Hello my good friends,
I've played FSX for sometime now and the only problems im having atm is lining up with the runway, it just bugs me alot to crash or miss the runway after some time of flying  

if you guys can give me some advices and what mods to use to line up with the runway and have a nice landing, i'd really appreciate it .. Thanks alot!

Tmx

Or.... practice all aspects of flying, and all aspects of setting up a proper, stable approach in the 172 until it's second nature... then work your way up to the bigger faster planes 

mjrhealth wrote on Oct 2^nd, 2007 at 6:43am:

Or wait until somebody explains to you that the runway number is an almost direct indication of the runway heading.  

A runway's number is not written in degrees, but is given a shorthand format. For example, a runway with a marking of "14" is actually close to (if not a direct heading of) 140 degrees. This is a southeast compass heading. A runway with a marking of "31" has a compass heading of 310 degrees, that is, a northwest direction. For simplicity, the FAA rounds off the precise heading to the nearest tens. For example, runway 7 might have a precise heading of 68 degrees, but is rounded off to 70 degrees.

You can find out what runway is in use by calling up the ATIS or ATC (if available) for the airport your heading for. Alternatively, a little forward planning before taking off will really help you to nail your approach.

Cheers,

TSC.

mjrhealth wrote on Oct 2^nd, 2007 at 6:43am:


yes , use the heading indicator, ^^^ is right, also make sure you have a good distance to make sure you can correct and thing that takes your plane  off the center if the runway.  line up your part of the wind sheild with the side  of runway your seat is on, for example, if your pilot, left side, line up with left side, right side, co pilot, left side of runway.  When about 5-6 miles from the runway, try to be at about I say 3000-5000 feet, for small planes like cessna sky hawk, go at about 500-800 feet per minute, don't go over 120 mph, lower flaps one notch,then when your at about 1500 feet, you should be about 1 mile from runway, then you should be going like 200-400 feet per min, when over the runway, you should be about 100 feet from ground and lower very slightly, untill you get close to ground then pull up gently. ==Make sure you don't hit the ground to fast== -----This is hel for cessna, so with another plane, it will be close to the same but not exactly and REMEMBER cessnas land and take off at about 60, so 70 would be a good speed, this also gos for how long a runway is, and terrian around it-----

Also:
You can use the GPS, if you are flying a plane that has one and have created a IFR plan with ATC.  If so, when ever ATC gives you the runway approach or you can select your own runway, but either way, open the GPS, press program, select the runway that you want, then press enter 3 times, then program again which will take you back to the map on the GPS, then zoom out to see the white line that leads directly to the runway that you have selected.  Then every so often, when your plane gets closer to the runway, zoom in.