LOC tracking poor

[LordWalrus]

Hello, I've been doing many flights in the MD80 and it's truly amazing. However, whenever I try to capture the localizer, the plane almost always overshoots. G/S tracking works just fine though. I wonder if I'm either too fast or the plane is just slow to react. I'm normally on final at 180 knots with slats full. If anyone has any advice on how to manage the approach, it would be much appreciated. I've attached an image of the tracking.

Kind regards,

Mason

LOC tracking image

 

 

 

[exeodus]

180 knots is too fast, should be somewhere closer to 140, and you will want to capture the LOC at an angle, not straight onto the runway.

[Egbert Drenth]

On 3/22/2018 at 4:09 AM, LordWalrus said:

However, whenever I try to capture the localizer, the plane almost always overshoots

I would say: Like the real one.
I have about 10 hours in a real Level-D MD82 simulator and also there the aircraft has a tendency to overshoot.
This happens also with other types of aircraft. Sometimes FSX/P3D/XP is better in doing the job then the real ones.

I also capture the localizer at about 180kts but not at a big angle ( <20 ), when intercepting the GS at 160kts