On 7/2/07, Hans Fugal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't looked at the radar stuff yet, so I'm just going from what > you've said here. VORs are slaved to a certain variation, presumably > the magnetic variation at the time they were put into service (or last > updated). But as the magnetic variation in any place changes over > time, the VOR variation can differ (sometimes substantially) from the > compass heading. Not sure if that's related to the problem you're > seeing, but FYI. >
Oh, ahem, err, "a" tacan source here being the Nimitz off the coast of San Francisco, and indeed its heading seems to have no part in the drawing of the symbol. Furthermore a normal tacan navaid doesn't possess a heading anyways. I perhaps just wished it would somehow improve my other point. *g* regards K. Hoercher ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
