Heavy landing 777

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 at 14:30:45 in message
, Darkwing
wrote:

"Jose" wrote in message
. ..
BTW: In case anyone has any fantacies of
being able to land a 777 by pushing an 'autoland button', an 'auto
land' is actually much more difficult than just hand flying.

So, how =do= you do an autoland?

Quickly:
Arm the spoilers
Set the auto brake as desired
Check the PFD shows the correct ILS frequency and ident.
Select 'approach' when flying to intercept the localiser
Check that all three ( for a 747-400) autopilots have engaged
Check that Localiser and Glide slope are armed.

Get the flaps and speed correct using autothrust.
Monitor the engagement of Localiser and Glide slope
Monitor the approach.

That's pretty much it.
[Snip]

Yes and can it be preformed on MS FS9?

Yes especially using the new PMDG 747-400 Queen of the skies. All the
actions above (and more) work. This is very comprehensive model of the
747-400.
--
David CL Francis

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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 at 14:30:45 in message
, Darkwing
wrote:

"Jose" wrote in message
. ..
BTW: In case anyone has any fantacies of
being able to land a 777 by pushing an 'autoland button', an 'auto
land' is actually much more difficult than just hand flying.

So, how =do= you do an autoland?

Quickly:
Arm the spoilers
Set the auto brake as desired
Check the PFD shows the correct ILS frequency and ident.
Select 'approach' when flying to intercept the localiser
Check that all three ( for a 747-400) autopilots have engaged
Check that Localiser and Glide slope are armed.

Get the flaps and speed correct using autothrust.
Monitor the engagement of Localiser and Glide slope
Monitor the approach.

That's pretty much it.
[Snip]

David, is it true that all widebody a/c are autolanded (in gen)?

--
Duncan

On Sat, 24 Dec 2005 at 12:39:26 in message
, Dave Doe
wrote:

David, is it true that all widebody a/c are autolanded (in gen)?

I am not in a position to know that. All I can say is that I was on an
A320 flight into Gatwick where the Captain announced that the aircraft
had just completed an automatic landing.

I was also once lucky enough to be present on the flight deck of a
747-400 as it flew into Kennedy. That was definitely a manual landing! A
good one too and visibility was great.

My guess is that it is likely that pilots carry out their mandatory
occasional auto-lands but probably make manual landings more often. I
believe there are still a number of airports in use which do not have
auto-land capability. I doubt that auto-land can be set up for in
Madeira as from one direction the aircraft is not aligned with the
runway until about half a mile to the threshold. (At least that used to
be the case!)

For the up to date information we need a current Captain!
--
David CL Francis