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VHF Omni Directional Radio Range (VOR).
Things to do in this research:
What is the wave, Amplitude, Frequency, period, kind of graph of the radio wave?
What tools are used to get this radio wave?
How is this radio wave or frequency used in the real world?
How was the historic development of this radio wave?
Key Terms:
-This radio beacon is an aeronautical radio used to get the current position of an aircraft.
-This beacon can able a pilot to fly visually without GPS.
- There is a lighthouse radio located on the land usually near an airport or in a location that is operated by a local airspace controller for flight planning.
-Has a maximum range of 320km and up to 11.430 meters of height range above and from the lighthouse.
Unit Overview:
Omnidirectional Radio Beacon VOR / VHF is an aeronautical radio helps position to facilitate approaches at airports without Instrument Landing System (ILS - Instrument Landing System) or visual flight without GPS. This lighthouse radio is in a land location and the radio has a maximum range of 320 km up to 11.430 meters of height above the lighthouse radio. There are three different signals emitted by the VOR / VHF, one is the walrus signal is a frequency that a pilot has to decode and tune to capture this radio aid. The second signal is one that is constant and determines the range of the radio. The third is a variable that changes through the aircraft changes its position.
Implementation in real life:
In order to test the VOR, we´re going to use it in a simulated MANIZALES - PEREIRA flight onboard a PIPER CHEROKEE PA-28-180.
Our flight plan as you see on the map above follows with the waypoints of: SKMZ(MANIZALES) -> MZL (VOR) 112.1Mhz -> PEI (VOR) 116.9 Mhz -> SKPE (PEREIRA). We are going to takeoff from manizales and fly to the MZL VOR in a heading of 297° and a frequency of 112.1 Mhz-> when we are flying above the VOR we are going to tell the VOR to take us to the heading of 234° and fly to the PEI VOR after a 14.7 min flight from VOR to VOR -> We´re going to enter the PEI VOR in a heading of 234° and a frequency of 116.9Mhz, after we have visual of the runway, we´re going to dial in the VOR the heading of 077° and fly to the runway-> then we contact tower or tower will contact us on 118.7Mhz.
The yellow circle in the video will show the VOR instrument. Pay attention to how it moves depending on the heading we would like to enter to the VOR.
The Graph, the math, the equation
