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Old 26th Oct 2008, 10:15
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Dick Whittingham
 
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Lost Orientation

Perhaps twochai could help? I have been looking at the charts I found for av8boy and pondering the lost orientation procedure, I recall it as taking up a best guess heading betwen the legs, turning the volume down to "just audible" and waiting to see if it went up or down. Volume up - carry on 'til you cut a leg, volume down, take a 180deg and try again.

But why did we practise this? We had a radio compass which I suppose could tune into the range frequency and give a straight homing.

Dick

Additional question. When you cut a leg how did you know which way to turn to ride the inbound beam?
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