Autoland!

[rfelger 71]

Greetings!'

 

I just completed my first CAT III Autoland with the NGX-800!

 

Completely flawless!!

 

 

This plane is simply the best product for FSX ive ever used!!

 

Thanks PMDG!!

[killkenny1 22]

Congrats.

Now you can autoland on any airfield which has ILS, CAT III or not (FSX doesn't bother between various ILS categories).

And yes, I agree, NGX is the best thing FSX has ever seen.

[Voj 0]

Is the autothrottle switch supposed to dis-engage when performing a cat3 ils ?

[harvester21 34]

Not sure if it should disengage.. in full autoland i believe it should just retard the throttles at the right time. Pilot Flying must still manually engage the reverse thrusters though.

[rsvit 16]

A/T retards at 27' RA and disconnect automatically 2 seconds after touchdown.

In RW it's possible to autoland with ILS CAT I. Just keep your hands on the yoke and be ready to have control.

[rfelger 71]

Congrats.

Now you can autoland on any airfield which has ILS, CAT III or not (FSX doesn't bother between various ILS categories).

And yes, I agree, NGX is the best thing FSX has ever seen.

 

Thanks! yes its good to know that any ILS in FSX is capable of doing the CAT3. Good times!

 

A/T retards at 27' RA and disconnect automatically 2 seconds after touchdown.

In RW it's possible to autoland with ILS CAT I. Just keep your hands on the yoke and be ready to have control.

 

Correct! All i had to do was apply reverse thrust!

[Fabo 213]

Rostyslav correct.

 

A CAT I ILS does not mean it can not provide for an autoland, just that it is not guaranteed to provide.

[aitrafficgroup 0]

After touchdown, disconnect autopilot and autothrottle, then apply reverse thrust.

 

Henry Lidster

[RomeoMike 10]

After almost a year of flying the NGX tried my first autoland yesterday. It was a perfect landing, passengers applauded.

 

Like Henry said, didn't touch anything until touchdown, disconnected autopilot and autothrottle, waited for the autobrakes to slow me down a little more and then applied manual braking until the runway exit.

 

Manual landing are much more fun though, IMO.

[Muley 3]

Congrats! I have been doing Autolands for a long time and i still find it amazing. I have just started doing manual landings after getting the Pro Flight Yoke from Saitek. I would say i can land nicely 3 or 4 times out of 10 the rest?............................................well just look the other way nothing to see here :)

[killkenny1 22]

Although I find it amusing to watch the plane land perfectly by herself too, nothing beats the feeling of disconnecting a/p around 2500' (depending on the weather condition) and then take her perfectly (or not :D) myself to the ground.

During autoland I don't disconnect a/t, when I put her into reverse thrust it disconnects automatically.

[trancesetter 5]

I love flying the NGX, but have now had a few times that with the AP approach option the plane comes flying in too high (few hundred feet), which makes me have to abort the landing and do a go-around. The funny bit is that with the PMDG 747 it works perfectly.

 

Apparently I'm doing something wrong, although I am sure I set the altimeter correctly, and I use the airport data from the CDU. Anyone have a guess what the problem could be?

[rfelger 71]

I love flying the NGX, but have now had a few times that with the AP approach option the plane comes flying in too high (few hundred feet), which makes me have to abort the landing and do a go-around. The funny bit is that with the PMDG 747 it works perfectly.

 

Apparently I'm doing something wrong, although I am sure I set the altimeter correctly, and I use the airport data from the CDU. Anyone have a guess what the problem could be?

 

 

Sounds like your ALT setting is off to me?

[trancesetter 5]

Sounds like your ALT setting is off to me?

Would be a possibility, but I've set my MCP altitude on 0 so that the aircraft can descent. And I picked all the info from the CDU regarding airport and runway. If that is not enough, which altitude do I have to change and where do I get the precise information from?

[Fabo 213]

You are obviously enough doing it wrong, what with MCP altitude at zero... Watch some videos on youtube....