I have noticed with all of the Flight simulator aircraft what seems like a glitch in the ability for the planes to capture the glideslopes.
I seem to watch the planes fly thru the glideslope over and over right over the airport. But, often, with the exact same settings, the
planes ILS WILL kick in and capture the glideslope and head down to runway. I am getting frustruated with the inconsistency of it.
You fly all the way to the airport and then don't land. Obviously, I often just switch off AP and land by hand, but I like to see if the
program's ILS will kick in most of the time. My questions: am I doing something wrong or have others observed this issue?
Second question: have any of you found a technique that gives you a standard speed and altitude which insures you capture
the glideslope every time?
When I approach Edwards AFB in the Hornet, I have tried to capture the glide slope at different altitudes at the same speed: 160 knots.
I have changed the altitude over and over to see at what altitude it will capture the glide slope. I've noticed when I set the ILS the plane automatically turns off the BALT and I have to turn it back on again every time. And, like all the other planes, when the glideslope is captured the altitude hold
automatically turns off--not sure why it turns off when I set the ILS. Anyway, Sometimes the plane captures the glideslope
at 6,000 feet and sometimes it does not. I have not been able to get it to capture the glideslope any higher than 6,000 feet.
Is this a programming issue or is there something I'm missing? Again, if anyone has the secret to capturing the GS every time I would be a much
happier pilot knowing this information.
Thanks,
Vandy