From what I have been told the only way to track a VOR is to do it via the FMS by setting an inbound course and flying it in LNAV?
Autopilot-wise, yes. There is no VOR selection on the APFD Mode Control Panel on the 744. The radial would therefore have to be tracked manually if the FMC was not available.
I see some responses to this message have been removed for reasons unknown, but in essence...
Most pilots will be flying with MAP mode displayed, so won't normally see the VOR display. The VOR
pointers waver and then disappear as the aircraft flies over the station, so we would expect the course deviation bar to do the same.
Hopefully someone could check this out for me next time they go flying (in the 744), perhaps noting altitude and duration (time) of oscillation/disappearance?
Thanks
Cheers
NSEU