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Simple TACAN Beacons [Enviroment Mod]
   
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Missions: Helicopter, Plane, Spawner
Environment Mods: Environment Mod
Tags: v1.6.10
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28 Dec, 2022 @ 5:55am
28 Dec, 2022 @ 5:56am
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Simple TACAN Beacons [Enviroment Mod]

Description
What the Heck is this?



This Addon places a bunch of simplified TACAN (or VOR) Stations all over the Map. They transmit there Position on a respective Frequency. (Range: 960 to 1215 MHz)
You can get a list of Frequencies by typing ?tacan. The X Coordinate is transmitted on Composite Channel 1 and the Y Coordinate on Channel 2.
By comparing the Coordinates with the Coordinates of your own Vehicle you can calculate a Heading and Distance to the Station.
Using a huge Antenna the Range is around 40km.
Note that this Addon is partially compatible with Sky's Navigational Equipment.

Available Commands:

?tacan > list of beacon frequencies

?tacanhelp > shows helptext / explanation


How to install?

1. Subscribe
2. Create a new World
3. While doing that navigate to the Enviroment Tab / Workshop
4. Activate TACAN BEACONS v1
5. Start your World
6. press ENTER to open the Chat Window, you should see a confirmation that it is active, alternatively type ?tacan
6 Comments
Sir Murtak [108th]  [author] 4 Jan, 2023 @ 11:48pm 
You will need something to select the frequency and something to calculate the distance and bearing between two gps points. You can have a look at the Navy Bronco from my WS if you wanna see an example (albeit a little more complicated than need be).
C0R1NTH 4 Jan, 2023 @ 4:52pm 
What exactly do I need to implement the TACAN into my aircraft, just something to choose the band wave?
Sir Murtak [108th]  [author] 3 Jan, 2023 @ 12:21am 
It's navigational equipment so you can navigate without a map, this was mainly created as a dependency for my latest aircraft but I'll probably integrate this into future ones as well. Without it the Receiver on the Aircraft will be inoperable.
erncla8687 2 Jan, 2023 @ 9:57pm 
and this is used for...what?
Sir Murtak [108th]  [author] 1 Jan, 2023 @ 2:28pm 
Well it imitates a simple nav beacon by using gps instead of radio triangulation to keep it more compact. If that is what you mean.
ACE 1 Jan, 2023 @ 12:51pm 
so basically this is GPS pre GPS?