MSFS ILS Approaches

alphaone · February 27th, 2005, 18:04

Ok, I need some help with them. Where do I put in the frequency for ILS Appoaches? ........And, where is the best place to find the frequencies?
Thanks, Wes

mtsu_av8er · February 27th, 2005, 18:16

You put the freqs in the NAV radios....

You get the freqs from the Instrument Approach Procedures.

aloft · February 27th, 2005, 18:19

Ton of flight sim forums out there, bro. www.google.com

mtsu_av8er · February 27th, 2005, 18:48

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Ton of flight sim forums out there, bro. www.google.com

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I think it's a pretty fair question. . .

aloft · February 27th, 2005, 19:25

For me to poop on!

mtsu_av8er · February 27th, 2005, 19:31

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For me to poop on!

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Completely unfair!

If a JC'er asks a question about choosing a laptop, everybody is eager to help, even though there are hundreds of computer forums.

If a JC'er makes a post about a new Halo game, everybody starts posting about how much they love it, and nobody complains. Yet, there are a thousand video game forums.

If a JC'er posts a picture of a girl that can't say her ABC's, the world is a happy place. Yet, there are ton of sites with half-naked ladies.

Now, a JC'er asks a question about a video game that's directly related to flying, and wants to know something that might help get him into a real airplane one day (it did for me. . .

), and we all want to say, "You suck, go away, we don't have time for such questions . . .".

What sense does that make?

TallFlyer · February 27th, 2005, 20:25

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For me to poop on!

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Completely unfair!

If a JC'er asks a question about choosing a laptop, everybody is eager to help, even though there are hundreds of computer forums.

If a JC'er makes a post about a new Halo game, everybody starts posting about how much they love it, and nobody complains. Yet, there are a thousand video game forums.

If a JC'er posts a picture of a girl that can't say her ABC's, the world is a happy place. Yet, there are ton of sites with half-naked ladies.

Now, a JC'er asks a question about a video game that's directly related to flying, and wants to know something that might help get him into a real airplane one day (it did for me. . .

), and we all want to say, "You suck, go away, we don't have time for such questions . . .".

What sense does that make?

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Although I do sense a bit of

in Aloft's posts. Besides, do we really want to loose another aspiring aviator to a.net?

Officer448 · February 27th, 2005, 20:51

When looking at the map in FS2004, click (or double click, I can't remember) on the airport of your choice (whether it be destination or just local), and it will give you the frequencies for each airport. You can also visit airnav.com and go to the airport link and type in the airport name or identifier, and it has all the information about a particular airport, including RW frequencies, local VOR, NDB, etc. You can also download the approach plates in PDF format and print them off. The last option is to buy the approach plates (if you have the money). Hope that helps.

TallFlyer · February 27th, 2005, 21:30

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The last option is to buy the approach plates (if you have the money). Hope that helps.

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Heck, NOS charts are cheap. In fact, if you hustle enough you could probably turn up a ton of expired ones from any local airport.

Doug Taylor · February 27th, 2005, 23:11

Not the dark side of "Love airplanes and HATE pilots!"

alphaone · February 27th, 2005, 23:16

Thanks to all. I have another question, how do you manually reset the altimeter to 29.92 above 18,000? And im sorry my questions are stupid but no one has ever told me

I thought you guys wouldn't mind

BoilerPilot2007 · February 27th, 2005, 23:26

Hey! We don't mind.

Just hit "b"... that should do the trick.

mavsfflife · February 27th, 2005, 23:58

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For me to poop on!

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hahaha, did you get this from the little dog on Conan o' Brien? If so, by far one of my favorite skits on the show.

aloft · February 28th, 2005, 01:40

Yesh, but Lloyd didn't find it very funny!

And for the record, I never said he couldn't/should't post here! Maybe the OP wasn't aware of the bounty of sites to feed his MSFS habit!

And also, all the NACO approach charts are available here:

http://www.naco.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/d_tpp

mtsu_av8er · February 28th, 2005, 09:01

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Yesh, but Lloyd didn't find it very funny!

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LOL...sorry. . .I don't watch Conan.

mtsu_av8er · February 28th, 2005, 09:02

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Thanks to all. I have another question, how do you manually reset the altimeter to 29.92 above 18,000?

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To manually do it, turn the knob next to the Kollsman Window.

aloft · February 28th, 2005, 11:32

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Thanks to all. I have another question, how do you manually reset the altimeter to 29.92 above 18,000?

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To manually do it, turn the knob next to the Kollsman Window.

