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Garmin G1000 . ILS landings. Garmin G1000 in FSX . Glideslope not working. Assistance needed please. I make a flight plan to go to a city airport with ILS facilities. It is a VOR because I am flying the Mooney Bravo with Garmin G1000. Using GPS I approach the airport. When near I use the default ATC to bring up the airport in "nearest airports" and I request a full stop landing. I am instructed which runway to use. I input the frequency in the Nav ( top left in Garmin) I use the Proc and other buttons in Garmin to choose the ILS approach for that runway. I load the approach and then I press Proc then Ent to Exeter "vectors to final" The Garmin then shows the destination (in magenta colour) , which is the "fix" before the Rway, and then flys me to that fix. Now.... this is where I think my problem starts. Using Skyvector.com the approach chart for the runway shows the name of the fix before the runway. And, on Skyvector, it shows the height to be at that fix. I use this to ascertain the height at which I should arrive .(at this fix..) The Garmin does not show that height. AND, also, the Garmin shows sometimes a completely different name for the preRway fix. Sometimes a name not on the Skyvector charts anywhere??? Now as I get to this fix, the plane begins to turn to point towards the runway. I change the cdl button to show the green Nav which indicates the Localiser and as the plane begins to line up with the runway, I press the APR button on the Autopilot panel ( radio stack on second monitor), expecting the glideslope to be activated. But it does not..... the plane flies at the same height in line with the runway. I tried lining up the Hdg bug with the runway bearing and pressing that instead if the green Nav button, and then the APR button, but I get the same result. Am I doing something wrong? I ask because on some occasions my actions have worked🤔 I thought that the problem was not getting the height at the fix correct. I know I've seen posts before where the glideslope doesn't activate unless you are at the height or below it. ? However, I do feel that there is a sequence I am not doing in the Garmin, and I haven't seen any YouTube videos that show it. Can anyone assist. Sorry it's a longish post. Thanks

Hi, I'm getting into this Garmin thing. I'm familiar with the Proc button to select approaches etc. Some airports offer ILS approaches, some GPS approaches, and some other " fixes "approaches. In the ILS ones, When I activate vectors to the fix , with the cdl button set to GPS , I find I am flying to the fix Prior to the runway fix. OK so far. I set the ILS frequency for the runway in the top left corner of the Garmin and make it the active one. Now when I am getting nearbto the fix, I thought that as the frequency is set, if I change cdl to the green Nav that the arrow would show I was picking up the Localiser ( As what happens when flying under iFR rules), but the green arrow is pointing to a completely irrelevant direction? What am I doing wrong, please

Thank you. I have found out how to do this in Flightsim Commander . Most of the time the fixes correlate vsith the Garmin's. But Garmin is a bit of a nut to crack....:)

It does matter which flight etc. You are approaching an airport.myou ask for permission to land. They tell you which runway to land st. So, on the Garmin, you press zProc and select the approach for that runway. What comes up is certain info, including the IAF, and a line which seems to give a value as to feet at the IAF, except the value is blank. Now , if I had the Approach plates of the airport I could get the info from them. But I'm asking if Garmin can show it somehow, I.e is there a button to press etc. If not, so be it. But you going on about giving you what you list is nowt to do with it. .....?..

You will see from my question that I have said that . I am using the Garmin G1000, and that I have activated the vectors. That should tell you something, like what the Garmin then shows. I suspect you didn't relate to that. Are you familiar with the Garmin? And also, It's reasonable to assume, as I'm using the Garmin thus, that I am flying VOR and not IFR, the latter being when ATC instructs me on heading and altitude. OK, so the right terminology is IAF. Yes it is that I am speaking about. On the Garmin it is referred to but there is no value ( height) shown. As I suspect that there is a button to be pressed on the Garmin to show that, I was hoping someone knew if there was and which it was. I'm aware of Approach plates, but I can't seem to find any site on the Web from where I can access them. I have seen threads where sites are linked , but these web pages are no longer available. Does anyone know where I can access Approach plates, as this would be one answer. Though I was hoping that an answer lay in the Garmin G1000 somewhere.i.e. My original question.

When activating vectors on an ILS approach using garmin G1000. how do I find at what height to arrive at for the first waypoint, say.. I notice on the flight plan , about halfway down there is something about "els. It seems to be where a height in ft should be. TIA

Hello I am trying to learn G1000 in FSX, via the YouTube videos. Most are using MS2020. The instructor brings up Approach plates of a destination airport. How do I do that in FSX,please?

