AutopilotIt sounds like your fuel weight is too high. A 737 with full fuel tanks will likely crash if you are flying at 160kts.Reduce the fuel load to 20% or even less than that and the 737 should easily be able to fly the approach at 160kts and land at around 130kts.

Try following the Aviator 90 tutorial at www.flyaoamedia.com

Alan, I just missed these posts yesterday, thanks. Deleted. Guys who posted - AliB, Sawyer - don't do that.

Given that you dont want to get yourself a yoke (although I really recommend getting it), here are some very basic tips from me:1. the 737-800 and -900 are not that easy to slow down. The 6 and 700 are much easier in this regard. As you turn and line up for final approach, try to be at minimum 3000 ft, preferably 4000 feet so you have more wiggle room for errors and other adjustments. Slow down early!2. Get as much of your configuration done as early as possible, and before you start your final descent.3. Before decending from cruise altitude, set your autobrakes, and go into your FMC and calculate v speeds for approach.4. Plan so that you can fly straight and level on 4000 feet to slow down to 180 knots (when you get more proficient you can start your final descent with a higher speed - winds allowing).5. Be fully configured 2000 feet AGL (above the runway). Flaps 30 or 40, gear down, VAPP speed, spoilers armed, autopilot off - and FLY the aircraft towards the runway. You dont want to be pushing alot of buttons and configuring your aircraft on short final. In the real world the SOP states that the aircraft shall be fully configured for landing at least a 1000 feet above the threshold.You should practice your landing techniques with ILS guidance. When you master this you should practice pure visual approach. At least that is my opinion.

You should practice your landing techniques with ILS guidance. When you master this you should practice pure visual approach. At least that is my opinion.

Agreed: When you know what the view out of the window looks like on an automatic approach, you will more easily be able to duplicate it when flying manually, although you can of course watch many of the real landing cockpit view videos on youtube to see what it should look like.Al

Everyone:This guy has posted various topics requesting of us to help (learn) him to fly a Boeing without prior knowledge of anything (and without a wish to learn). I suggest you stop feeding him. It's no use. Just look at his topics...One thing I can't abide, that's lazyness.And I agree with everyone: Flight is for you. But as you just want to fly a 737-800, I guess you are doomed anyhow.I'll repeat what someone above said: can't run before you walk.If this continues in the same manner (no, you are not learning aviation, you are making us learn you aviation), I think I'll start locking your topics, due to clogging with the useless content.

Sorry man for -1 first and it'll not effect you. I know you are expert in aviation and moderator. Still I would say please come on and use a good language. I'm sorry to say some harsh words for you. I know if my weak memory works that you had some surgery etc.. So by taking some Antibiotics for wound healing, a man gets too much problem. Sorry again Mr. Moderator and I hope you'll recover soon.

I don't know what the OP's native language is, but whatever it is, I'm sure his command of written English is better than my command of writing would be in his native language. Just think about that before you make fun of someone guys.Al

Thanks for your kind words. You're so respectable. My native language isn't English.

Agreed. Being irritated by repeated "sophomoric" questions is one thing. Blatantly making fun at someone who obviously doesn't have a strong grasp of your language is another. The fellow could be 75 or 12 years old; we never know.

lol I'm exactly 26 years old but why are you asking this?

Its not possible to really fly FSX with mouse too well, I mean at same time you need to do other things like pulling switches and such, which you cant do when using mouse for moving yoke. And keyboard is just horrible, after years of flying FSX I cant fly it properly with mouse/keyboard.Simply, just first fly your plane to 2000 feet, then align with runway before ILS marking in map starts, and then descend & follow lights on the side of the runway start so that you have two white two red lights.Also before landing try, from fsx menu go to aircraft ,fuel and payload, and put your fuel down to 20% in every tank to get plane lighter and easier to land. Also you should put some amount of trim, but I use joystick buttons for that so I cant remember how you can do that by other than using mouse to move trim wheel.If you still cant land, its just lack of experience and practice. There is no magic tricks which would make you land it perfectly, no matter how many instructions we give you, if you lack all experience and basic feeling how plane performs you still cant do it.Really, if you want to fly with mouse/keyboard then you should just indeed go to Microsoft Flight. FSX is not for that really... And practice is essential, if you had spent all this time writing these topics practicing yourself you would probably be way ahead now. Myself when I was new I never asked for help about how to fly, I just did very many landings and takeoffs and learnt how plane performs myself.

