[simpits-tech] How much reality?

[Gene Buckle]

> I am considering modifying the ARC159 to display VHF 5 digit frequencies,
> and the TACAN to display good old civil VOR/ILS frequencies (but drop one
> digit to make it look different <g>).  The up side is that I would do the
> bulk of my frequency changes on the panels, the downside, the panels are
> not *exact* replicas of the real panels....

AFAIK, the TACAN channels have VOR frequency equivalents.  There are
tables available that show the correlation.  You could make an
"eletronic" version of the lookup table and then be able to set the right
VOR freq. using the TACAN control head.

g.