Update to DCS World Charts for Bagram Airport (OAIX)
Following a very valid remark by Gideon concerning the first version of the Bagram airport charts, I have made a first update to take into account the discrepancies between the state of the game and the actual procedures. For these reasons, I've added :
1 - the in-game frequency for BGM TACAN (74X);
2 - the 4 default AI frequencies for Bagram Tower.
The new charts are available in the original post. I'll soon do the same type of cross-check on previously released charts for Kandahar and other airfields.
Thanks for the feedback!
Comments (3)
Awesome, thanks for the update!
The charts seem to suggest that the BGM TACAN beacon not only seems to have changed channels over time but also seems to have been relocated (more than once?). In some charts it is depicted as being west of the runways, in others it is depicted as being east of the runways. Is there any information available about the proper location(s) of the BGM TACAN? Would flying a procedure, in DCS, where our BGM TACAN is located on the east side of the field, written for the BGM TACAN when located on the west side of the field, not create an irreconcilable error?
You're right, there were several successive locations. The location chosen by ED on the Afghanistan map is the latest one. Regarding the procedures themselves, they are overall correct in a gaming environment, even with such a discrepancy. As you can see, the TACAN remains close to the runway and the offset angle on TACAN finals or departures is very small (029 or 025 instead of 027 for runway heading). If the offset were much higher (like 10° or even more), or the TACAN way further from the runway axis, I would have more hesitations to say the same, but in the current case, I'm not worried to hit the ground due to the TACAN location on the airbase.