Aircraft VOR Free
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About Aircraft VOR Free
Aircraft VOR provides you with a GPS based aircraft VOR instrument shown as a typical Bendix/King KI-208A instrument.
It lets you 'tune' aircraft navigation Very High Frequency Omni-direction range (VOR) beacons via a worldwide database and allows you to select and track a VOR radial to or from the VOR station.
It also optionally shows you your cross-track deviation in metres.
Features:
- Bendix/King KI-208A face
- Worldwide VOR navigation database (downloaded on first use)
- Digital CRS and distance to station indications
- Option to display cross-track error
- Filtered and smoothed display - no jitter or jumping!
- Support for portrait and landscape screens
- Support for multiple screen resolutions
This is the free version of the app. It is supported by ads and has a five minute time limit. Upgrading to the paid version removes both of these restrictions.
Usage
IMPORTANT POINT 1 - Please ensure you have an active data connection when starting the app for the first time as it will attempt to download the radio navigation database.
Don't use it until you know its working!
Until a GPS fix is obtained, or in case of GPS fix being lost, the VOR on/off indicator will be shown and the distance to station will show ----
Tuning a station
Use the app menu to select 'Tune NAV'. You will be presented with all the VOR stations within 200 nautical miles of your current location. Selecting a VOR will tune it up. Hit your devices 'Back' button when you have selected your desired VOR.
Finding out which radial you currently on
The first thing to remember when trying to find out which radial you are on is that all radials are from the station. The indicator is able to show you which direction to track to the station but this is not directly which radial you are on (it's 180 degrees out). To centre the needle and find the radial you are currently on, rotate the instruments compass card until
the needle centres with a FROM indication.
Finding out your current bearing to the station
Sometimes it is necessary to obtain your current bearing to station. To obtain the bearing from your current position to the station, rotate the instruments compass card until the needle is centred and the TO flag is showing.
Flying a specific radial
Sometimes it is necessary to fly along a specific radial to/from the station. In this case, first select the radial you wish to fly by rotating the instruments compass card to that radial, ensuring the TO/FROM flag is in the correct sense. The VOR needle will then indicate to you which direction you need to move in order to intercept your desired radial. If the needle is to the right, fly right. If it is to the left, fly left. Upon approaching your desired radial, the needle will close into the centre. Each dot indicated on the display is 2 degrees, so the needle will start to move when you are within 10 degrees of the desired radial. You should begin to turn onto a desired course, which matches your radial so that your aircraft heading matches the desired radial when the needle is centred. You will need to compensate for wind appropriately.
Displaying X-Track deviation
You can display you current cross-track error in metres by toggling the menu option. This will show you the number of metres left or right of track when you close to less than 1km of your desired radial
For further information check out http://www.wikihow.com/Navigate-Using-a-VOR
If you like this app, please try my other aircraft/flying related apps!
I'm a professional software engineer, part-time android developer and passionate private pilot so would love to hear your thoughts, feature requests and bug reports
It lets you 'tune' aircraft navigation Very High Frequency Omni-direction range (VOR) beacons via a worldwide database and allows you to select and track a VOR radial to or from the VOR station.
It also optionally shows you your cross-track deviation in metres.
Features:
- Bendix/King KI-208A face
- Worldwide VOR navigation database (downloaded on first use)
- Digital CRS and distance to station indications
- Option to display cross-track error
- Filtered and smoothed display - no jitter or jumping!
- Support for portrait and landscape screens
- Support for multiple screen resolutions
This is the free version of the app. It is supported by ads and has a five minute time limit. Upgrading to the paid version removes both of these restrictions.
Usage
IMPORTANT POINT 1 - Please ensure you have an active data connection when starting the app for the first time as it will attempt to download the radio navigation database.
Don't use it until you know its working!
Until a GPS fix is obtained, or in case of GPS fix being lost, the VOR on/off indicator will be shown and the distance to station will show ----
Tuning a station
Use the app menu to select 'Tune NAV'. You will be presented with all the VOR stations within 200 nautical miles of your current location. Selecting a VOR will tune it up. Hit your devices 'Back' button when you have selected your desired VOR.
Finding out which radial you currently on
The first thing to remember when trying to find out which radial you are on is that all radials are from the station. The indicator is able to show you which direction to track to the station but this is not directly which radial you are on (it's 180 degrees out). To centre the needle and find the radial you are currently on, rotate the instruments compass card until
the needle centres with a FROM indication.
Finding out your current bearing to the station
Sometimes it is necessary to obtain your current bearing to station. To obtain the bearing from your current position to the station, rotate the instruments compass card until the needle is centred and the TO flag is showing.
