So best-bet is to print out the ILS freq. pages. I. Need. A. Printer.

Nah, you don't need a printer, you just go to the map in FS, double click on the airport you want to land at, look at the ILS freq and heading for the runway, and then put them into the windows on the nav radio and MCP course. Al

Don't worry about what is written too much until you get more familiar with the aircraft, but I'm writing it now anyway so that you can keep an eye out for these things as you teach yourself: One of the things that I see over and over in your posts (and this is a common human problem - it's not just you) is you keep asking what the "correct" way to do things is. As someone else mentioned here, there are often several ways to do things in any aircraft. Too often people get this idea that aviation runs the same way, every time, and there's no variation because we have huge books of regulations and SOPs and so on. How you adjust your altitude, speed, heading, fuel consumption and so on is all up to you, and based on what you think is best for the situation. This is why the autopilot has so many different modes, and not just one called "follow the line from A to B." Learn about what each one does, and you'll be better able to fly the aircraft, because you'll know which one to use in whatever situation may present itself. All too often, when I teach a class I hear "well I was taught to do it like this, and that person told me that was the only right way!"While what they said is one way, it's not necessarily the only right way. Consider the following:KIAD 021852Z 31010KT 10SM SCT030 OVC036 09/04 A2989orDulles Airport's weather for the second day of the month at 1452 local time (EST) shows the wind from the northwest at 13 miles per hour, visibility is 10 miles, with clouds at 3000 feet and 3600 feet. The temperature is 48 and the pressure is slightly lower than normal. Which way is correct?Both answer a possible question about the weather, but one is better for a pilot, the other is better for my mother. The right way is all dependent on the situation.

thanks Kyle. Is that a METER you put up there?

You're welcome, and yes. I cut some of it out, but you nailed it: it's part of a METAR report.

Wow. Let me see if I got this right. You use the Dep and Arrivals page to program WHAT to do when you get there, then the fix part to put in the actual route? I'm confused. I've watched this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McMPsDrl5G4#1:20 and it sorta is like I said. Another question. How are you supposed to set up a arrival (approach) yet if you don't know which runway the ATC will assign you?

Wow. Let me see if I got this right. You use the Dep and Arrivals page to program WHAT to do when you get there, then the fix part to put in the actual route? I'm confused. I've watched this:http://www.youtube.c...cMPsDrl5G4#1:20 and it sorta is like I said. Another question. How are you supposed to set up a arrival (approach) yet if you don't know which runway the ATC will assign you?

I use the site plane-mad.com. It tells you what runways have a headwind at your chosen airport (under airport weather tab). Most of the time, these will be the active ones in FSX. Of course, sometimes the active runway in FSX is different, so what I do is choose the expected runway based on plane-mad.com, and then when I get close enough to be able to tune in to the FSX ATIS for the airport, I either confirm I have chosen the correct runway, or I choose the correct runway and re-brief the approach. Of course, if you fly on Vatsim or Ivao, they will probably tell you with enough time.

That for me is the most confusing part. Anyhow, who is this "whiteape992" guy that commented on my KSAT-KAUS video???

Linux I think you're trying to bite off more than you can chew. I would really start small with lessons in FSX, get a basic idea of how things work. You can get the ILS freq and course heading in the approach ref page in the FMC in the NGX after you set up a runway and approach. You can check winds at the destination airport and guessimate which runways will be in use when you get there. When you PROPERLY set up a route, SID and STAR, you should be all set to fly vnav/lnav right up to the final approach fix, then from there switch to ILS (VOR/LOC). When you see a VECTOR on the legs page, just press the line select key next to the NEXT fix under the vector, and then input it over the VECTOR, ie: ORWVECTORPVD You would press the button next to PVD, and that will "copy" the PVD into the scratchpad, you then press the button next to the VECTOR... doing this will put PVD over the vector then you will get: ORWPVD

ahhh thanks bogey. So I'm guessing that it conpletely replaces vector, so you dont have to wait for the atc (which there isint any)

I've seen a quote on one of the video preview on YouTube for AoA. (Angle of Attack), "So you expect people to spend $70 on the plane and $80 to learn how to use the plane? You must be joking." -LuckyBambooExpert That's how I feel. I understand I may not get the best out of the .pdf tutorials, but I will survive.

Don't forget that your average ATPL or MPL holder aka real world commercial pilot will also need a type rating to be able to fly one of these aircraft types, after the fact they have spent numerous thousands of their respective currency units on training for their licences. See the training money spent as your type rating. You cannot expect to take on an advanced addon such ad the NGX and be able to kick the tyres and light the fires without having done some ground work. If you feel you cannot cope with the workload, there are other addons out there that don't take it to this level, but are not as realistic in the long term. Invest the time now and you will have hours, let me rephrase that, hundreds of hours of fun, challenges, rewards, and knowledge of the real world aircraft, since the manuals supplied here are effectively the real world items. Andrew

ahhh thanks bogey. So I'm guessing that it conpletely replaces vector, so you dont have to wait for the atc (which there isint any)

HelloThat part about deleting the Vector is part of the 1st tutorial, which you have read by now ?

When you PROPERLY set up a route, SID and STAR, you should be all set to fly vnav/lnav right up to the final approach fix, then from there switch to ILS (VOR/LOC).

That's not entirely correct, although it's a very common sim-ism. There are several airports that do not have approaches that dump you onto an IAF. IAD, DCA and BWI are three major examples, and you're likely to find more. Another thing very few people know is that there are some procedures that are published but not used (all of the departures out of DCA, and the STOIC out of IAD, as examples) because the control facilities don't find them effective, or able to help their traffic flow. Because of this, you'll see areas that have more or less of what you describe. Here at the Potomac TRACON, you don't see any examples of STARs dumping flights onto IAFs because the local ideology is one of more human control, in order to deal with the varying levels and types of traffic. Even if you have a STAR that dumps you onto the IAF, you still need to be cleared for the approach (obviously not an issue if you're flying in the sim, without ATC).

Yeah well generally speaking - for the most part it'll get you there when you're flying with no atc.

HelloThat part about deleting the Vector is part of the 1st tutorial, which you have read by now ?

Yes but it is specific to the EGKK to EHAM route, which is not a flight I'll do most often...

Yes but it is specific to the EGKK to EHAM route, which is not a flight I'll do most often...

HelloBut how to delete the vector waypoint and why you may want to will apply to whatever route where this is included in the navdata