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Which, before you ask, is the little window on the face of the altimeter that displays the altimeter setting.

mtsu_av8er · February 28th, 2005, 11:54

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Thanks to all. I have another question, how do you manually reset the altimeter to 29.92 above 18,000?

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To manually do it, turn the knob next to the Kollsman Window.

[/ QUOTE ]

Which, before you ask, is the little window on the face of the altimeter that displays the altimeter setting.

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gredenko · February 28th, 2005, 13:03

Hello all! This is my first post, so be kind!

I've pretty much figured out all there is on FS04, except for one nagging question. In Machado's book, he says "The GPS can not only take you direct to any waypoint, it can also let you select any course you want to that waypoint...let's say you want to track the 330 course to the waypoint...push the OBS button and rotate the HSI's OBS to 330..."

For the life of me, I can't get my GPS/HSI to do this. I push OBS, rotate to track a given radial into the VOR (not direct), but nothing happens. (and yes, the cockpit switch is on "GPS," not "NAV") Any advice? I'm thinking perhaps this option wasn't programmed into the game. Thanks!

aloft · February 28th, 2005, 21:30

[ QUOTE ]
Hello all! This is my first post, so be kind!

I've pretty much figured out all there is on FS04, except for one nagging question. In Machado's book, he says "The GPS can not only take you direct to any waypoint, it can also let you select any course you want to that waypoint...let's say you want to track the 330 course to the waypoint...push the OBS button and rotate the HSI's OBS to 330..."

For the life of me, I can't get my GPS/HSI to do this. I push OBS, rotate to track a given radial into the VOR (not direct), but nothing happens. (and yes, the cockpit switch is on "GPS," not "NAV") Any advice? I'm thinking perhaps this option wasn't programmed into the game. Thanks!

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Rod's right about the real Garmin, but that functionality doesn't appear to be modeled in MSFS 2004.

February 27th, 2005, 18:04	#1
alphaone Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 781	MSFS ILS Approaches Ok, I need some help with them. Where do I put in the frequency for ILS Appoaches? ........And, where is the best place to find the frequencies? Thanks, Wes

February 27th, 2005, 18:16	#2
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,468	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches You put the freqs in the NAV radios.... You get the freqs from the Instrument Approach Procedures.

February 27th, 2005, 18:19	#3
aloft Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Inside your OODA loop Posts: 6,778	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches Ton of flight sim forums out there, bro. www.google.com

February 27th, 2005, 18:48	#4
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,468	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches [ QUOTE ] Ton of flight sim forums out there, bro. www.google.com [/ QUOTE ] I think it's a pretty fair question. . .

February 27th, 2005, 19:25	#5
aloft Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Inside your OODA loop Posts: 6,778	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches For me to poop on!

February 27th, 2005, 19:31	#6
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,468	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches [ QUOTE ] For me to poop on! [/ QUOTE ] Completely unfair! If a JC'er asks a question about choosing a laptop, everybody is eager to help, even though there are hundreds of computer forums. If a JC'er makes a post about a new Halo game, everybody starts posting about how much they love it, and nobody complains. Yet, there are a thousand video game forums. If a JC'er posts a picture of a girl that can't say her ABC's, the world is a happy place. Yet, there are ton of sites with half-naked ladies. Now, a JC'er asks a question about a video game that's directly related to flying, and wants to know something that might help get him into a real airplane one day (it did for me. . . ), and we all want to say, "You suck, go away, we don't have time for such questions . . .". What sense does that make?

February 27th, 2005, 20:25	#7
TallFlyer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Anchorage, AK Posts: 460	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] For me to poop on! [/ QUOTE ] Completely unfair! If a JC'er asks a question about choosing a laptop, everybody is eager to help, even though there are hundreds of computer forums. If a JC'er makes a post about a new Halo game, everybody starts posting about how much they love it, and nobody complains. Yet, there are a thousand video game forums. If a JC'er posts a picture of a girl that can't say her ABC's, the world is a happy place. Yet, there are ton of sites with half-naked ladies. Now, a JC'er asks a question about a video game that's directly related to flying, and wants to know something that might help get him into a real airplane one day (it did for me. . . ), and we all want to say, "You suck, go away, we don't have time for such questions . . .". What sense does that make? [/ QUOTE ] Although I do sense a bit of in Aloft's posts. Besides, do we really want to loose another aspiring aviator to a.net?

February 27th, 2005, 20:51	#8
Officer448 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 48	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches When looking at the map in FS2004, click (or double click, I can't remember) on the airport of your choice (whether it be destination or just local), and it will give you the frequencies for each airport. You can also visit airnav.com and go to the airport link and type in the airport name or identifier, and it has all the information about a particular airport, including RW frequencies, local VOR, NDB, etc. You can also download the approach plates in PDF format and print them off. The last option is to buy the approach plates (if you have the money). Hope that helps.

