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HOW TO USE GPS?

PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:53 am
by BRAVO-9R21
PLEASE HELP. IVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS ONCE. I PICKED WHAT RUNWAY I WANTED AND I COULDNT TURN AND IT DID IT FOR ME. THATS WHAT I WANT. I CANT DO IT AGAIN. HOW DO I KNOW WHICH ONE TO PICK AND HOW. LIKE FOR EX. GPS R4L, OR ILS R4L AND HOW DO I KNOW WHICH RIGHT LEFT TO PICK. PLEASE HELP ME!!!

Re: HOW TO USE GPS?

PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 8:23 am
by Brett_Henderson
Settle down   ;)   (you're yelling)..

Get into the little 172 practice practice practice landing and pattern work. Mean time, check out the learning center ( or better yet, do some real research) and study up like you're taking a real ground school course.

It's not much fun (or won't do you much good) to just jump into long, ATC controlled flights and try to use the GPS until you understand the big picture. You should already know on your own (because you've checked the weather) which runway you'll be assigned and have long since loaded the GPS approach for that runway. But unless it's real IFR weather, you'll just hand fly the approach anyway. Do you really enjoy having the GPS and auto-pilot do the flying ?

I'm not the biggest fan of the FSX built-in lessons.. But if you are completely new to flying, it will help you grasp all the fundementals..

Re: HOW TO USE GPS?

PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 9:08 am
by BRAVO-9R21
yes, i like it. its what real pilots use. u think real pilots do everything without computers. lol. but i have gone to the learning center and im trying to learn about vor which idk what mwans and he goes to dam fast. what is that for how do u use it? thanks for the reply.

Re: HOW TO USE GPS?

PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2007 10:13 am
by Brett_Henderson
yes, i like it. its what real pilots use. u think real pilots do everything without computers


It's what real pilots use AFTER they master navigating without it. No pilot flies by GPS until he can fly without a GPS first  ;)