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EHM-1838 Andrew:
Roger
By the way tha little button you pressed is iam sure the button for receiving the morse code identifying signal from the runway you intend to land on.IE ATC will say someting like EHM200 you are 34 miles EHAM turn left headiing 270 at that point you should have entered the runway frequency into your NAV1 as described,but then if you hit the little switch you described as well when you are in range you should start to hear a morse code signal (usually about 27miles out)you will know then you are on course and in range THEN hit the NAV button on the AUTOPILOT you should after a while see your plane slowlly start to turn onto the runway heading.
There ia more but iam drinking some jolly nice beer and beginning to get hazy .
I may have not described things that clearly but iamm sure other people hear on this site will chip in with there thoughts too.
cheers Andy

EHM-1671 Ben:
Yeah, I fell asleep at the helm last night and my brother had to finish the job for me.

Apparently he was able to get the plane's autopilot to follow the localizer, but not anything else (like intercepting glideslope. This isn't really a problm though since once I hit the localizer I descend steadily at 500-800FPM. I will, as you say Horatio, take a look for the autoland instructions. There's bound to be something on the internet! Thanks for all your help guys ;)

EHM-1838 Andrew:
Roger
Its not autoland that you want.You are on the right track with what you are doing so far.If you can getr the plane to track as you said you should then get approx ten to fifeteen miles from rwy and THEN you  select APP button also on your AUTOPILOT this is what should bring you in but its not designed to FULLY autoland you still have to control your approach speeds and flap settings + autothrottle as well.
You may find it usful to download some of Werner Scotts guides which cover many makes and types of aircraft for simulator use which will tell you take off speeds,landing speeds flap settings etc.
BUT ! you are on the right track with what you are doing.
cheers Andy

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