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If you're in danger of loosing interest because you just can't land the damn thing - don't despair.
Here are a few tips on how to fly these jets.
- Flaps at takeoff- essential for increasing lift and reducing stalling speed. Use about 1 or 2 stages of flap for take off. Flaps up in stages at about 1000 ft agl.(above ground level)
- Landing. If your having trouble - SAVE a flight when on approach so you can keep trying it again
Reduce speed gradually. If you're at 30000 ft, start your decent at about 100 miles from your destination. Reduce throttle & as speed declines you will notice you start to loose height. Control speed with gradual backwards pressure on the control column. Judge your height relative to your destination & adjust as necessary. Remember that reducing throttle reduces height - do not just point the thing downwards- you'll only gain enormous speed & eventually mess up your landing. When about 15 to 20 miles from destination bring in some flap & increase flap as you get nearer. Try to keep speed at between 175 & 250 kts. To land you will need to be around 175 or below. Lower the gear at about 5 to 10 miles from landing. Use throttle to maintain height.
- Navigation.
Use the black push button on the lower l/h area of the cockpit to access the nav & com instruments. Use the Airport Directory under World at the top of the screen to make a note of the VOR, ATIS & ILS of the Destination Runway you hope to use. My biggest gripe about fs98 is that not all this information is correct & a lot of the beacons do not work. But many do & enter your VOR into NAV2 & ILS into NAV1 & ATIS frequency into the com setting at the top. The vor dial will become operative as you get about 130 miles from your destination. Follow the pointer. The ILS needle will jump into action about 15-30 miles from destination. It can be very difficult to get onto the approach path but it can be done with a bit of navigation. With practice, common sense, & a map of the area(often the Pilots handbook is helpful) you should be able to get to your destination & land reasonably near or on the runway. But the visuals in FS are a fraction of what they are in real life so you can be forgiven for making a large number of mistakes !
- Autopilot can be used to maintain flight setting during a longish flight. Just set the altitude, heading for most simple flights. When destination is approached you can sometimes click on the APR autopilot button & if your ILS is correctly entered in NAV1 you may get lined up for a perfect landing !
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