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Open up the '''Boeing 777-200''' and place it on the runway at '''YBBN'''. Don't bother setting up anything, just drop the flaps and take off into the sky. Fly the runway heading for about 10NM, and then pause the simulator. Go into the 'Plates' menu and select Brisbane Intl. You will see a map of the airport. Then, zoom in on the long runway, and follow it to the right until you see a box in the middle of it (at the end of the runway). This is the ILS information for Runway 01 at YBBN. With any luck, it will get you down for a landing. Note the ILS frequency and fly a wide arc from your current position until you are over YBAF, facing towards YBBN. Pause the sim once again. Now is the important part. | Open up the '''Boeing 777-200''' and place it on the runway at '''YBBN'''. Don't bother setting up anything, just drop the flaps and take off into the sky. Fly the runway heading for about 10NM, and then pause the simulator. Go into the 'Plates' menu and select Brisbane Intl. You will see a map of the airport. Then, zoom in on the long runway, and follow it to the right until you see a box in the middle of it (at the end of the runway). This is the ILS information for Runway 01 at YBBN. With any luck, it will get you down for a landing. Note the ILS frequency and fly a wide arc from your current position until you are over YBAF, facing towards YBBN. Pause the sim once again. Now is the important part. | ||
In the NAV1 radio, enter the frequency you noted earlier, and switch the autopilot selector to NAV1, if it is not already on it. While entering the frequency, you would have noticed something happened on your artificial horizon. 2 lines will have moved onto the screen. These are your guides. Un-pause the sim, and turn towards the VERTICAL line. When your artificial horizon is centred on the line, engage the LNAV, LOC or NAV button. This will 'lock' your aircraft onto that line and follow it. Now we will deal with the horizontal line. Fly up or down until it is also centred. Then engage | In the NAV1 radio, enter the frequency you noted earlier, and switch the autopilot selector to NAV1, if it is not already on it. While entering the frequency, you would have noticed something happened on your artificial horizon. 2 lines will have moved onto the screen. These are your guides. Un-pause the sim, and turn towards the VERTICAL line. When your artificial horizon is centred on the line, engage the LNAV, LOC or NAV button. This will 'lock' your aircraft onto that line and follow it. Now we will deal with the horizontal line. Fly up or down until it is also centred. Then engage APP. Arm the speed brakes, drop the gear,and prepare for a landing. You have just locked onto the ILS. | ||
One of the main things to remember about the ILS is that you have to keep your aircraft centred on your crosshairs, otherwise you are not heading exactly for the centre of the runway or you will overshoot or hit the ground before the runway, none of which are good to you or your aircraft. A good thing to remember is that you have to 'keep it centred, stupid'. | One of the main things to remember about the ILS is that you have to keep your aircraft centred on your crosshairs, otherwise you are not heading exactly for the centre of the runway or you will overshoot or hit the ground before the runway, none of which are good to you or your aircraft. A good thing to remember is that you have to 'keep it centred, stupid'. | ||
