tech question
here's a technical question for you guys:
let's say you're tracking out from xyz vor, 240 miles out and find from atc that you're 4 miles left of course. what's your course correction to parallel the course? or to correct back to the course?
I understand that the 1 mile=1 degree at 60 miles rule is applied here, and that makes me think all you do to correct for a parallel course is come right 1 degree.
I realize this may be a simple problem to some out there, and that's good news to me. My aircraft (crj) has a nice picture of the airway, so all I do is say "look, we're left of course, let's aim right until we're back on the pretty white line"
but honestly, the fms doesn't really get off course anyway. kinda nice.
got the final at the end of this month and this is one question that is eating at me.