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EHM-1838 Andrew:
Latest md11Panel Landing news update..
I set myself up about thirty miles out EGLL and have tried five approaches and made four out of five this time so it does work(Heathrow always seems good for this sort of practice as the approach is always from a long way out giving you time to set up nicely also i turn of all autogen and only five percent or no traffic gives a smooth app because Heathrow is a bit of a frame rate guzzler)this aircraft with this panel is definatly harder to land than the default or usual third party aircraft(in my view) but if it was always THAT  easy we probably would all be real pilots ;D
Thanks folks for all your useful thoughts and ideas.
cheers andy

EHM-1001 Robert:
Good point ;) Andy, did you feel the aircraft flare before the touchdown ? I found a variable in the AIR file: "Autoland me" and after I changed it from 0 to 1, the MD11 flared nicely, but I do not remember how it was before...

EHM-1671 Ben:
Ok. I was trying it with the 777 panel which was in the EHM 757, and I also tried it with the 737 panel which is in the EHM Airbus A320. Yes, I did press the little Nav1 button at the bottom of the radio stack. I also made the runway frequency the active frequency on the Nav1 radio. It didn't work. So, now that Robert tells me that a very limited number of freeware aircraft have it, and they're crude at that, I'll probably just stop trying ;)

EHM-1838 Andrew:
Sir Bob
I cant say i noticed the plane flaring,but that is because i have decided after many practice landings that the best way(actually i think its the way Alain describes in his (big)manual)is to get well established on the ILS approach,then switch to his EFDI mode get the glidescope and vertical needle aligned and then remove autopilot and manually land the aircraft .Actually its a good compromise as you get to use the ILS landing AND finish of with a  manual landing which is good practice for me as i haven't spent enough time practising manuals.
cheers Andy

EHM-1838 Andrew:
Roger Wilco
As well as putting the runway frequency into NAV1 radio ,for anything to happen you have to click the NAV button on the autopilot as well.Dont give up cause its really very satisfying  when you get the hang of it.What you could try is a web search for ILS landing procedures explained for fs2004 or something similar and you should find the whole procedure explained.I know its there cause i looked myself.Although FS can drive you nuts at times if you stick with it slowly but surly your knowledge increases and you get REAL pleasure from the sim.Its ironic really i never learnt to drive and at my advancing age i probably no more about the basics of flying a 747 than i do about driving a car.:D
cheers Andy

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