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I've seen a lot of posts saying that FS2k2 doesn't have full autoland - that you have to flare it yourself.  

I don't quite see what people mean by this, cos if I flick the APR hold on (generally after ATC has said "maintain ----- until established on loc,) and the autopilot brings the aircraft right down onto the rwy and applies speedbreaks.

Isn't this autoland????

Is this a default plane, or an add-on? David Maltby's new Trident has autoland programmed into the autopilot but I didn't think that it was part of the default M$ autopilot. I suppose if you were careful with the attitude on approach by using manual throttle control then it's feasible I guess. Never tried it though. Like most people, I use the APR until a couple of hundred feet off the ground and then bring it down manually.

I've seen a lot of posts saying that FS2k2 doesn't have full autoland - that you have to flare it yourself.  

I don't quite see what people mean by this, cos if I flick the APR hold on (generally after ATC has said "maintain ----- until established on loc,) and the autopilot brings the aircraft right down onto the rwy and applies speedbreaks.

Isn't this autoland????

No. APP simply follows the glideslope-that's it.  Autoland will flare the aircraft for you.  With APP, you have to disengage it when you're over the runway in order to manually retard the throttles and pull back, initiating the flare.

[quote]and the autopilot brings the aircraft right down onto the rwy and applies speedbreaks.

..sometimes i land with IAS hold set to the landing spped, other times I do it manually - so perhaps i do apply sppedbrakes manually....    whatever it is, it gets it down in one piece - which is all that i'm worried about.

p.s Yes, I have got crash detection and stress damage on.

i have actually created a new topic about autolands! i couldnt get an answer from people so what i did is that i changed the sensitivity setting found on the left hand side , settings on FS2002 by changing all the sensitivty to a maximum, this way the aircraft will be much easier and quicker to turn manually, so you can land a 777 just like a cessna! try it , it might help, but until then i know no button to press to make autolanding!