February 27th, 2005, 21:30	#9
TallFlyer Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Anchorage, AK Posts: 460	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches [ QUOTE ] The last option is to buy the approach plates (if you have the money). Hope that helps. [/ QUOTE ] Heck, NOS charts are cheap. In fact, if you hustle enough you could probably turn up a ton of expired ones from any local airport.

February 27th, 2005, 23:11	#10
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 40,240 Blog Entries: 1	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches Not the dark side of "Love airplanes and HATE pilots!"

February 27th, 2005, 23:16	#11
alphaone Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 781	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches Thanks to all. I have another question, how do you manually reset the altimeter to 29.92 above 18,000? And im sorry my questions are stupid but no one has ever told me I thought you guys wouldn't mind

February 27th, 2005, 23:26	#12
BoilerPilot2007 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 444	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches Hey! We don't mind. Just hit "b"... that should do the trick.

February 27th, 2005, 23:58	#13
mavsfflife Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Waco, TX Posts: 283	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches [ QUOTE ] For me to poop on! [/ QUOTE ] hahaha, did you get this from the little dog on Conan o' Brien? If so, by far one of my favorite skits on the show.

February 28th, 2005, 01:40	#14
aloft Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Inside your OODA loop Posts: 6,778	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches Yesh, but Lloyd didn't find it very funny! And for the record, I never said he couldn't/should't post here! Maybe the OP wasn't aware of the bounty of sites to feed his MSFS habit! And also, all the NACO approach charts are available here: http://www.naco.faa.gov/index.asp?xml=naco/online/d_tpp

February 28th, 2005, 09:01	#15
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,468	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches [ QUOTE ] Yesh, but Lloyd didn't find it very funny! [/ QUOTE ] LOL...sorry. . .I don't watch Conan.

February 28th, 2005, 09:02	#16
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,468	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches [ QUOTE ] Thanks to all. I have another question, how do you manually reset the altimeter to 29.92 above 18,000? [/ QUOTE ] To manually do it, turn the knob next to the Kollsman Window.

February 28th, 2005, 11:32	#17
aloft Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Inside your OODA loop Posts: 6,778	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Thanks to all. I have another question, how do you manually reset the altimeter to 29.92 above 18,000? [/ QUOTE ] To manually do it, turn the knob next to the Kollsman Window. [/ QUOTE ] Which, before you ask, is the little window on the face of the altimeter that displays the altimeter setting.

February 28th, 2005, 11:54	#18
mtsu_av8er Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Utopia Posts: 12,468	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Thanks to all. I have another question, how do you manually reset the altimeter to 29.92 above 18,000? [/ QUOTE ] To manually do it, turn the knob next to the Kollsman Window. [/ QUOTE ] Which, before you ask, is the little window on the face of the altimeter that displays the altimeter setting. [/ QUOTE ]

February 28th, 2005, 13:03	#19
gredenko Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 102	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches Hello all! This is my first post, so be kind! I've pretty much figured out all there is on FS04, except for one nagging question. In Machado's book, he says "The GPS can not only take you direct to any waypoint, it can also let you select any course you want to that waypoint...let's say you want to track the 330 course to the waypoint...push the OBS button and rotate the HSI's OBS to 330..." For the life of me, I can't get my GPS/HSI to do this. I push OBS, rotate to track a given radial into the VOR (not direct), but nothing happens. (and yes, the cockpit switch is on "GPS," not "NAV") Any advice? I'm thinking perhaps this option wasn't programmed into the game. Thanks!

February 28th, 2005, 21:30	#20
aloft Old Skool Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Inside your OODA loop Posts: 6,778	Re: MSFS ILS Approaches [ QUOTE ] Hello all! This is my first post, so be kind! I've pretty much figured out all there is on FS04, except for one nagging question. In Machado's book, he says "The GPS can not only take you direct to any waypoint, it can also let you select any course you want to that waypoint...let's say you want to track the 330 course to the waypoint...push the OBS button and rotate the HSI's OBS to 330..." For the life of me, I can't get my GPS/HSI to do this. I push OBS, rotate to track a given radial into the VOR (not direct), but nothing happens. (and yes, the cockpit switch is on "GPS," not "NAV") Any advice? I'm thinking perhaps this option wasn't programmed into the game. Thanks! [/ QUOTE ] Rod's right about the real Garmin, but that functionality doesn't appear to be modeled in MSFS 2004.

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