FSX is one of those "games" where Processor is the thing. In fact, it doesn't even benefit from multicor processors as other programmes do. It isn't much point getting better graphics cards if the processor is the limiting factor. I run FSX on an old machine. Two things you may want to look at, ( carefully)������ One is Overclocking. The other is reducing other processes running at the same time. .im sure Google may help here. It isn't an easy thing to find a solution nowadays as things have moved on flight sim wise, but I suspect like me you have a lot invested in FSX to justify abandoning it for the new sim and computer. I've even thought of buying a new computer with much faster processor, but not sure if I could do that and just put in my existing hard drive to be run by it? I am running windows XP at the moment on my gaming machine ( FSX and Falcon 4 etc). This is not connected to the internet. If I had built a fast computer, could the hard drive from my existing computer just be slotted into the new one and run? I suspect not, but don't know why not?������ Comments appreciated! Does anyone know if that is feasible?.

I have been successfully flying many models in fsx using the autopilots of those models. Beechrcaft Baron and Cessna to name two. I am having difficulty with the 'Glass' cockpit versions of these, and frankly things seemed to have improved worse.! First, am I correct in thinking that the autopilot instruments shown in the basic VC cockpits of these models is correct? If so, there is a working autopilot, but in the glass versions this has gone. When using the basic versions, I have a GPS 500 on a second screen and it is useful and quite good to use. I was surprised to find no autopilot in the 'glass' versions, and flying one of those glass planes as opposed to a 737 or even the semi autopilot of, say, a De Havilland Comet4b [ Maltbys] is ridiculously hard. or so it seems. There is no useful tutorial I can find. FSInsider had one apparently, but no longer available. can anyone assist or have a comment on this Ta

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I am beginning to think that I must have been misunderstood, ( reading this reply) because it suggests to me that computer ILS approaches are the norm, going to manual in last 500. To 1000ft. That is what I do in the sim. Which means that the localiser turn lining up with the runway is done by computer, and the glideslope descent also - until 1000ft height or so touchdown. However the other posts suggest that the whole descent and manoeuvre to line up and descend is regularly done manually. The only plane I know that does a fully autopilot landing( throttle off on touchdown etc) is the Trident. That is specifically programmable on the autopilot controls. (Good fun doing it in the simí ½í¸€)

Thank you. Must hone up the flying skills thení ½í¸€ Do you reckon they land so much manually because they enjoy it? Seems easier to do it on auto pilot?

What I do may or may not help you, but FWIW. I have two screens. My main screen I use to fly in virtual cockpit mode ( it is a projector using tracker, but that isn't necessary. However you fly , have it on the main screen) The second screen I use to display the ATC conversations, and the GPS. Before starting FSX, I right click the windows icons screen and select nvidia control panel There should be option to have one screen, or both screens show same view, or two screens show to different views. Select the last when it asks which screen you want the main window on. Select which you want and it will happen. The main screen shows the windows icons view , the other screen is blank. Start FSX and get to the cockpit view( which will be on your main screen) Now go to the top menu and click on Views. Then instrument panel, then GPS. The GPS will come up on main screen on top of your cockpit view. Right click on GPS and you will get option to click on "undock window" Click on that and the GPS will have a blue surround. Click and hold on the GPS and move it left or right it will slide off the main screen and appear on your second screen. So, now as you fly using main screen, the GPS is there on second screen, not at all interfering with your main screens view. HTH

Hello In FSX when flying airliners, I almost always use ILS autopilot and let the computer fly down the beams , switching off autopilot just a couple hundred feet above touchdown. Ina discussion st the moment where it is claimed that most of the time, the pilots, in real,life, fly in manually and not on autopilot? Can a real airline pilot , or someone who definitely knows, tell me whether that is true or not.? Thanks

I'm relatively new to the GPS navigation having got the basics, (just). I can make a flight plan in FSX and use the GPS going from waypoint to waypoint. However, I tried something that didn't work.. Before GPS if I wanted to "shorten" the flight, I would go to World, then Map, then move the plane symbol along the flight plan line to near the destination airport. Then I went back into flying and carried on ok. If using fs Commander, then that picked up the new position, but the Garmin 500 GPS doesn't, I.e it still has me going to the waypoint that I have in fact passed. How do I set the next waypoint to be the one it should be in view of my "new" position? I figured it should be a case of me setting the relevant waypoint somehow. I did find too that when I went to type in a new waypoint ( I didn't know exactly what I did to bring that up, mind😊), nothing happened when I typed on the keyboard? Step by step assistance would be highly appreciated please, if possible. Or a relevant article. TIA

Thank you very much. Will check.

