![]() Also in FSX, I don't recall the Garmin 1000 having the same features. I remember in FSX, the "old" GPS system (can't remember what it was called) had a convenient way you could bring up all the ILS frequencies of a given airport, and I remember I would go in there once I got my approach approved. I've kinda had this problem since FSX but made do, but in the new one I can't figure out how to find a given runway's ILS frequency. So at this point you really need to spend some time with the basic lessons in your sim.Hello all. You still need to start with some of the basics, such as straight and level flight, turns, climbs and descents, plus traffic pattern, finding the runway, speed changes and landing, to oversimplify it a bit, and that does take a fair chunk of time and effort.Īnd you didn't even indicate which aircraft you're trying to use, which also makes a difference since different aircraft have different handling characteristics and different systems - not a one-size-fits-all. Having said all that, there are many ways to do things in the sim that take a lot more knowledge and skill in the real world, but it's still not a 10 minute instant pilot rating. So it is possible to get through that much, typically, in about 100 hours of flying and many, many, many hours of ground study, and at that point you're just barely qualified to do some of the least demanding instrument flying. ![]() Then there is another bare MINIMUM of 40 hours of flight training and an even more difficult ground school in order to get an instrument rating. There is a reason why it requires a bare minimum, legally, of 40 hours (in the air) of flight training, plus a considerable amount of time and effort for ground school JUST FOR THE PRIVATE TICKET. So use those lessons to learn the basics. So let's go back to what Nels said: "If you don't know the basics, maybe you shouldn't skip ahead like this." "Using an autopilot and doing an ILS approach are considered advanced flying skills." "Most of the sims have lessons built right in." ![]() Instead, you get it just above the runway at the proper airspeed and, with much reduced power, try to keep it off of the ground. Then you have to do some hand flying for takeoff, engage the autopilot in the proper mode to take you to O'Hare, then finish raio setup for the ILS approach, then manually fly the airplane for the last little bit of the approach and land the aircraft.Īnd just as another hint, you DON'T land an airplane by forcing it on the ground. And don't expect auto-takeoff or autoland, since it won't do that.įirst, you need to set up the avionics (radios, etc.) for your specific situation, which requires some understanding of radio navigation and aircraft systems. I want to be able to land in chigaco ahaire by just clicking full throat and when approachin the strip only lower the speed. My plane is sitting in migs field in chicago facing north. #Actually it's the first digit AFTER the decimal point that must be even. ![]() * Actually it's the first digit AFTER the decimal point that must be odd. You can get a tremendous amount of information about this and other subjects from the FAA web site: faa.gov but there are instrument flying lessons built in to the sim and Wikipedia is also a wonderful resource, whether you are looking up NDB or aileron or stringer. Above that (118.0 to 136.95 MHz) is for radio communications with ATC, Unicom, air-to-air and more. Localizer signals are on 40 odd-numbered * navigation frequencies between 108.10 MHz and 111.95 MHz, while VORs are on the even-numbered frequencies # in that range AND ALSO on all the other frequencies up through 117.95 MHz. Among other things, they are sensitivity settings, so that APP mode is four times as sensitive as the NAV mode - after all, you're generally closer and tolerances of being on course are tighter - so basically NAV is used for enroute (VORs) and APP is used for instrument approaches, especially the localizer approaches and ILS approaches. The NAV and APP modes are modes, or methods of operations, not frequencies.
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