"Handsome"
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martin@fspaints.com
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Apr 15, 2003, 11:15 AM
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Re: What is ILS and how is it used?
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Thx Peter
Never new that. I always fly small stuff and fly in using ILS as
guidance.(not on auto)
Sorry for mis-info
Martin
"pr" <nope@nospam.com> wrote in message
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| Handsome (martin@fspaints.com) wrote:
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| > As far as I'm aware the "APR" button will only hold you on course for
the
| > runway.
| > Speed and altitude you have to control yourself.
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| Actually, APR (approach mode) will hold both glideslope (vertical
guidance)
| *and* localizer (lateral guidance - runway centerline). The descent down
| the glideslope is controlled by the AP. However, in the smaller aircraft
| such as the C172, the pilot must properly control the throttle to ensure
| the aircraft neither gets too slow or too fast.
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| If the pilot merely wanted to track the localizer (see above), then the
| pilot can simply use the NAV mode. Just be sure that the NAV/GPS switch
is
| set to NAV.
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