Graham said:
I use flight planner and ATC and set a route to a major airport with ILS
avaliability and fly IFR and everything works fine. When closing in on
destination with ILS landing instructions, there is no ILS indication on my
flight deck and landings have to be made visually. Why is there no ILS on my
panel. the hatch remains crossed. Any assistance would be much appreciated.
Graham.
NAV 1 radio must be tuned to the proper frequency. Activate NAV channel
on radio stack's audio section to determine if the ILS/localizer's ID
code is being received. While the panel is open activate the MKR
channel. You can use the simulator's map function to determine the
localizer or ILS frequency AND course by clicking on the airport or the
localizer "feather" icon. In some cases the localizer/ILS course will
NOT match the runway heading in order to keep descending aircraft clear
of things like terain, approaches for other runways or restricted
airspace. You may need to briefly use autopilot heading hold while you
change frequencies and OBI/HSI course setting.
NAV/GPS selector must be in NAV position.
Reccomend setting OBI or HSI course to localizer/ILS course. With HSI
you may have to make course setting on the autopilot panel (autopilot
panel is along windscreen edge on some models).
Must be within 2 1/2° of localizer centerline. Reccomend use of heading
hold or manual control to restrict localizer intercept to angle less
than 10° (Example: If localizer course is 180° intercept with flight
direction between 170° and 190°) while below glideslope.
Most autopilots aren't designed to fly all the way to touchdown. You
should be flying manually by the time your aircraft reaches the near end
of the runway. You will usually need to deactivate any autothrottle
function the autopilot features by that time. Autobrake and autospoiler
are good ways to reduce your landing workload when the planes feature them.
Note that many medium to large aircraft aren't designed to land with
full or nearly full fuel tanks. Excess fuel will result in high angle of
attack during descent, a need for higher than normal descent airspeed
and / or a long rollout attempting to reach a reasonable taxi speed.
