypoint based on radial intersections or GPS would go to > > zero. > > With VOR-DME it is definitely the slant range. I don't know about > VORTACs, never flew a TACAN-equipped aircraft in the real life... ..sure? If you flew red star planes during the Cold War, you guys would be using similarly working gear but with other names? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
