Radio beacons: Difference between revisions

Instead of relying on visual landmarks (roads, rivers, churches, towns) radio navigation relies on radio beacons. Radio beacons can be seen with the right equipment, from far away and independent of the weather. The position of radio beacons is clearly marked on navigation maps. Radio beacons are placed near airports, can be aligned with runways and can be placed in remote areas so to mark a route over them.

DR nav, beacon-to-beacon, wind

====Dead reckoning====

A technique you will use every day in many situations. If you know where you are and how fast you move you can predict where you will be after some time. If you have a good compass and know your (ground) speed well you can even do some navigation with this method. Even with the navigational tools that are available today you will rely on this method without knowing it. For long tracks without radio beacons nearby (and no GPS) it is the only way to navigate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_reckoning

===Planning===

===Principles===

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===Navigation===

<nowiki> [[Category:Navigation]] </nowiki>