Thanks for the advice(s). I will try some if the suggestions, but I get the impression many of you fly without using( or ignoring😀) the default ATC.? I follow their instructions, and if I don't, I get repeatedly given that same instruction. On every other plane, this works, and the ILS landing goes smoothly. I have done dozens on Maltbys Comets and Tridents, default 747s, Beechcraft, Bombardiers, Dc4s. If I depart from the instructions, and approach as is suggested here, I'll see what happens. But first I will try the fuel load adjustment. I am not new to this. I use FSX in windows XP ! That's how long I've been at it, but it is just lately that this 737 has started. It will be interesting to see what happens when In"disobey" the ATC😁 Thanks again

Noted. Will check fuel. I had wondered on previous occasions whether too much flap too early, or too low a speed might cause it. So this time I was doing 226 knots when hit the App. I was at the right( instructed) height. I will check the speeds again😀

Hello Flying ILS landings, I find that when pressing the App button to turn on to the glideslope, the plane turns on to the Slope and then goes past quite a way, then doesn't return to the runway heading fast enough and when it does it goes past it again..... End result - I get on to the runway heading almost never in time . No other plane that I fly has this problem. The Maltby jets are great, so are Jen Kristensons Douglas propliners, so is the 747, Bombardiers - all ok. Just this 737 gives me the problem. Any ideas? I shall check the fuel status. Could too much fuel be the cause? Cheers

Thanks chaps. No, I shan't give up on the Stratoliner. However, I think I have been spoiled by David Maltbys wonderful Comet and Trident. I would seriously contend that of any FSX aircraft, payware or freeware, none is better than those two. As VCs go, they are beyond brilliant. Everything is clickable so that you can imagine it is almost like using your fingers to turn knobs and switches: the semi auto pilot of Comet really keeps you on your toes. The autoland on the Trident makes it so easy for the pilot ( where there is ILS, JJ😀) What is good, is that frame rates are not hammered by these planes. I usually fly in conjunction with F S Commander, an excellent aid.

Don't know if my experience can help, but I have the ability to do exactly what you describe. I use a projector screen and a ordinary monitor as a second screen. ( Mind you , I am still on Windows XP) Having switched on both the PJ and the ordinary computer screen, the image of the Windows with icons screen, to start with, is on the latter. I right click the screen and click on the nvidia control panel. I then get a "set up multiple display screen. Choose " configured independently...and in paragraph 2 you can choose the option of which is the major screen and which the secondary. Click apply bottom right and your screens will change. So, when in FSX and in your aircraft, and you bring up the window that you want to move, right click on it and select the top line which says" undock window" The window now has a blue line on top edge.left click and hold down the mouse and now drag the window to right and it will appear in your second screen, if you drag far enough. You can do same with the ATC pop up window. Thus leaving your main window clear. I use a VC cockpit with tracker, but I imagine this will work with a 2d cockpit. HTH

Thank you everyone. As I suspected, the plane was too early for ILS. I did wonder though, because the Douglas DC4 by Jens has the full landing aids. (That is a lovely plane to fly). So, got to get the old joystick skills going better.😀 Thank you again

I don't think so. Surely they use the App button and ride the glideslope. Of course, from time to time they have to do manual landings to keep their skills honed, but mainly they use ILS landings by computer.

I am flying the above plane , a Jen Kristensen creation. I appreciate it is a 40s plane, but I cannot find how to "click" a button, or whatever, to get on the glideslope. IOW. The App button as in modern airliners. The bare cockpit doesn't even have a radio to put in the runway ILS frequency, but I can do that by using the window "provided". But when I am on the heading as instructed to intercept the glideslope beam, there is no button to click to turn me on to the glideslope. Is there a way, or is the plane too old to have one? Do I have to manually fly it and try to keep the vertical and horizontal lines in the gauge lined up to ensure I'm lined up with the runway. If that is the case, the pilots of these craft had a much harder job than modern day fliers😀

I appreciate it's probably a safety feature, but it didn't half mess me about till I sussed it. Then when I flew into St Petersburg in the dark, it took several goes to not over stress the plane because on changing the speed to descend and of course, the alt, I didn't realise at first that I had disengaged till it was too late. A 500 mph descent didn't help the integrity of the planes structure 😁😁