starflyah

Hah, I blew it up. Spent the past 3-4 hours (I don't know why it's that long) flying from Osaka Intl to Haneda Intl in Japan as a test flight. At first I missed the approach at HND, then I managed to get back on it thanks to the radio. I set my ILS freq to 108.10 and course to 222 which was supposedly the data for runway 22 in HND, but my aircraft wouldn't descend to the runway. Or maybe I had to give it more time, I don't know. All I know is that the pink rectangle escaped too far to the left, so I disengaged autopilot and tried a noobish manual landing before my aircraft will fly over the airport and miss it again. I did manage to get on the runway, but apparently pressing and holding F2 isn't reverse thrust and so I ended up falling out of it... Man I'm so ######. I had HDG SEL and APP turned on, autopilot still fully engaged (altitude hold, speed hold, autothrottle) and flaps and gear fully extended. I know I should disengage it when my aircraft is perfectly lined on the runway, and all I have to do is tilt the nose up and brake it. What did I miss?

First of all, thanks for the thorough explanation. I still have not understood all of it (knew nothing about aviation to begin with), but I appreciate the effort nonetheless. Should probably sit down and read it a few times just for the hell of it.So what you're saying is that in the 737 the course changes automatically? Going with the presumption that all modern airliners have glass cockpits, does it mean that I don't have to change their course manually?

I started flying in FSX only today (had it for long, never got into it). I'm practicing on the stock 737-800 for the moment, and I have a question about the Heading/Course. I tried googling the difference but all the explanations were too confusing to me, and the fact that English is my second language didn't help. :Thinking:What should I usually set the Course to? Before I take off I set it to 328, then I only change the Heading as per radio instructions. Do I need to change it with accordance to the Heading? Flying autopilot on GPS, of course. From my understanding I should only use NAV when doing an ILS approach, and then I have to depress VOR LOC and switch to APP. Or maybe I'm missing something because my game crashed a few miles before my final destination...Thanks.