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General Category => Unofficial F/A-18 Acceleration Pack board => Topic started by: skarden on June 16, 2009, 09:11:52 am

Title: how to bring up the glidscope
Post by: skarden on June 16, 2009, 09:11:52 am

Well like the title says I'm wondering how I bring up the glidscope in the F-18,I just got the very very excellent AI nimitzCarrier package and would be wrapped if I could get the glidscope to come up to help me with my rather shabby landing attemps.

Any help would be much apprieciated.

Title: Re: how to bring up the glidscope
Post by: wilycoyote4 on June 16, 2009, 06:52:00 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think there is no glideslope for moving carriers, nor any moving ship or boat, so no ILS is possible.

Static scenery is another matter.

Title: Re: how to bring up the glidscope
Post by: skarden on June 17, 2009, 03:03:21 am

oh really,bugger  :(
Well does anyone know how to bring it up for a stationary carrier as that would still be good fun.

Title: Re: how to bring up the glidscope
Post by: skarden on June 23, 2009, 10:37:59 pm

Really? anybody? pls,surely someone here knows how to do this,I mean you guys built it so I figured this's be the place to ask  ???

Title: Re: how to bring up the glidescope
Post by: SpazSinbad on June 23, 2009, 11:46:41 pm

I'm puzzled by what you mean by 'the glideslope'. The mirror is the glideslope. Other threads describe how to fly the mirror using the optimum angle of attack.

Title: Re: how to bring up the glidscope
Post by: Razgriz on June 24, 2009, 01:03:03 am

He means the ILS Bars.  You have to put in the ILS frequency into the radio, and then on the MFD (HSI) click the ILS button.

Title: Re: how to bring up the glidscope
Post by: SpazSinbad on June 24, 2009, 02:16:08 am

RazGriz, Thanks.

Title: Re: how to bring up the glidscope
Post by: wilycoyote4 on June 24, 2009, 02:54:48 am

Quote from: skarden on June 17, 2009, 03:03:21 am

oh really,bugger  :(
Well does anyone know how to bring it up for a stationary carrier as that would still be good fun.

I must check but I don't think any FSX stationary carriers have ILS, correct me if wrong.

Title: Re: how to bring up the glidscope
Post by: skarden on June 24, 2009, 04:33:57 am

Ah yes sorry I meant the ILS bars  :-[ cheers for the help with that one guys,I'll give it a go tonight and see if the stationary carriers have ILS,I'v got a feeling that they do as I'm sure I'v had the ILS bars up on one of the F-18 carrier training missions.
I'll let you know how I go.

Thanks again ~S~  :D

Title: Re: how to bring up the glidscope
Post by: SDFlyer on June 27, 2009, 04:52:01 pm

Quote from: skarden on June 24, 2009, 04:33:57 am

Ah yes sorry I meant the ILS bars  :-[ cheers for the help with that one guys,I'll give it a go tonight and see if the stationary carriers have ILS,I'v got a feeling that they do as I'm sure I'v had the ILS bars up on one of the F-18 carrier training missions.
I'll let you know how I go.

Thanks again ~S~  :D

You were right the first time.  An ILS is made up of a glideslope, a localizer, and can also include marker beacons, or a range definer such as DME.  So you would need a localizer and glideslope indication on your HSI.