more bitching about the IFR written - CDI left/right versus north/south/etc

C J Campbell wrote:
"G. Sylvester" wrote in message
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A month or two ago there was a thread about CDI indicating north/south
vs. left/right in particular on front course and back course LOC.
I'm studying for the IFR written and not in a single place
does the FAA use north/south.


What in heck are you referring to? The CDI refers only to right or left of
the course indicated by the OBS and the TO/FROM window. You have to know how
to use the CDI when it appears to be reverse sensing.

The OBS has no meaning to a CDI when using a localizer.
It's left or right of the localizer beam where "left and right" is defined
as looking inward on the front course. It's only when the pilot's left and
right is reversed (as they are looking inward on the back course) that things
are "reversed."