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Postby gbwnab » Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:41 am

i'm having trouble figuring this instrument out.

how do i change the heading, and, more importantly, how do i know which heading to change it to?

this is the instrument that should help me with the glide path right?

anyone?
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Re: vertical situation .....

Postby commoner » Fri Feb 25, 2005 4:55 am

i'm having trouble figuring this instrument out.

how do i change the heading, and, more importantly, how do i know which heading to change it to?

this is the instrument that should help me with the glide path right?

anyone?



.....you lost me gbwnab...do you mean Vertical SPEED Indicator, this displays how fast you are climbing or descending........you
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Re: vertical situation .....

Postby beefhole » Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:04 pm

VS in hundreds of feet per minute I suppose.

Careful-just feet per minute (FPM) not hundreds of feet per minute.  That means when you put "100" into the AP itd mean 10,000 FPM!

I'm a mite bit confused as well as to exactly which instrument we're refering to here...
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Re: vertical situation .....

Postby dyfly » Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:16 pm

Are you talking about the VOR with the glide slope needle  to fly a ILS  ???Glide path you do not change heading only pitch to fly a glide path 8)
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Re: vertical situation .....

Postby Skligmund » Fri Feb 25, 2005 6:38 pm

Sounds like a confusion with the Horizontal Situation Indicator to me.

Here is a list of instraments, which one are you referring?

Horizonal Situation Indicator (HSI)
Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)
Altimeter
Autopilot Vertical Speed Selector (and or the bug on the VSI)
Turn and Bank Indicator
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Re: vertical situation .....

Postby gbwnab » Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:12 am

I'm very sorry everyone...
I am indeed referring to the Horizontal Situation Indicator...I think??

I'm trying to land with the asistance of this instrument, the one with the headings indicated...

If I follow it, and the "cross" is right in the middle of the gauge, I'm still off course, almost like I'm following the wrong headings?  

While you are here....

What exactly is Slew Mode??

Can someone tell me how to use autopilot?  I mean I wish to enter a certain height that I would like it to maintain?  

Thanks again.
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Re: vertical situation .....

Postby Mobius » Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:54 am

The one with the cross would be the glideslope like dyfly said, I think.
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Re: vertical situation .....

Postby Nav » Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:08 am

gbw, there are usually two buttons below the instrument.
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Re: vertical situation .....

Postby commoner » Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:58 am

lol...Confusion reigns...nobody really seems to know what the Question is ..let alone the answer...commoner  ;D
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Re: vertical situation .....

Postby gbwnab » Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:06 am

mobius/nav...

thanks for your patience in understanding that I've only been playing at this for a very short time.

Your help will have me landing on the correct runway in no time!

Commoner, sorry to confuse you.  I'm not counting  but I think thats twice now~
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Re: vertical situation .....

Postby commoner » Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:13 am

[quote]mobius/nav...

thanks for your patience in understanding that I've only been playing at this for a very short time.

Your help will have me landing on the correct runway in no time!

Commoner, sorry to confuse you.
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Re: vertical situation .....

Postby dyfly » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:44 am

8)Slew Mode,
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