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I apologize in advance if someone has posted this before (I thought I remember reading it a long while ago but searched and couldn't find it), but I am having the following issue... As I am approaching localizer capture, as soon as I press the APPR/LAND button on the MCP (I usually do this when the localizer beam is one dot or less off) the aircraft suddenly and over-dramatically banks towards the localizer beam (causing it to go past it) then back in the other direction before finally intercepting it (i.e., if the beam is slightly off to the left and I am turning right to intercept, as soon as I press APPR/LAND instead of continuing the right turn and intercepting the aircraft suddenly banks to the left "towards the beam," overshoots it, then banks dramatically back to the right.) I assume this is an issue and the real aircraft does not do this? I have never noticed this with any other addons, including other PDMG addons. Thanks Michael Demers
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Okay, as is obvious, I am new to practically all this stuff. I constantly fly the tutorial, and am getting pretty good at it. The only question I have not been able to answer on my own concerns the phrase "capture the localizer". The tutorial instructs me to press the VOR/LOC button to arm the autopilot to intercept the localizer. I am familiar with ILS approaches, and know the pink diamonds guide you down, but what exactly does "capture the localizer" mean? What is a localizer? Where is the localizer guage? What indications are there that it has been captured" What does it have to do with the glideslope? What exactly does "most of the MCP mode button lights blank out" mean? How do I know when to press the APP button? Any explanation, in very basic terms, would be appreciated. I have RTFM, but my head hurts and this is easier, and better. TIA