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Hi guys!I'm not very good in english(cz i'm french speaker) but i'm trying to explain my problem...when i fly in fsx, i want to make my autopilot follow the adf signal, how i can doing that?thank's for all of your response seeyabroken

Hi guys!I'm not very good in english(cz i'm french speaker) but i'm trying to explain my problem...when i fly in fsx, i want to make my autopilot follow the adf signal, how i can doing that?thank's for all of your response seeyabroken
I don't believe Auto Pilots can follow ADF (NDB signals) in real world. But you maybe able to fly GPS where the NDB (locations) are used as way point and then fly a radial off of that way point. But then that is not flying using your NDB Signal nor do you even need to be tuned to that NDB. You don't even need an ADF gauge for this.Manny

Manny

Beta tester for SIMStarter 

You can always use the heading hold to fly to the NDB.....but if there's any wind (there always is), you'll get a neat lesson in NDB navigation :(

I don't believe Auto Pilots can follow ADF (NDB signals) in real world. But you maybe able to fly GPS where the NDB (locations) are used as way point and then fly a radial off of that way point. But then that is not flying using your NDB Signal nor do you even need to be tuned to that NDB. You don't even need an ADF gauge for this.Manny
Hi thank's for responseyes, i know and i'm able to fly with GPS, but in 737 or 747(in the real world) the GPS is not there, military pilots fly with ADF(one of a fly of USAF crash cause the pilot can't follow the ADF correcty in 1994). Maybe we can'tthank's for allbroken
Hi thank's for responseyes, i know and i'm able to fly with GPS, but in 737 or 747(in the real world) the GPS is not there, military pilots fly with ADF(one of a fly of USAF crash cause the pilot can't follow the ADF correcty in 1994).
Most new real world airliners are equipped with GPS. The US Navy even issued hand-held GPSs to F-18 pilots after one of their C-130's crashed in mountainous country..............thanks to a loss of situational awareness. A GPS would have made all the difference. In the US, ADF's are being phased out, and most new aircraft don't even come with one. I'm a real world GPS fanatic. I think and know, that they've made the skies much safer for both pilot and passenger. With 3D synthetic vision, it will only get better! I've used moving map GPS since 1993.L.Adamson

This is a great site that covers the basics of radio navigation including NDB's. http://www.navfltsm.addr.com/index.htm

I've used moving map GPS since 1993
Wow, I didn't think such a thing existed back then! It must have cost a fortune I bet.

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