Is there a Utility or Feature in FS2002 that if u press a button or key will land the aircraft for you at the closest airport.This is as i am not very good at lining my aircraft up for landing i just want to be able to fly in the genral direction of an airport and press a key and ***POOF*** Its lined up and landed ??? ??? ???

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I seem to recall reading a similar question somewhere, and everyone had the same answer.  No, there isn't anything.

But to me, what's the point of that?  It would be like being hungry and having someone sit across the table from you eating a big block of lasagna, but telling you it's good.  (Not very satisfying, is it?)

Start with the smaller planes and learn how to do some navigation...once you learn that and learn ILS, you'll have no problems landing.

I have an auto land feature enabled in my sim.....it takes a few things though...first you need to make sure "Crash Detection" is turned off....." Run out of Fuel" is turned on......then you need time for this to happen and unfortunately you usually won't be able to have your plane return to an airport........all you have to do now is WAIT.....
Once you run out of fuel, your will land....if you come down over water, wait for it to return to the air and you will be gliding again,... repeatedly till you come down on land somewhere............it works,........HONEST !                  

Jetliners, and everything which has a easy-adjustable speed holder: APR and SPD mode on, set speeds according to the kneeboard

JET Aircraft where you can see the throttles and don't have speed hold: 50% and full flaps on the last stage usually will do

Turboprop:, max pitch, keep speed around 80-100 kts for mid-sized ones like the king air

Russian FS group An-24: 40-45% TLAI on glideslope, with full flaps and gear, 20% and lower at touchdown, and don't forget reverse thrust

prop aircraft, like the cessna: keep around 50Kts, and flare
Taildragger: keep 50Kts, and front wheels first, flaps up at t/d, and careful with the brakes

Good start speed bird, but I can make it a bit easier.  If you are flying ILS, pull up the map and get the frequencies like you said, but I also put the runway heading (Found next to the ILS frequency on the map listings) in to the NAV HOLD selection.  Don't know if that helps any or not.  I usually fly auto pilot by what ATC says to line up with the runway.  180 knts with the Boeing 777, slowing to 145 the closer I get.  I keep the SPD, HDG, and ALT hold buttons active until the localizer and glide slope come active.  Usually, the localizer for right/left alignment moves first.  When it starts to move, activate the APR hold button, and deactivate the heading hold.  The ALT hold will still overide the APR for the glide slope.  When the glide slope becomes active, then deactivate the ALT hold button.  The plane will line itself up and touch down perfectly.  The only thing you need to do is to make sure to deactivate the SPD hold so you can engage the reverse thrusters.  Otherwise, it will cruise down the runway, trying to maintain speed.

Great for watching landings in spot view.  But if you do that, it will be better if you turn off the SPD hold and just set the throttle to a good speed to keep from stalling.  That way you can cut it as soon as you touch down without switching windows.

Thanks Darkhorse, I'm gonna try what you said bout entering the runway heading into the NAV HOLD. One of the problems I'm having with my method is that at 120-130 mph landings with gear down and full flaps is the angle at which you hit the runway.  With the "heavies" the tail hitting the runway before the gear is a problem that has to be watched.  Also, in cockpit view, you must raise the seat considerably to see the runway. Thus, after touchdown you are literally looking straight down at the asphalt and cannot see the end of the runway.

Speedbird_1961

Yes, there is a software for autoland. Requirement is that you should be in line with the runway and have the EXACT (Eg. 087) runway co-ordinates tuned in the course/heading knob (boeing). Turn auto pilot on and then press 'w'(max view). Click in the middle portion of the HUD(Heads up display) and it will show 'AL' (autoland) if everything is set up properly. It will land by itself.

Try 'Landing Blind at heathrow' for starters.

Program : AFG Heads Up Guidance System V2 For Fs2002

Website:www.AlliedFSGroup.com  {Go to downloads->Panels}

File URL: http://www.alliedfsgroup.com/get.php?type=6&id=2 (1685 KB)

IMPORTANT: Also download the patch here: (3KB)

http://www.alliedfsgroup.com/get.php?type=6&id=3


Author's Comments:

1. Heads Up Guidance System   

     The AFG Heads Up Guidance System for FS2002 is designed for virtual captains and real first officers who are sick of watching their captains have all the fun. This revolutionary HUD is based on a real world Heads Up Guidance system that is used today on Boeing 737s and regional jets. Although there are other heads up displays, this is the first true heads up guidance system for MSFS because it can be used by itself for all phases of flight (IFR and VFR). This is version 2.0 and is NOT compatible with earlier versions of MSFS.

Made by Jon Gibbs

2. Heads Up Guidance System Patch   

      Heads up Guidance System master panel.cfg patch. Thanks to a fellow named Bruno, this patch contains a panel.cfg that will allow the user to access the HGS by pressing the W key when flying a jet in Fs2002. By substituting the HGS for the default mini panel, users will no longer have to modify the panel.cfg files of their favorite panels in order to use the HGS. All the previous HGS features will still work, including the autoland feature that is immune to the FS2002 glideslope capture problem.

IMPORTANT : Please read the 'read me' files(s) given within the downloaded file(s)