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ILS approaching help
Get a copy of the correct approach plate for the correct airport and
correct runway and print it out. If it's a FS mission, you can print the plate out from the briefing area if they show one. Otherwise you can get them free on the web at: http://www.naco.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/d_tpp At the top of this chart (plate) note the ILS localizer frequency and set it into your #1 Nav spot. This is the "localizer" frequency and starts with the letter i in the identifier shown, like I-ORD for Chicago ILS 14right runway. Look at the lower part of the chart showing the profile. An ILS has a sloping glide path to the airport. At the top of the path approximately 4 to 5 miles from the airport, shows an initial altitude to intercept. (some man not have this level section) You need to get your aircraft at this altitude and be about 6 to 8 miles from the airport pointed toward the airport at the final course angle as noted on this chart. If it's an ILS 23, you'll be headed on a course of 230 degrees. That course should take you to the runway. You basically keep the two crosshairs centered on the Nav1 display. If you do it will take you right down to the touchdown zone of the airport. I would recommend also loading this approach in the GPS, then it will draw a line and you can see the point roughly 5 miles from the airport where you need to intercept both the glide slope and the localizer. The localizer will show as the vertical needle on the Nav1 and the glideslope is either a horizontal needle or and little star that moves up and down, center being the position you want to hold as you descend down the glide slope. Lastly, you could set the frequency in on the ground and take off flying the approach backward trying to keep the two needles centered. At 6 or 7 miles out, save the flight, then practice turning around and flying it back in. The map mode in FS can also show you where you are on the approach path. ... aKiley |
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ILS approaching help
akiley writes:
The map mode in FS can also show you where you are on the approach path. Also, if you click on the airport on the map, you can pick up all the ILS frequencies for the various runways. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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ILS approaching help
akiley wrote:
you can see the point roughly 5 miles from the airport where you need to intercept both the glide slope and the localizer. Normal procedure IRL is to intercept the localizer long before you intercept the GS. You should be ON the localizer and BELOW the GS when GS intercept occurs. |
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