Flying a specific radial
Sometimes it is necessary to fly along a specific radial to/from the station. In this case, first select the radial you wish to fly by rotating the instruments compass card to that radial, ensuring the TO/FROM flag is in the correct sense. The VOR needle will then indicate to you which direction you need to move in order to intercept your desired radial. If the needle is to the right, fly right. If it is to the left, fly left. Upon approaching your desired radial, the needle will close into the centre. Each dot indicated on the display is 2 degrees, so the needle will start to move when you are within 10 degrees of the desired radial. You should begin to turn onto a desired course, which matches your radial so that your aircraft heading matches the desired radial when the needle is centred. You will need to compensate for wind appropriately.
Displaying X-Track deviation
You can display you current cross-track error in metres by toggling the menu option. This will show you the number of metres left or right of track when you close to less than 1km of your desired radial
For further information check out http://www.wikihow.com/Navigate-Using-a-VOR
If you like this app, please try my other aircraft/flying related apps!
I'm a professional software engineer, part-time android developer and passionate private pilot so would love to hear your thoughts, feature requests and bug reports
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
- Fix for to/from flag not displaying on the free version of this app.
- Fix for to/from flag not displaying on the free version of this app.
More downloads Aircraft VOR Free reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
More downloads Aircraft VOR Free reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update Aircraft VOR Free was updated to version 1.4
What are users saying about Aircraft VOR Free
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More modern smartphones no longer have a dedicated MENU button, making it impossible to tune any VOR, which brakes the application completely. If/when the app is fixed by adding a menu button I'll give it more stars.
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I have installed it on my redmi-2 mobile. It doesn't give me any menu options even when gps lock is available
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Nailed it! Works great with Nexus 7 2013. No frequency to tune (this isn't a radio receiver!) so select from a list of nearby VORs. Great solution.
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There is no button for the selection of the Frequency! Galaxy S6 Edge
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Great stuff!!
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Doesn't work now . When you want to select a VOR it takes you to a click bait site trying to install Clean Sweep.
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Seems like it would be a good app but I can't get to the menu on my Galaxy S5.
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Samsung Galaxy s5....or samsung galaxy tab s2 9.7. Itworked ok on the s3.... I would buy it if I could get it to work.
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I have installed it on my redmi-2 mobile. It doesn't give me any menu options even when gps lock is available
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It has no ability to put in a frequency, though you can select nearby VOR's by name. Other than that, works tolerably well.
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I can't set the frequency of any VOR. There is no "menu" button anywhere Or anything, just that indicator that doesn't indicate.
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Worked fine till last update. Cant access menu now. Deleted and reinstalled, no help. No way to get to menu. Galaxy S6.
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I can't tune it VOR frequencies on my Samsung Galaxy S6. Worked perfectly on my S3. Why?
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Worthless app.
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These is no Menue for the selection of the Frequency! Galaxy S6 Edge
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There's no way to tune freq.
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Can't select the station not even have the database to switch to the station we wanted to flight.
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Works in the exact same way my brother-in-law does; it doesn't.
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Dont hated it I am trying to learn more about it.
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to get the menu to work on a Samsung Galaxy S5 use the on-screen reachability button
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It does not work with my samsung5.No data base.
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Really easy to use and very well presented. Have used in the air and is perfect. An invaluable backup instrument. Recommended.
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I'd give more, but I can't find the menu.
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Samsung Galaxy s5.... It worked ok on the s3....
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Installed on my S5, Note 8 and Note 10.1 without sucess. Same with the ADF ptogram. No menu. Shows I have a fix but no green text as show.
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Nice depiction, but unusable on LG G3 without frequency setting menu! Seems to have not been updated in 2 years.
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Works in the exact same way my brother-in-law does; it doesn't.
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This app is fun and easy to use.
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Seems like it would be a good app but I can't get to the menu on my Galaxy S5.
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Looks like a great app but can't get the menu to work on any of the Sensorworks apps on Samsung S5.
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great
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I live in Socal... not Sao Tomé.. Casablanca's VOR does me no good. Neither does Ouagadou. Wtf. SNA or LAX MIGHT be useful. Just sayin. Better to stick with radio. It's safer. This might be good only as an instructional tool with the proper FAA charts.
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Amazing! Download this now
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Opened 3 times, Force closed 3 times. Uninstalling, will check back for update. Awsome graphics btw! Great idea if it worked. Samsung Galaxy S
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Nice to use as a VOR trainer but with GPS accuracy.
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the world wide database doesnt include North America???
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Does not appear to work. Can not find a sigle vor in my area. In fact there are many.
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Good app..
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It is better than the real instrument. This one uses GPS signal allowing user to follow a path to or from a VOR on the installed database. It is not limited by poor radio signal on a real VOR. It is even easier to use than a real one. Being a pilot, I would highly recommend this app for other pilots.
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Menu Button Found!! On smartphones without a dedicated menu button (i.e. Galaxy S7), long pressing the back button gives you a menu. It's actually a hidden feature of these phones.