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You only need one VOR and a DME readout. See my earlier post (post #32) in this thread. Not sure what plotting it on a sectional chart would achieve, as they are for navigating with reference to visual features and this Aerocache is located only near........water.

CONCUR :Clown:

Agreed. I thought I would just write a quick tutorial to show how easy it is to find a bearing/distance using that mysterious instrument - without the blah blah - so as not to put newbies off too much.Hopefully that results in an 'ah-ha' moment, triggering searching for the more in depth stuff on the internets.

I found a KMZ or KML file (just google search) that has all of the NAVAIDS and airports. Then I just use the GE ruler tool to measure bearing and distance.

The easiest way to find the Aerocaches is with the VORs.Water Water is on the Kona VOR (IAI 115.7) 156 radial at 69DME. If you fly at 2000ft, you'll pick up both the VOR and the aerocache indicatorRed Cabin is on the Hilo VOR (ITO 116.9) 235 radial at 28DME. You'll need to fly close to the ground (about 10500ft) to see the indicator pop up.To work out the locations reference VORs, I just research the Aerocache and then use Google Earth to get the bearing+distance.

And to answer OP's other question: No.You can define any bearing and distance from a station as a point. Eg: ITO235028Decoded, that means a point which is reference the Hilo VOR (identifier ITO), on the 235 radial (roughly southwest) and 28 DME (Distance Measuring Equipment, measured in nautical miles [NM]) away. A radial is just a line drawn (radiating) from the station outwards. Don't overthink that bit too much.And here's how to find this point (I used the RV-6 for this):1. Put your aircraft on the ground at Mountain view airstrip on the Big Island of Hawaii.2. Tune your nav radio (the top, right side radio) to 116.9. Hit the key with two arrows to make it the active freq.3. Click the pull ident knob and listen. You should hear the identifier (ITO) beeping away in morse code.3. You might also have noticed that guage next your altimiter moved and the red and white 'off' flag went away.4. The DME (at the bottom of the radio stack should also now read about 11.9NM OOOKT (more about the speed later). That means you are 11.9 nautical miles from the station.5. Turn the OBS knob on the CDI (next to the altimeter) to 235 degrees. You may notice the needle swing.6. Now take off and fly (using your compass - not the CDI guage we just changed) Northwest. About heading 300.7. You will now see the DME readout change and the DME speed will change too. This speed is simply the speed you are moving to or away from the station. If you keep adjusting your speed to keep it at 000, you will eventually fly in a circle all the way around the station!8. As you are flying on heading 300, you will eventually cross the 235 radial that you have set. You'll cross this radial at a 65 degree (300-235) angle. You'll know when this is about to happen, as the vertical bar will start to move. When it does, slowly turn left to heading 235. If the bar moved right across the other side, you need to keep turning left to about 200 which will take you back onto the radial. Eventually you should end up on heading 235, with the needle in the centre. If there's wind, you may have to adjust left or right a couple of degrees, to keep it in the centre. If you get disoriented, just hit the M key to see where you are on the map.9. Now that the needle is centered, simply keep flying until the DME says 028. You have reached your point. If you descend to right near the ground, you may even find an Aerocache at that location .By first researching the Aerocaches and then working out the radial and distance from a nearby station using Google Earth, I've found most of the Aerocaches using this method.

And this is something that wasn't modelled in FSX or before. You could open any door, anytime and nothing would happen - even with crashes set to 'on'.

'Building' for Flight you mean?I've flown both the RV4 and RV7/A. It depends on which engine you choose as to performance, but suffice to say, they usually out perform your average Cessna 172. We were flying in my friend's RV4 along the coast at about 500ft. He said now give it full throttle and climb at an angle to keep it from going near VNE (velocity never to exceed). WHOA. Up we went at about 2500FPM, all the way up to about 3000ft. It also does loops at about 1/2 throttle, without loosing any height. Mad. His dad flew fighters and he said its performance reminded him of a jet trainer aircraft.The RV7/A, I didn't get to do any aeros in. I helped finish building it and the owner took me for a fly and let me fly for a while. Beautiful aircraft!The difference in the sim (in any sim for that matter) is that you don't get any seat of the pants feel. No vibrations when you do the engine run-ups. no bumps that lift you up and down, etc. They feel a bit to smooth. The head bob thing does help a bit though.If you're after more performance(!), you can go for the Harmon Rocket conversion for the RV4. 400hp/1800lbs max takeoff weight. Compare that to your average backyard C172S @ 180hp/2550lbs :crazy:

Banyan OGG (115.1) VOR 251 radial, 14DME. Near the Marina. Plenty of places to land.I've submitted these to your website. Great idea BTW. I'm surprised MS didn't reserve that domain name, after inventing the word 'Aerocache'.

Here's another:Waipoo Falls. 14DME on the 317 radial from SOK VOR. There's an Observatory on the hilltop nearby, where you can land the Maule and run down to get the Cache. Just leave a trail of breadcrumbs or something to find a way back your plane.

You could put the bearing/radial and distance from a navaid on there in the notes too. Here's one I've already done:Waialae Falls. 11.2DME on the 324 Radial from South Kauai (SOK) VOR. Freq 115.4. Fly below 6000ft MSL for the indicator to show up as you fly over. Actually getting the aerocache is up to you, as it's hidden deep in a valley.If you lean more towards the sim side of things, this is a great way to practice VOR navigation. If you had a number of these, you could do a NAVEX around the place.

Try this: jump in the icon at PHNL. Turn on the GPS and change declutter to level 2. You will see all the GPS waypoints and airspace steps shown - just like FSX.This means one of two things:1. It is there for future additions (I.e a working GPS and/or flight planner). :biggrin:Or;2. MS didn't bother to remove, it after stripping the meat from the FSX bones.

Not if you can keep airborne for a few seconds after you get it. Ie until the achievement shows up in the bottom right corner of the screen.

Thing is, it seems to be in The Wailua Valley, which is on Molokai. Not the Wailau Valley - which is on Kauai. (according to Google maps).Oh, and meh, I just got it by crashing. :Peace:Edit: If you think that one's hard: try the Hinalele Falls. Crashing into that results in 'Crash, Aerocache lost'.

VOR and DME are already included and working. And when you mouse over the NAVAIDs (you need to change a setting to show them) in the map, it plays the ident morse code for the aid.And for long flights, just hit the space bar to change to mouse mode - it overides the trim and makes the aircraft more stable. I did a 50nm, night clandestine mission @ 500ft AGL, whilst washing the dishes and putting the kids to bed. Each time I came back to the computer, the level had only varied maybe +/-20ft.