thanks man, great tutorial finally someone who knows what he's talking about and did it well prepared. There is nothing as annoying as someone changing his mind or randomly clicking and making mistakes and undo'ing them on the go.
As a result of watching all 3 parts of your ILS landing tutorials, I successfully completed my first ILS landing at Dusseldorf, I found it difficult to rely on the AP/VOR LOC/APP and GS as I'm used to doing VFR and thus making my own alterations but it was spot on, at 200ft I disengaged the automation and took over from there successfully touching down in the centre of the runway without a hiccup! Thank you :)
I read that you were considering making some more vids. Great idea! These 3 tutorials has been more informative than than any of the others I have referenced on RU-vid. Thanks!
Thanks a lot for the tutorials! I've only just started with simming, your tutorials have taught me a lot already. I would love to have you take off, fly to a destination and land, complete with all the switching, dialing, ATC coms etc. Thanks, Matthew
Each runway has 2 runway numbers. One from one end, and one from 180 degrees in the other end. Now this is dependant on the airport, but some airports use the same ILS frequency for both the runway ends, while some, for instance Gatwick (if I remember), use a different frequency for the same runway, but from the different directions. Therefore, the only thing you need to make sure of is that the runway you are given to land is the heading that you are heading to.
Thank you for time consuming explanation. My appreciations. By the way I do not have any problem with flares or early touch down. It even lands itself and I am using just a basic computer and original planes, nothing extras. Just to let you know.
thanks for the great tut, I am noob and didn't understand it all but I got some key terms to reseach. and a little bit of a understanding of what is going on. thanks much.
ian65 says: Nice training videos :) Would add that TOD (Top of Descent) is very relevent to arriving at the correct ILS glide slope height. Most glide slope interception heights are 40000 to 5000 feet or as directed by ATC. Correct procedure calls for a speed of 250 knots below 10,000 feet with landing lights on. Carefull attention to IAS (Indicated Air Speed) and ground speed (GS) when approaching finals is essential. Knowing the correct IAS for each flap extension is also very important.
You need to have the approach switch activated when you are coming in to intercept the glide slope. As long as you are at the correct height to intercept, i.e you are not above it, the altitude hold switch will automatically disengage when you hit the glide slope. This is, of course, as long as every thing else is set up correctly.
@1216saab When you are selecting the approach to fly in via the gps, instead of selecting vectors, certain runways also contain guidance via VOR's as well. So on the area that says Vectors, try and change that and fly to the vor that starts the approach. You use the gps switch instead of nav and use then Locator/Nav hold switch and when you are on the final stretch straight in, switch to the nav switch and fly the ils as normal.
The trick to descending in jets is shown in the ATP lessons The rule is 3:1 so for every 1000 feet you fly 3 nautical miles so if you are at 26 000 feet and you want to descend to 3000 feet you do this 26 - 3 = 23, so you need to descend 23 000 feet and for distance 23 * 3 = 69 nautical miles from the airport.
@OraExotic This is because the planes in FSX do not flare. Ie. They do not have proper auto-land. Therefore, about 300m above the ground atleast, you need to have deselected AutoPilot and flare the plane yourself. This will stop it hitting the ground early.
Man, your videos are great. Congratulations! But I still have one question: how do I know the perfect altitude to make an approach? It is shown on the GPS? Maybe you told in your videos, but as my english is not perfect, I couldn't get it. Thanks a lot!
Enjoyed the video. Look forward to more. Do you think the flight sim community will continue to expand in spite of game spy no longer functioning? Wish someone would publish IP numbers to connect. Thanks again.
can you pls make a tutorial for flying from the departure airport with the destination runway on hard angle because if not the localizer fails to make the right positioning in time and misses the approach .. thanks great tutorial bro
I have been considering going back to do some more videos, but basically. The standard descent rate would be about 3%, so for each 1000ft you descend, you will roughly travel about 3nm. So if you are 26,000ft, FL260, out from the airport, I'd say aim to be 12-15nm from the airport at 3500-4000ft. So start descending from 26,000ft at about 70-80nm from airport, depending on how steep you want to descend.
When im approaching an airport the tower says i need the runway number on the other side but when i look for the freq it gives the same freq as the runway number in front of me and my auto pilot lines up with the runeway in front of me and not the other side of the runeway so do i need to make a turn arround the airport my self to land?
thnx but i tested the autopilot again and i flew from snohomish CO (KPAE) to seattle-tacoma intl. (KSEA) and i want to approach at runway 16L cause thats the easiest runway to approach from but the tower says i need to turn right and land at runway 34L (opposite of runway 16L) but the runway has only 1 freq. and the heading of runway 16L is 341 degrees but cant i just setup the autopilot to land at 34L even when they use the same freq.?
Thank you for the tutorial. Just one question, the ILS approach worked like a charm, but it did not fly towards the centerline during the final moments of the landing. Will that be due to wind shear and the pilot will have to make the corrections to the rudder? Cheers!
Hey man great vid, though I have a question, when my plane goes into the glide slope it does line up nicely, but it doesn't want to descent, I have disabled the altitude hold switch so it should work. What am I doing wrong?
