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What is the main underlying operating principle of the Very-high-frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) aircraft navigational system?

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What is the main underlying operating principle of the Very-high-frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) aircraft navigational system?

🔍 Key Concepts

• How VOR provides directional (azimuth) information to aircraft • Use of phase differences in AC signals to encode angular position • Difference between determining azimuth (bearing) and determining distance or altitude

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: Does a VOR help a pilot know how far they are from the station, which direction they are from the station, or how high they are above it? • Which of the choices correctly connects phase difference in AC voltages with the idea of bearing/radial from the station rather than range or altitude? • Think about which system (VOR vs. DME/altimetry) is normally associated with distance and altitude information.

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which answers refer to distance or altitude and which refer to direction/azimuth • Check which option uses phase difference between two AC signals and links it to azimuth/bearing information • Eliminate any option that mixes up what VOR does (direction information) with what other systems do (distance or altitude).

Question 1 of 27070

What is the main underlying operating principle of the Very-high-frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) aircraft navigational system?

A definite amount of time is required to send and receive a radio signal.

The difference between the peak values of two DC voltages may be used to determine an aircraft’s altitude above a selected VOR station.

A phase difference between two AC voltages may be used to determine an aircraft’s azimuth position in relation to a selected VOR station.

A phase difference between two AC voltages may be used to determine an aircraft’s distance from a selected VOR station.

Question 1 / 27070nWVShKtECcOUsxtEcEnm

Question 1 of 27070nWVShKtECcOUsxtEcEnm

What is the main underlying operating principle of the Very-high-frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) aircraft navigational system?

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Question 1 of 27070

What is the main underlying operating principle of the Very-high-frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) aircraft navigational system?