Hi Happy,I do hope you will end up with a full copy of Flightsim! You will be able to reallyexplore your interest in aviation that way. Amazon.com will sell you a copy for less than $20.

Lots of learning going on here! Good stuff...Just wanted to share on this:"I've not joy stick, it's little expansive for me. So I want an autopilot should take-off my plane. So what Altitude and Speed I should give to autopilot on start, so that I would be able to take-off the plane in a very good and smooth way. "As a developer I'm constantly going in and out of the sim, between testing and programming, etc. I don't use a yoke/stick either (most of the time). My goals when flying this way are strictly testing, but in order to test certain things I need to do a takeoff/landing flight profile instead of just slewing around. Here's how I do it in 737 for example:Set autothrottle speed to 250 knots. Set the airplane up entirely before takeoff of course, including the autopilot, flaps, etc. Cruise altitude should be set (or your assigned altitude) for the AP with a mellow accent rate i.e. 2000fpm. Set brakes. Now engage the autothrottle, let things spool up to full AT commanded power before releasing the brakes. Use the keyboard rudder now to keep her steering straight. At about 100 knots engage the AP CMD and altitude hold. The AP will start feeding in trim and will get the bird airborne somewhere around v2. Once airborne gear up and engage GPS NAV tracking, raise the flaps, proceed on AP.This certainly isn't a realistic way to perform a takeoff, but it works and is fairly smooth. For me it really beats spending 15 minutes connecting my yoke and pedals when I just need to do a simple climbout test :)

For me it really beats spending 15 minutes connecting my yoke and pedals when I just need to do a simple climbout test :)

15 minutes...??? It costs me exactly one second to attach my joystick and I am ready to fly... Wouldn't it be a simple and great idea to buy a 30 dollar joystick for testing purposes...?

Well when you have 3 computers, 3 keyboards and 5 monitors on your desk there isn't much room for even a joystick, yet I have many of them, and even use one every once and a while! Besides when I'm testing I'm usually doing it on at least 2 FS computers at once, its just easier to hit the AT and AP buttons from a saved flight when looking for certain parameters during climbout (i.e. 1000-5000ft)! On 2 computers I can run several tests this way in minimal time. Actually most testing is done via slew.... But there is the occasion that I do find the time to break out the realistic controls, and when I'm doing real simming like that I do everything as realistic as possible. Those aren't test flights :)

Well when you have 3 computers, 3 keyboards and 5 monitors on your desk there isn't much room for even a joystick, yet I have many of them, and even use one every once and a while! Besides when I'm testing I'm usually doing it on at least 2 FS computers at once, its just easier to hit the AT and AP buttons from a saved flight when looking for certain parameters during climbout (i.e. 1000-5000ft)! On 2 computers I can run several tests this way in minimal time. Actually most testing is done via slew.... But there is the occasion that I do find the time to break out the realistic controls, and when I'm doing real simming like that I do everything as realistic as possible. Those aren't test flights :)

Damian,you have just thrown out the theory that men cannot multi-task.

Hello, Bert!Oops! problem again. I can land a plane through mouse well and I'm happy about this. Problem is that many people say that airplane should be on 1000 FT Altitude and its Speed approx. should be 100 Knots while touching runway.Now I don't know how I can sudden descend to 0 FT Altitude from 1000 FT? When I observe that Runway is in front of me and I should touch down then how can I descend from 1000 FT to 0 FT? Is there any method that gradually descend Airplane without Autopilot?Second is very related to above question that from how much distance away from Runway, I should decrease my Altitude to 1000 FT? Suppose I'm going to 2000 FT or ahead.Last is that I touch the runway very well but plane's front wheels also touch with back wheels immediately and airplane easily land and stops on Runway but I want a default procedure which is, first behind wheels get touch down and after going little ahead, front wheel also touch to the runway. So how can I do this procedure?I usually land a plane like this: When I see that runway has come near me and I can see it then I turn off Autopilot and make throttle to 0 and do nothing with flaps (means they are also 0) and switch back to NAV from GPS and then make Mouse as Yoke and then by my own approximation, by going down and going ahead and the again by down and ahead, I just touch the airplane at the runway and then put Brakes. lol I think this is not good method and you please tell me what I should do?You've learnt me a lot here. You learnt me everything about airplane like, how to go to / line up with the exact routes and reaching destination runway exactly. Thanks again for this. But please solve my final approach, touch down and well landing problem.Best Regards,Happy

Hi Happy,If you can land your CRJ airplane with zero engine and zero flaps, you are doing it the hard way every time!The throttle is the most important control during the descent!The proper way would be to slow down the airplane, say to 125 knots (if we are talking about the CRJ) with gear downand one stage of flaps. Use throttle, elevator back pressure and trim to maintain a 500 ft/min descent rate.Then at 500 feet above ground, go to full flaps which will slow the plane down further and add throttle if needed, to maintain a safe flying speed of at least 100 knots. You will find yourself in a nose high position as you land.Then cut the throttle and the nose will come down.