@Zeragon33 i have the same problem, and i believe it is because i turned ''app hold'' switch in the autopilot column of the 2d cockpit on too early. when should you turn it on?
Good explanation but i stalled at the end and i think it is because of my decent rate and didn't deactivate the auto pilot 500ft above the ground that was from doha int. to dubai
The autopilot in the B737-800 in FSX does''t have a BACK COURSE (BC or Reverse) switch for ILS BACK COURSE approaches. Does the APP switch automatically detect if it's a BACK COURSE approach (as my Embraer 175 does)? Tried every which way trying to land on the BC at San Luis Obispo (KSBP), with no luck. New on FSX, and the B737 panel is a big improvement over the FS9!
I really need your help. I want to know how to set an IFR destination using the GPS. I know how to set an IFR destination using the Flight Planner before the simulation actually starts. But the problem is I can only do one flight before restarting the simulation. The reason for that is that after I take-off from one airport and safely land at another, how would I use my GPS to set a NEW IFR destination without having to restart the simulation again and just using the Flight Planner.
@hakimihomayoon Even though the plane is landing itself, it is probably landing at a much higher landing rate that safe for an aircraft. A safe speed is 50 - 200 m/s but usually the default planes will hit the ground around 500+ m/s. On a normal aircraft, this would damage crucial parts of the plane, such as the landing gear and possible the fuselage. This is why I usually fly my own flares to increase the realism felt by the game. Especially if doing flying with Landing Rate statistics.
Just 2 questions. How real is the simulator compared to real life and also i was wondering is there is a way to turn off the engines. for example when u park completely how do i turn off the whole plane completely, also if its possible can you show me the way of turning it off ?? Thank you!!! :)
Dude, NAV1 ID switch is just to check the morse code is correct and you are receiving the right station. Turn it off once its identified, nothing to do with updating DME information. ATHR and AP should come out by 1000ft (Radio Alt) for a manual landing, 200ft is way late. late on flaps too, theres a flap schedule printed by the gear lever, this is maximum speeds for flaps but the schedule is generally maximum -10kts indicated airspeed. Not hating, just there's a lot of noobs using this tutorial
Hi, I tried everything you said but it didn't work. The localizer establishes but when I click on APP the Alt hold stays on even after I am over the runway. I watched part 1 and 2 as well
@tcskywalker Sorry, I don't quite understand what bit you're on about. Can you post the time in the video of the bit you don't understand and I'll try to help.
No idea how real it actually is to real life, unfortunately I am not a real life pilot, but to turn off the engines after you land, you can either go to the throttle panel, usually shift+4, and turn the cutoff fuel switch on, or you can do it just by pressing shift+f1. This will do it for you automatically.
I have a question i land to early with ILS i dont know why. Im landing about 100 meters before track begains and my plane begain to do flare around 1 nm before track. Im using Default Boeing 737 maybe you know solution for this problem?
@vogelbekdier97 Its nothing to do with the App Hold button. Its basically the mechanics of FSX's default aircraft. The ILS building, which you fly over just as you are coming into land, which the plane is using to guide itself in, just flies at the point at the same angle as does not take into considering that when you are close to the ground it require the plane to flare etc. There's nothing you can do about it, just manually flare it. Planes, such as the PMDG ones, auto flare.
@aviationtennisrubiks You just fly upwards. Depending on what you are using as a joystick. I use an xbox controller so just hold down on the left thumbstick.
@mitchdman001 This is why its for flight simulator and not real flying :) I'm not a real pilot, would love to be, but that kind of stuff costs fortunes :) Thanks for watching and letting me know that information :)
please tell me what the small arrows and the red marking is next to the speed tape changing with speed the red marking is seen on landing with speed decreasing and the arrows are seen appearing as you airspedd gets slower. is that for flap settings ??
+STEVEN REISSNER Don't know if you still need an answer. Red marking when speed is low is stall speed (don't get below that speed), if the speeds is high it's meaning is overspeed. The magenta arrows I assume you talk about is the airspeed that the autopilot is trying to fly. (The speed hold indicator)
VASI is the overall name of several different kinds of approach systems. PAPI is one kind of these systems. Other systems include PVASI and T-VASIS.So PAPI, PVASI and T-VASIS are different kinds of PAPI.
Hey thanks i apreciatte that sir do u have skype or even a fsx account so we can fly togethere as pilot and copilot, i mean if u want to, if its possible it would be great but dont worry about if u don't
Sorry for the closed captioning. I was looking at it and it is so wrong, it made me laugh so hard. So I thought I would leave it on and let you guys have a laugh.
@1216saab Unfortunately not, but I have played with real pilots on the game and looked at real life manuals. However, this of course is not completely realistic. But thanks :~)
actually, the plane does flare if you're at the apropriate speed. oh and... WHY THE HELL AREN'T YOU USING VIRTUAL COCKPIT FOR THE FINAL??? I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING OF WHAT'S GOING ON!! other than that, this 3 tutorials were pretty good!
Honestly, I haven't been flying for a while on fsx. But I currently create videos for another youtube channel on Racing Games and Automotive news. Check out TeamVVV on youtube.
