VOR NAV question

#1

So I had a little question.

Yesterday I was flying a 172 from Thessaloniki to an AF base in Athens. I was using a VOR to navigate, yet had a small problem. So, as the flight was about 2 hours, I needed to use AP. I tuned into NAV1 for the VOR, and made sure that my source and everything else aligned. Then, I engaged NAV after hand flying for a few minutes (I had double tapped the CRS.) Instead of flying to the VOR, the plane turned in the direction of the light blue thing (forgot the name)Annotation 2019-12-17 112222

How do I stop this from happening?

#3

Have you selected the right course? If you add the VOR as a regular waypoint you can look at the heading in the map menu. You have to put this heading into the course part in the Navigation menu

#4

yes but I didn’t have it set as a waypoint. I had tuned in and the CRS was set at the right heading

#5

You need to change source to NAV1 instead of GPS

#6

yes I had. as stated in the initial post

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#7

Well then we’re missing some infos

What was the course? Because it just seems like your aircraft wanted to align back to thr radial

#8

off the top of my head the course was 168 degrees

#9

Well then I feel like it was following the instructions you gave it

It will try to join the radial earlier than you might want and suddenly turn

#10

what do you mean by this?

#11

When flying a VOR your aircraft will join the selected radial before heading towards the VOR itself

#12

So adjusting CRS is basically adjusting the radial you want your aircraft to fly towards right?

#13

Affirmative
Then once about to cross the radial it will align and follow it

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