ILS Landing Troubles

[hogie1]

so i have tried it out a couple of times and have gotten it each time so i think i have finally gotten the hang of it. thank you so much for all of your tips! they helped A TON!

[FraisLive]

probably at about 500 ft. or right before i need to flare. its hard to determine when i should because like i said the airplane is swerving a lot of times trying to line up or coming in too shallow so i try to let it fix yourself, if you will. does it come in too shallow because im not going fast enough?

Ok, first off, you try to intercept the Glide Slope around 2,500-3,000 feet and about 10-15 km out from the runway. If you try to intercept the GS to late the aircraft will respond weird. It's trying to line up and get to the correct altitude...and when you are out 5-10 km from the airport at 500ft, the aircraft will not respond correctly. You are doing everything correctly except flying at the correct altitude. Also, don't flare To far out. When you "flare" it should be when your 15-20 feet above the runway.

Hope I helped-Tyler

[torkermax]

Just to clarify, it was stated 1800 to 4000ft is optimum. AGL or MSL? If the airport/runway is 5200ft MSL, that would be very ugly! Should state intercept 3000ft above runway/airport altitude. So if the airport is 5200ft MSL. Intercept ILS @ 8200 ft 10mi to 12 mi will generally always put you below the GS for intercept.. Umm sound like KDEN Altimeter setting is also very important when approaching the ILS. Thats why tower always gives altitmeter setting prior to landing clearance.

Finally: Practice,practice,practice.

[jgspangler]

I noted the comments about airspeed on the ILS. ATC frequently slows you down well below 200kts for traffic separation, so airspeed at the outer marker ( usually at about glide slope intercept ) is sometimes as low as 140 kts in many turbine aircraft. I have 2 buddies who fly L-1011, B707,727,737, DC-10. They note A.S about 180 at localizer intercept if unrestricted and then let the aircraft slow to 140-145 kts at the fence. They flare at 30 feet radar alt. call, and only 3 degrees or so. This is not well supportd in FS which does not seem to give you that little extra ummph of ground effect to cushion the touchdown. Any real world turbine pilots on this forum with a comment?
BTW, viewing FS videos I note that many simmers don't really rotate the AC at takeoff but just let it fly off. Never happens in the real world. Same with landing - too fast for a nice smooth flare to land with a kiss instead of a bounce.