Airline pilot's interactive guide to aviation radio
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Airline pilot's interactive guide to aviation radio
Airline pilot's interactive guide to aviation radio
jameshard.ing#aviation radio#vor navigation#ils approach#dme interrogation#navaids
How HN took it
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Design: 1 for, 0 against
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Appreciation for learning about aviation navaids
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I love learning about nav aids on planes. One thing I didn't quite understand was the DME interrogation: "To handle conflicting pulses, each aircraft deliberately jitters its…
Vitamin_Sushi on HN
Clear explanation of DME interrogation after follow-up
From 1 comment
Oh, now that makes more sense, thanks!
Vitamin_Sushi on HN
Requests
Make the DME pulse-jitter animation more obvious
From 1 comment
The pulse pairs themselves are always 12 us apart. The jitter comes from the aircraft sending interrogations at random intervals in a steam, so that it can discern which returns…
jamesharding on HN
Questions
How often do pilots fly non-ILS approaches outside North America
From 1 comment
I have a question related to aviation though not the submission itself please. How often would you say you get to do a non-ILS landing? I often wonder how common these are…
quibono on HN
How often are VOR approaches flown in practice
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I have a question related to aviation though not the submission itself please. How often would you say you get to do a non-ILS landing? I often wonder how common these are…
quibono on HN
How DME interrogation pulse pairs are distinguished between aircraft
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I love learning about nav aids on planes. One thing I didn't quite understand was the DME interrogation: "To handle conflicting pulses, each aircraft deliberately jitters its…
Vitamin_Sushi on HN