User Guide

Flight Simulator
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position in the ILS display (Figure 6). Once centered, you’ll reduce power to
a little less than 10 inches of MP, adjust the pitch and trim the airplane for
a 500 FPM descent rate, all the while maintaining 90 knots. Assuming
you’re in perfect harmony with the universe, the airplane will remain on
glideslope all the way to DH. But you know how easy it is to get a kink in
your chakra, so you can’t count on your karma being perfect. Therefore,
you’ll need to make slight variations in descent rate to keep the glideslope
needle centered.
Let’s assume that you’re above the glideslope and must increase your rate of descent to capture it.
Increasing the rate from 500 to 700 FPM should do it. Let’s try this.
Making Changes in Descent
Rate
1. Press P to reactivate the simulation.
2. Change the descent rate from 500 to
700 FPM by placing the airplane in a
slightly lower nose-down pitch
attitude (perhaps 0 degrees) as
shown in Figure 7.
You’ll also need to reduce power to
keep the airspeed at 90 knots since
you’ve pitched down slightly.
· The secret to maintaining a
specific rate is not to chase the
VSI needle. Simply place the airplane at the precise attitude on the AI, then make small
pressure changes on the joystick to adjust the rate of descent.
· Let’s assume you’ve captured the glideslope.
3. Return to a descent rate of 500 FPM
by increasing the pitch back to the
previous setting known to give you
this descent rate (approximately 1
degree of nose-up pitch). Increase the
power as required to maintain 90
knots.
From now on, don’t worry about
specific power settings. Just move the
throttle to give you the speed desired.
Figure 8
Figure 7
Figure 6