Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:17 am
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GAFlyer4Fun wrote: Then I could tune the KNS80 to my current SD waypoint. Although SD didnt always select the most appropriate VOR if there was a choice of two. Thanks to VOR rationalisation (caused by lack of spare parts etc) the aircraft often cannot receive any VOR signals at typical GA low cruising altitudes.
KNS80 RNAV facilities used to be good for finding hard to spot airfields in the middle of nowhere.
We still use our Narco clone (NS800 8 point RNAV) which we kept on through a coupla Nav2 changes because of its inbuilt DME.
In fact to this day Narco position '8' is kept permanently tuned to the CLN VOR/DME to give the 'offset VOR' position of our strip.
(inter alia we were able to get it fixed to be FM immune- ISTR it was a relatively pricey fix).
It was very useful in dodgy VFR weather in the days before cheap portable GPS and, much later Skydemon.
Slight problem was that, at 38 NM distance it dropped out at about 800ft amsl: .............on two occasions I had to get Lakenheath radar to give me vectors............................
Pete S as was
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