"Shane H"
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Apr 15, 2003, 5:28 PM
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Re: What is ILS and how is it used?
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Thanks for the replies,
BTW is 'autothrottle', the same as 'speed hold' on the autopilot? Or are
that 2 things? I saw an autopilot that has a dial to set the speed and an
IAS on/off toggle and also a seperate auto-pwr arm/off toggle.
ShaneH
"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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