Hello, Bert!You say, use throttle, elevator back pressure and trim to maintain a 500 ft/min descent rate. It's ok but when I've to do this? I mean how far away from runway I have to do this so that airplane should land on Runway on right place and time? I mean it can go over the runway or land before runway in sea too.Second, can you show me by image, how to maintain 500 ft/min descent rate? As you showed me in previous post how to switch from NAV to GPS?Thanks,

OK, in real life, the pilots will calculate a Top of Descent (TOD) point at which they will start the descent.You may have to experiment, but if you are flying at 10000 feet and need to descend at 500 feet per minute to sea level,it would take 20 minutes. If you are descending at 1000 ft/min which bigger planes would do, it would take10 minutes.You can use the autopilot on the CRJ to descend. If you are flying in ALT hold mode, set the ALT knob to 500 feetand use the thumb wheel on the right of the autopilot (UP/DN) to set the Vertical speed indicator on the main Flight Displayto 500-1000 ft/min descent. The airplane will then descend at the commanded rate. Use throttle, gear and flaps to slow down.

Bert I think you've forgotten Distance in TOD. Suppose, I'm going on a specific top height but I don't know how far away the runway is then how much descent will I set?You say:

You may have to experiment, but if you are flying at 10000 feet and need to descend at 500 feet per minute to sea level, it would take 20 minutes

But if I start descent airplane at 10000 ft by 500ft/min then I think I should know that plane will land in 20 minutes. If plane takes 15 or 30 minutes (according to distance) then it can land before or after runway or somewhere else. What's the actual theory? I think here, I must know how far away am I from runway? Means Distance. I should know that this specific distance is remaining to reach runway and if I set TOD at specific feet/minute then my plane would easily land on the right place of runway.So what do you think about Time and Distance?Regards,

You are entirely correct. Most larger aircraft have flight management systems that will calculatethis for the pilot. If an airport has a navigational beacon with distance measuring capability (DME)you can use this information to calculate the time/distance info. Nowadays, most pilots have a GPSunit in the panel or a portable GPS that will give them the same information.Failing all that, you have to do it the old fashioned way, by calculating your position on a paper chart..an art called "Pilotage".From a practical perspective, you would start your descent a few minutes early, stabilize your altitude and speedat roughly 2000 feet above ground and wait until the ILS system tells the autopilot to descend the glideslopeor you can visually tell that it is time..

Hello, Bert!I can now land a plane easily by using Mouse as Yoke, so I think I should leave TOD. When I'll buy the full version I use frequency to land. Now after landing I press Brakes (.) and speed reduces sudden and airplane gets stop but after releasing Brakes ( I mean leaving . button), plane starts to go again and it's speed sudden reaches 100 or ahead. So how can I fully stop the plane on runway?Now when I see on GPS that distance is just 6nm away from Runway then I close Autopilot and use Mouse as Yoke and on 100FT Altitude + 150Knot Speed and land the plane. Is this right Altitude and Speed to land or I should decrease the Speed? What do you recommend?Last is that how is your job and business going? How is your family? I hope they'll be pretty fine.Regards,Happy.

CTRL+(.) should turn on the parking brake.Also make sure your throttle is at zero (F1).All is well here, wish the same for you and your family!

Hello, Bert!I hope you'll be pretty well.I now can land a CRJ 700 easily but not with full accuracy. Can you tell me what should be the Altitude, Speed and Flaps when Airplane is 10nm Distance away from Landing Runway? and what's same for 20nm Distance. I'm still flying CRJ 700. Also at how much Distance away from Runway we should make throttle Zero?Regards,Happy.

Download this guide: www.deltava.org/library/CRJ-200%20Manual.pdfit has everything you are looking for! Throttle zero typically is after you cross the runway threshold, but if you are flying too fast, you can reduce the throttle to zero in the descent, until you reach your approach speed of about 125-150 knots..Also, key "CRJ descent checklist" into Google and download some more real world guides!