Originally Posted by aviator_88
there is a lot of calculations and you need to apply corrections for adf needle if there is strong wind. This method is hard to learn but once you master it you won't lose spatial awareness easily...and it gets more complicated with QDM/inb.courses.
It's not that complicated, if you know how to read/interpret instruments properly, know where you are and where do you want to go. Besides, I hope you aren't making it complicated by calculating everything in your head - that's what the "compass rose" on the VOR indicator, HSI, RBI/RMI is for. Personally, I find it much easier with ADF (or VOR if you have RMI), since you have a direct presentation of current radial (or QDR/QDM), so you can track it all the way to radial you wish to intercept.