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Jun 25^th, 2005 at 5:40pm

G-EORGE Offline
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I know much has already been said about FS capablities regarding autoland; but in the real world when on an ils approach, when making a manual landing, do pilots turn onto the approach by hand, or do they take over at the last moment ?

i ask because i was watching a documentary and it sounded like they turned the A/P off just before touchdown, though i always assumed they flew the whole approach manually

George

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Reply #1 - Jun 25^th, 2005 at 6:00pm

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No. Once you're lined up and on the glideslope you turn off the AP. I turn it off in a prop about a mile or 2 out and a little farther away (5 miles or so) in a jet.

BTW, have you seen the excellent landing tutorial in the FS04 forum?

http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=COF;action=display;num=111...

Edit - If you don't turn off the AP at some point you are likely to find your aircraft slamming into the ground or trying to land a half mile short of the runway - not to mention the fact that an AP won't flare at landing.

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