First dude of the thread who has given me some hope. Thanks man. I would try this too.OK Dudes! I'm sorry to write too many threads on one topic. I also ashamed of myself and do apologise. But please tell me any (well written and easy) site/materiel where can I download all aviation topics to exactly know what is it. I'll print those page and try to pay attention to them. For example for beginners, then for advance people etc...Regards,

OK Dudes! I'm sorry to write too many threads on one topic. I also ashamed of myself and do apologise.

There is no need to apologise for simply being curious and enquiring about stuff, you are welcome to ask questions about all these things, it is what Avsim is for! Just try to keep threads on the same subject to a minimum. I'm sure nobody would wish you to stop posting and learning stuff, and most people here will be happy to help you learn all this stuff properly. And if anyone writes any mean comments about you or is unhelpful, just ignore them, a forum moderator will delete any such comments. Never apologise for wanting to learn stuff, it's a good thing!Here are some useful links to things, some of these are complicated where the info they offer is concerned, but if you have the time to read them, you will learn a lot, but first, watch these two videos, copy them and you will be fine. In particular, notice how the aircraft is gradually slowed down, with the flaps being added in several stages as the aircraft slows down, use the pause key in FSX and follow along with it, and it will be easy:Video tutorials for an ILS 737 landing:

Basic aircraft info:http://www.wingsover...icle.asp?id=256http://www.eaa52.org/flightfacts.htmlExplanations of cockpit instruments and how to use them:http://www.faa.gov/l...Section%20I.pdfDetailed info on the 737:http://www.smartcock...ne/boeing/B737/http://www.b737.org.uk/Al

I flew the NGX many times with keyboard+mouse :D. Mouse-yoke is pretty good actually once you get used to it. Way more accurate than the old joystick. If only I had 2 mice 1 for switches 1 for yoke :(

I would very strongly recommend you to fly the lessions that are built into FSX. There's an instructor telling you what to do at the various stages. He will teach you the basics of flying.

lol I'm exactly 26 years old but why are you asking this?

I wasn't asking. I was defending you. Lost in translation!

There is no need to apologise for simply being curious and enquiring about stuff, you are welcome to ask questions about all these things, it is what Avsim is for! Just try to keep threads on the same subject to a minimum. I'm sure nobody would wish you to stop posting and learning stuff, and most people here will be happy to help you learn all this stuff properly. And if anyone writes any mean comments about you or is unhelpful, just ignore them, a forum moderator will delete any such comments. Never apologise for wanting to learn stuff, it's a good thing!

 

Here are some useful links to things, some of these are complicated where the info they offer is concerned, but if you have the time to read them, you will learn a lot, but first, watch these two videos, copy them and you will be fine. In particular, notice how the aircraft is gradually slowed down, with the flaps being added in several stages as the aircraft slows down, use the pause key in FSX and follow along with it, and it will be easy:

 

Video tutorials for an ILS 737 landing:

 

 

 

Basic aircraft info:

 

http://www.wingsover...icle.asp?id=256

 

http://www.eaa52.org/flightfacts.html

 

Explanations of cockpit instruments and how to use them:

 

http://www.faa.gov/l...Section%20I.pdf

 

Detailed info on the 737:

 

http://www.smartcock...ne/boeing/B737/

 

http://www.b737.org.uk/

 

Al

 

Thanks man these are greatest videos plus resources and I'll fully try to learn from all these.