Approach Guides

99jolegg · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:42 pm Post subject: **Approach Guides**

New and improved version, moved:

http://www.flightsimulationforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=566

Thanks,

Jon
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RadarMan · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:52 pm Post subject:

I must applaud Clap

the excellent job of gathering the information and the easy to read layout (with links) that 99jolegg did for us.
I know that it will be shown to posters that have any questions about "approaches" and related subjects.
Thank you Chief Captain!

Radar

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Agus0404 · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:09 am Post subject:

Wonderful work, Jon Exclamation

This should be a Sticky so everyone with problems can read this link and solve their problems.

Clap

I also thank you for this great job!
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crosscheck9 · Guest

Very Well put together. Amazing work. Thank you very muh. Laughing

Jared · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 3:05 pm Post subject:

Excellent job Jon. Now maybe when people have problems with their approaches, they will see this first.

verygom · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:06 pm Post subject:

Wonderful - the more I look the more I learn Very Happy

My "flying manual" gets thicker every time I enter the forums Very Happy

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Michael_H · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:07 pm Post subject:

Very nice work Jolegg, thank you for posting that... Clapping

gazpode_l · Guest

excellent! Very Happy

I've wondered for ages what tha procedure thingie does on the gps sat nav system! Will give it "a bash" later Wink

regards
gary

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SteveT · Chief Captain Joined: Feb 27, 2005 Posts: 1535

Amazing! I like a guy who puts alot of effort to put together a series of instructions for all of us here at Flyaway. I think that I speak on be-half the entire Flyaway community that this is a really thought - through and detailed piece of writing that should all help us with our approaches. - otherwise we'll crash and burn!! Thumbs Up!

SteveT · Chief Captain Joined: Feb 27, 2005 Posts: 1535

Yr da best radarman!

RadarMan · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:08 pm Post subject:

Agus0404 · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:07 pm Post subject:

Actually, he wrote this post, but didn't write all this by himself.

The first guide is mine. The second one is FEM's guide, and the third one is his guide.
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Fire_Emblem_Master · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:13 pm Post subject:

Yes...I suppose it was too difficult to ask for permission from Agus to use the guide, being that he went to me for permission to use my guide in his own guide, but hey, you gotta get popular any way you can right?

Agus0404 · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:17 pm Post subject:

Guest · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:51 pm Post subject: What am I doing wrong?

Hello,

I am here to ask some help. I am trying to learn more about flying and have been using the training in FS 2004, although he is not very patient! I try to follow his instructions, but, I gues maybe I over correct over and over and fail.

Anyway, I have used the GPS to fly the approach a few times but, it just "flies the approach" and then keeps flying! What I would like to see is an "auto land" if that is possible. I have read here about letting the GPS fly the legs and then switching to NAV mode from GPS, but, I seem to be missing something here.

What I have been doing is to take off from KCPS, climb to about 3000 to 3500 feet, and fly for several minutes. I try to make turns that will take me to around 20 miles out or so. Then, I go to the GPS, pull up KSTL, and then choose an approach such as ILS 30R, and then under Activate approach, I choose the point MOODS. At this point, I also program NAV 1 radio with the ILS frequency of the runway I have decided to land on. The other choice is Vectors, but, I don't really know what that does. I am doing this approach w/o ATC just to give myself one less thing less to worry about.

I seem to keep failing during the flying of the approach. What I just tried caused me to fly very low once lined up with the runway, so that the VASI was all red. I then turned off the autopilot, took over, and tried to keep the VASI red over white until I reached the runway threshold. Once I was lined up with the runway, I reached down on the panel and changed it from GPS to NAV. This is when I dropped too low. Am I switching the panel switch at the wrong time?

The aircraft I have been using for this practice is the Beechcraft Baron 58. Any help to get this plane to land itself is greatly appreciated. From what I have read here is that the autopilot should fly the approach and then lock onto the localizer and fly the glideslope down to the runway. Am I right about this, or totally off base?

Thanks in advance!

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