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Originally Posted by MidlifeFlyer  You're right about VOR "misalignment" and it's effect. But do you think it's likely to be a significant factor? In the small aircraft I fly, the typical situation in which I've been given "Fly heading XXX to join Victor YYY" is in the departure to enroute or SID transition and not distances where the difference is likely to be a factor (i.e., exceed the acceptable tolerances for OBS and airway centerline error). |
Yes, I've been getting exactly the same thing in a very similar situation. Usually the join point for me is at least 25-30 miles away from the nearest VOR on the airway.
If your VOR receiver in the airplane is off 4 degrees and the VOR is misaligned by 3 degress, at 30 miles away from the VOR you're almost 4 miles off from the center. So I would say that it's enough of a deviation to at least keep in mind. Plus I don't see what additional information are you getting by using the OBS vs the airway as defined by the two nearest waypoints/VORs.