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 i am just new to fsx and i want to know alot of stuff

1.how can i land
2. how can i use the rudder in air (my joystick doesnt turn)
3. how can i autoland
4. how can i calculate the descent
5, how can i center myself on the runway
6. after i take off for like 30.000 ft and i want to stop at this limit i click the altitude hold and the autopilot and also when i leave the joystick the aircraft starts falling
7. where can i find cathay pacific aircrafts because i only found one 777 on this website
8. what are flaps ?
9. whenever i add an aircraft to fsx with the ''fltsim.x'' i dont find the aircraft in the game ? why ?
10. i cant find the place where i can choose to start at the ramps !

wow big list!... first things first, this is going to get moved when a mod gets hold of it, so buckle in and get ready to be transported at high speed to the fsx forum!

down to business!

1 - to land you need to make the aircraft, from an airbourne position, stop on the ground, normally by lowering altitude and speed and a little flare just over the runway... or any other land for that matter... although other land /water is less preferable.
2 - there is normally a guage that you can click to do this, its different in different aircraft...
3 - i dont use it so i cant tell you! i say its for wimps anyway, steals all the fun!
4 - i just get told to go from one altitude to another and follow the orders, or im just being random and buzz around annoying big planes in my little plane! you can see in the guages, normally with the altimeter and stuff a vertical speed guage which tells you how fast you are descending...  30.000ft to land in about 8-900nm at descent rate of 1800 at speed of around 250-300 kts does me...
5 - from an airbourne position you point the front end at the runway and just hope to get down alive! from a ground position you turn the wheel to move you while on the runway
6 - you might not have enough power in the aircraft to keep it at set altitude, or you have climbed too fast losing too much speed meaning that the nose is pointed up which increases drag which slows you down and eventually you get to the point where you get fired for being a rubbish pilot!  ;)
7 - go to www.avsim.com, go to download library, search in fsx aircraft for cathay pacific and you'l probably find a few!
8 - flaps and slats are parts of the wings of aircraft that when withdrawn just make up the rear end of the underside of the wings as per usual, withdrawn in normal flight.  When extended they extend out the back of the wings in order to increase (ooh i just killed a mosquito! go me!) the surface area of the sings meaning that you can stay in the air at a lower speed, used for taking off (at a small increment) to lessen takeoff speed and therefore runway necesary! very useful, and for landing (at full increment) so you can come in at a lower speed... also means that you use less runway!
9 - i dont use fsx so im not sure exactly how it works! someone else may help you though!
10 - if its like fs9 then when you go to select your airport you can select a runway to start on? that may be a scrollable list... may be ramps listed below... i made that mistake on my first few days of flight sim! if its not like fs9 then disregard that last answer...



well i hope my work is done! lots of work it is too!!  :o

ooohh and there may be, if you explore the main menu of fsx, some built in lessons for flying so you can learn a few of the basics there... i.e. giving it some power, pulling back, flying around scaring people, slowing it down, and the hitting the ground with way too much force!
8-)

Cheers
Danny

Adressing question #6. I think you need to set the altitude to the level you want on the AP.

answer to all: use a cessna first dump the 777

answer to all: use a cessna first dump the 777

There you have it. You don't get your VFR license in a A380. Start out small, work your way up. I recommend some of the tutorial missions to get you started. What is your joystick?

8-)

Flaps are a device used to make descents at steeper rates than without them so in a cessna I can drop flaps keep the airspeed at 80 in a dive instaed of 115 flaps increase your lift and they also increase your drag
few things to remember with using them is never put them down in a turn never slip the airplane with full flaps

4...
you want to multiply 5 times yoru speed, and that will give you a 3deg decent angle which is yoru goal.

if you are doing 100 kts, you want to adjust your power until you get 500 fps decent. dont adjust yoru elevator trim, adjust power first, then adjust trim.

think of it as driving down a hill. as you take your foot off the gas, you slow down. same thing applies here.

if you are at 125 kts and level flight but want to shoot for 75 kts and 3 deg decent angle... 75x5 is 375, lets say 400.
first thing you do is cut some fuel, as you do you will slow down and get less lift and start to decend. now you adjust yoru nose to maintain the correct speed, and you adjust power to maintain yoru decend rate, not the other way around.

never put them down in a turn

Depends what you're doing.

If you don't know what flaps are, I would surely suggest starting with the tutorials and flying much smaller aircraft.  Larger aircraft are simply too difficult to maneuver and explain if you don't have the basic knowledge and skills to operate any aircraft.

Go here.
http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation

About two thirds down.
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge.