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Hi,

A lot of airports aren't equipped with an ils runway and you have to manual land but is there a way to let the plane follow a glideslope and manual land the last couple hindered feet, or is there a way to bet close to the runway or line up with the runway and manual land the rest of the way


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The first of those would be an RNAV approach, the second would be a VOR, NDB, or LOC approach.


Daniel Miller

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Sometimes in this situation I will use a rnav approach. On the arrivals page when selecting a runway it will say if there are any rnav runways you can use. This should get you lined up pretty well. I was using it at tncm last night for practice landings where they don't have ils. I don't claim to be an expert though and I am still learning.  

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Hi,

Let's clarify a thing: autoland is permitted only in aiports equpped with an ILS (apart others requirement i.e. crew training etc) autoland on RNAV, NPA (non precision approaches, of any kind) or any kind of other approach is STRICTLY FORBIDDEN - NOT AUTHORIZED.Or , more simpler to understand: Autopilot is NOT certified to make these kinds of auto-approaches (in fact you can engage dual channel autopilots just for ILS autoland).

 

Best Regards

 

Andrea Buono

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And to add to Andrea's post, not all ILSs are created equal. The sim might allow auto land at all of them. Real life... not so much.

 

But Daniel is right. The RNAV is your next best bet. On a couple of random approaches I looked up, they get you down to a minimum of 500' above the airfield.*

 

Mike

 

* yes, I know the mins are given as AMSL. But for the purposes of the exercise, the example will do... ;-)

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not all ILSs are created equal

 

Common misconception, actually.

 

The equipment is predominantly all the same.  The backups, monitoring, clearances, and certification of the installation are what determine the CAT.  That might have been what you were getting at, in general, but I wanted to be sure people wouldn't mis-read what you'd written.

 

 

 

As an example, KBCB could easily throw a glideslope antenna in to make their LOC/DME an ILS, in theory, but the actual restrictive factor is the clearways around the runway.  No difference at all in the LOC array between an ILS and a straight LOC approach, or even the category of ILS.

 

Ever see the "[navaid] unmonitored when airport unattended," or "...ATCT closed?"

 

That's there because that's a critical factor in navaids.  Navaids are no good if they lead you astray.  Monitoring helps to prevent that, and the fault tolerances decrease (become more restrictive) as the CAT increases.

 

Same equipment, though...


Kyle Rodgers

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Often - but not neccessarilly.

 

Right...

 

The point that I keep trying to drive home, though, is that it's not like people sell the components at a single category.  It's the same thing as Boeing selling a 737.  It's sold as CAT-III capable.  Whether or not you choose to have the agency certify it to that level is up to you, but it's the same plane as the operator who only has it certed to CAT-I, and the other operator who has it certed to CAT-II.

 

People have this idea that there are fundamental differences between these arrays, and there really aren't.  In fact, most manufacturers have a selling point that the units are field-upgradeable to change CATs.  The same arrays can be certed anywhere from CAT-I to CAT-III.

 

...and the kicker?  The plane doesn't know the difference between any of the CATs.

 

 

 

 

...and I love how when people disagree with me, despite my provision of facts, I get a negative rating on my post.  Makes me feel a little like Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men...


Kyle Rodgers

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ok, ok.... Not all ILSs are certified equal.

 

Better? ;-)

 

I was using the theory that a little inaccuracy (which was still the truth, from a certain point of view) saves a whole lot of explaining. But since you explained it...

 

I can see the need for another disclaimer at the bottom of my posts.

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LPV (localizer performance with vertical guidance) approaches utilizing the Wide Area Augmentation System are designed to be used for CAT IIIC autolands in the future and are completely independent of any ground equipment. The measured accuracy of a WAAS GPS system is less than 1m vertically and horizontally if I'm not wrong. I know Flight1 simulates WAAS approaches in a few of their planes, but i dont think any of them have autoland.

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I've flown (okay, the Korean Captain flew) several CAT I autolands. The SOP was to have both A/P engaged, regardless of whether you were planning an autoland or CAT. I was more comfortable with landing the plane myself, so I usually only did autolands at the CA's request.


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