SurClaro Flight Simulator Resources

Here is something for you who want to know the basics on ILS approaches and landings. Enjoy!

http://www.surclaro.com/tutorials/FS2002_FS2004_ILS_Tutorial.html

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 5:45 am Post subject: ...

hi! im new here and new to fs... i saw ur tutorial but i still cant land the plane... and im soo poor in english
should i choose Direct-GPS or High Attitude in flight planner?
all i heard from Radio is You are leaving my airspace. contact to balabalabala... but it never tell me to head to xxx or something.
and when i get near to the airport which i will land, i tuned to nav1 and i dont hear anything at all.
so if it is ok for u, pls pls pls explain me step by step , specially heading straight to runway. Sad

thanz alot...

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 1:47 pm Post subject:

You are not IFR if you hear the "you're leaving my airspace.." announcement.

Select Flight Planner - Choose Direct-GPS

Select IFR

Then select cities....click Find Route

Press OK

and you're done..
Once in cockpit...tune tower..ask for IFR clearance and you'll start getting headings.

I had tried to guide you to this tutorial itself...just follow rhythmo's steps word-by word...you'll get to see Greece in one piece!

IFR instructions will tune you properly to the corect stations...the only buttons you toggle with thruout ur flight are - HDG & ALT and IAS (if you wanna play with ur speed). This is considering you are on Auto-Pilot mode with Auto-Throttle on...or else you go thru the routine of setting speed, altitude, heading etc...more fun that way!

Keeping it really simple, for runway approach, simple way to do is establish altitude and heading as directed by tower, and once you can see the runway lights at a distance, you are straight and lever - hit APPR (approach). Now your tower will take over landing...it will guide your aircraft straight on to the runway and even establish your descent... Of course, you gotta alighn a bit urself, turn off AP and AT just before touchdown and flare!

This only happens at Airports with ILS landing facility...so ensure its not an outback airstrip!

Hope that helps!!

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 4:40 pm Post subject:

Yes.... it helped me alot... now i can land straigh to runway...
the only thing i have to practice is adjust the speed.
thanz alot... Smile

Does anybody know ATR72-200 and 500 models Model of the French built ATR-72 autopilot? there is autopilot but i cant find where to adjust all the things...

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 5:55 pm Post subject:

The ATR A/P is a bit different to other ones. There is no Autothrottle on the ATR and when you wish to make altitude changes you have to dial in the vertical speed setting first.

Before I switched to FS2004, the ATR was my favourite aircraft to fly in FS2002 (I have the Eurowings Commuter Airliners add-on). and once I got used to it I really enjoyed flying it. You will find the Autopilot on the glareshield.

Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:32 pm Post subject:

There are good models of both the 200 and the 500 on ARNZ site, lousy panel, but good models!!! and lors of repaints. As for the panel you should go to fsfreeware and find a PHOTOREALISTIC ATR PANEL, they don't have a search engine, or I'm a super fool, but somewhere around page 20 I think.

This is besides topic, and as I have heard rumors that moderators do and excelent job keepin it straight I am just saying... Rolling Eyes

Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 12:25 am Post subject:

they got search... its just u have to type so many things to search for just one thing...

where can i adjust the heading for ATR?

Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 7:26 am Post subject:

I will be starting a new topic, just to keep this on track Idea

How to fly the ATR!!!

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:02 am Post subject:

I have tried to do ILS landings but whenever i press the APR button to align the plane with the runway, it goes beserk. It tryes to stay on course but always oversteers when trying to correct its heading. And by the time the airplane is on the ground, it is like 50ft. away from the runway and off track. Not by a lot but by enough to embarras you. HELP!!!!!

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 6:58 pm Post subject: ILS Landing

Hi, I'm quite a Newbie to FS2004 and I probably got a stupid qustion. I tried ILS landing at Iraklion as describend in the tutorial above. Had IFR flighplan etc.

But when ATC 'offers' me an approach and I want to select a different one there is no ILS in the menu. Only VOR and VOR/DME. Whats wrong? How do I get ILS approach?

Thanks guys

Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject:

Make sure that the airport that you wish to land at has ILS on the runway that you wish to use. They may have it on only one runway or none at all.

To check the ILS availability, frequency and heading click on the map icon on the panel. Find your airport, zoom-in and double click on the airport. This will bring up a list of all radio frequencies for that airport. Scroll down near the bottom where the runways are listed and you'll see the ILS info for each runway. If none is listed for a particular runway, no ILS approach is available for that runway.

Another way to find this info is using the GPS. If you have filed an IFR flight plan, hit the <PROC> button and scroll down to the <Select Approach> option. You will then see a list of available approaches. Again, if no ILS approach is listed, none is available.

If no IFR flight plan, hit <NRST> button on the GPS and find your airport and access the airport info that way.

I hope this helps.

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:09 pm Post subject:

I did IFR And it never gets me straight to the runway i always have to turn off autopilot just to land !! Mad

so i need to know what approach do i use to land straight on the runway???????

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:12 pm Post subject:

all you have to do to get a perfect landing is get the rwy heading and put it in the course box and also get the rwy frequency and put that in your NAV1 radio. then when your about 15Nm from the rwy, press APR and it will guide you there. Turn off autopilot just before you land so you can pull up and get a nice soft landing Very Happy

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:46 pm Post subject:

ok but how do i get the get the rwy frequency ??

And im like 26 miles away form the run way and then the get me way out of range to land??? and they dont help me get even with the runway!!

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject:

You can get the ILS frequency from the GPS or the Map.

The Learning Center includes all of that info.