Simviation Forum - lining up

Apr 25^th, 2010 at 10:19am

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im having trouble lining myself up visually with runways. are there any steps or suggestions of what or how to do it. because i dont want to be ils dependant.

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Reply #1 - Apr 25^th, 2010 at 10:33am

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One thing that might help is to back away from your panel so you get more peripheral-type vision out the sides. In FS, the runway theshold stays too narrow too long thus presenting a more difficult target.

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Reply #2 - Apr 25^th, 2010 at 11:16am

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Basically, once you're within a mile or two, it's:
Aileron for drift, rudder to keep plane aligned with runway.

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Reply #3 - Apr 25^th, 2010 at 8:18pm

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Tell us some more about the problem you're having. For example, are you trying the land with a crosswind, etc.

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Reply #4 - Apr 25^th, 2010 at 9:12pm

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While surfing, I saw a gadget that supposedly plants a vertical line on the windshield to help in staying aligned with the runway. Reminds me advice I received, from an old stick, a long time ago. 'Mark a grease pencil line down the center of the windshield. As long as the line stays in the center, you're on course' Cheesy

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Reply #5 - Apr 26^th, 2010 at 6:13am

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...are you practising with the Cessna 152/172 Trainer?.... Smiley

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Mastering the first, will assist with the second... Wink

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Reply #6 - Apr 26^th, 2010 at 10:43am

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FS2004 had those red 'V' things for the windscreen. I never used it, but does FSX have them? If so, you could turn that on and line up using it until you're more comfortable with the process.

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Reply #7 - Apr 26^th, 2010 at 7:38pm

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Rotty your advice helped.

I'm using a Cessna.

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Reply #8 - Apr 26^th, 2010 at 8:23pm

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Tyler012 wrote on Apr 26^th, 2010 at 7:38pm:

Rotty your advice helped.

I'm using a Cessna.

Think mostly little amounts of rudder. Using ailerons for minor corrections you tend to get too much - then it's the other way and a tad too much and so on.............

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Reply #9 - Apr 27^th, 2010 at 5:20am

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Tyler012 wrote on Apr 26^th, 2010 at 7:38pm:

Rotty your advice helped.

I'm using a Cessna.

Big plane, small plane, wind, no wind... basically, that's what it boils down to.

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Reply #10 - Apr 27^th, 2010 at 8:04am

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beaky wrote on Apr 27^th, 2010 at 5:20am:

Tyler012 wrote on Apr 26^th, 2010 at 7:38pm:

Rotty your advice helped.

I'm using a Cessna.

Big plane, small plane, wind, no wind... basically, that's what it boils down to.

...practice...practice..practice... Wink

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There is no substitute...!

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Reply #11 - May 28^th, 2010 at 9:44am

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My mistake, and apparently a common one for newbies in the cock pit, was making big fast corrections.

My instructor said small smooth corrections, working the rudder pedals to keep my right leg lined up with the center line.

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Reply #12 - May 28^th, 2010 at 8:42pm

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Probably flogging a dead horse here, but the sim does not fly like a real plane, especially those last few hundred yards on final. First, the illusion of ground speed is greater, there is no visual widening as you get closer and those itty bitty control inputs, which were negligible at altitude, now appear monstrous close to the ground. Real flying is a whole lot easier

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