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Auto-pilot Landing In FSX?

Robbie86 From Sweden, joined May 2006, 441 posts, RR: 0
Posted (1 month 1 week 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 912 times:

I've been downloading a Airbus 340-600 to my FSX and I'm trying to get it to auto-land but it just won't seem to work. Can someone please tell me how to do it.

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FLY2HMO From United States, joined Jan 2004, 4126 posts, RR: 5
Reply 1, posted (1 month 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 900 times:

Quoting Robbie86 (Thread starter):
Can someone please tell me how to do it.

You can't unless the plane came with its own specially configured autopilot settings (nearly impossible to find in freeware). Otherwise they just use the FS9/FSX default autopilot logic, which is useless for autolands.

Payware products like PMDG do have that capability.

[Edited 2009-11-07 08:11:51]

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David L From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 8282 posts, RR: 42
Reply 2, posted (1 month 1 week 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 834 times:

Quoting Robbie86 (Thread starter):
I'm trying to get it to auto-land but it just won't seem to work. Can someone please tell me how to do it.

As FLY2HMO says, it's unlikely that a full auto-land is possible with the add-on. However, the Approach mode should still guide the aircraft down the glideslope, leading to a "descent on to the runway" rather than an auto-landing. Can you you get it to do that or is that the part you're having trouble with?

... but I may be wrong

Robbie86 From Sweden, joined May 2006, 441 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (3 weeks 1 day 18 hours 46 minutes ago) and read 466 times:

Quoting David L (Reply 2):
Can you you get it to do that or is that the part you're having trouble with?

That's very my problem is. It just ignores it and keeps flying.

Next flights: ARN-LHR-IAD on BA 319/747 JFK-CDG-ARN on AF 380/321

Aaron747 From Japan, joined Aug 2003, 4593 posts, RR: 22
Reply 4, posted (3 weeks 23 hours 56 minutes ago) and read 412 times:

Quoting Robbie86 (Reply 3):
That's very my problem is. It just ignores it and keeps flying.

You have to properly capture the localizer and glideslope or it won't work.

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FLY2HMO From United States, joined Jan 2004, 4126 posts, RR: 5
Reply 5, posted (3 weeks 23 hours 30 minutes ago) and read 411 times:

Quoting Aaron747 (Reply 4):
You have to properly capture the localizer and glideslope or it won't work.

More importantly, the LOC should be captured BEFORE the GS, otherwise the autopilot will not follow the GS when it intercepts it.

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