lining up

[Tyler012]

im having trouble lining myself up visually with runways. are there any steps or suggestions of what or how to do it. because i dont want to be ils dependant.

[olderndirt]

One thing that might help is to back away from your panel so you get more peripheral-type vision out the sides.  In FS, the runway theshold stays too narrow too long thus presenting a more difficult target.

[beaky]

Basically, once you're within a mile or two, it's:
Aileron for drift, rudder to keep plane aligned with runway.

[aeroart]

Tell us some more about the problem you're having. For example, are you trying the land with a crosswind, etc.

Art

[olderndirt]

While surfing, I saw a gadget that supposedly plants a vertical line on the windshield to help in staying aligned with the runway.

[Fozzer]

...are you practising with the Cessna 152/172 Trainer?.... [smiley=thumbsup.gif]....

.....or an enormous, great, 747 Jumbo Jet?.... ... ...!

Mastering the first, will assist with the second... ...!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004....FS Nav...and a fleet of Trainers!... 8-)...!

[flaminghotsauce]

FS2004 had those red 'V' things for the windscreen. I never used it, but does FSX have them? If so, you could turn that on and line up using it until you're more comfortable with the process.

[Tyler012]

Rotty your advice helped.

I'm using a Cessna.

[olderndirt]

Rotty your advice helped.

I'm using a Cessna.

Think mostly little amounts of rudder.  Using ailerons for minor corrections you tend to get too much - then it's the other way and a tad too much and so on............. .

[beaky]

Rotty your advice helped.

I'm using a Cessna.

Big plane, small plane, wind, no wind... basically, that's what it boils down to.

[Fozzer]

Rotty your advice helped.

I'm using a Cessna.

Big plane, small plane, wind, no wind... basically, that's what it boils down to.

...practice...practice..practice... ...!

There is no substitute...!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Nav...and 12+ years of daily Flight Sim practising, and perfecting!......!

[Al_Fallujah]

My mistake, and apparently a common one for newbies in the cock pit, was making big fast corrections.

My instructor said small smooth corrections, working the rudder pedals to keep my right leg lined up with the center line.

[olderndirt]

Probably flogging a dead horse here, but the sim does not fly like a real plane, especially those last few hundred yards on final.