So I conclude something is not working correctly with your sim setup for the Falcon, it does not seem to be just a LOC intercept angle or speed issue. The GS was captured (at about 140 Knots) and tracked well all the way down. About a 1/2 dot before the GS needle centered, I went to full flaps and gear down. The Falcon initially flew through the LOC just a bit (the needle deflected about 1/2 way to the first dot) and then corrected back nicely. I used the AP HDG mode with the APR Armed to set up the LOC intercept. To push the limits a bit for test purposes, I used a 45 deg LOC intercept angle at 160 knots. I just ran an ILS test using a single RXP GTN750 in the Falcon. The advice posted above is all good advice, but I think something is wrong/corrupted with your setup. I would welcome any and all constructive feedback. Step unique to the Falcon that I'm missing? I'm aware that the procedures vary from aircraft to aircraft perhaps there's a In the beginning I was thinking that these issues it might be related to the GTN but my experiences rule that out. ![]() I followed the same procedure I attempted on the Falcon and like the Lear, it intercepted the localizer and glideslope without a hitch. Like the Falcon, the Lionheartīird has an APPR mode on its autopilot rather than a separate GS mode. While the 650 doesn't have all of the features of the 750, it is still quite capable. I have another aircraft, by another developer (Lionheart), which I equipped with just one RXP GTN 650 unit. The plane pitched up abruptly and then begandiving to the ground to crash. The plane flies past the localizer course as if it isn't there at all.ī) at another time, when I used the HDG mode to track the localizer course until the plane reached the GS intercept, then I activated the approach mode a dot below it. It flies parallel-kind of-to the localizer course all the way to the GS intercept.Ī) I've also tried activating the approach mode of the autopilot before arriving at the localizer course and get the same result. I try the APP mode on the autopilot, the plane turns a bit more, and sluggishly, to the localizer, but does not intercept it. This is when the trouble begins:Īircraft turns slightly, as if to intercept the localizer, and then flies right past it. Within a couple of miles of the localizer course that autopilot goes to NAV mode. Again, I took care to approach the localizer at no more than a 45 degree angle. HSI set to published LOC course.Įnroute to intercept the ILS course, autopilot in HDG and ALT modes. Master GTN 750 set to localizer frequency and CDI mode. The Flysimware Lear again demonstrates that it is a thing of beauty. The Learjet intercepts both the localizer course and then the glide slope beautifully and smoothly, and then holds the horizontal and lateral modes as if it were on rails. When the plane intercepts the glide slope the ALT mode on the autopilot automatically extinguishes and the aircraft follows the glide slope down. When the plane captures and aligns with the localizer (well before the glide slope intercept point) I select GS on the autopilot. Within a couple of miles of the localizer course I switch the autopilot to NAV mode. I approach the localizer course at a 45 degree angle. HSI set to published LOC course.Įnroute to intercept the ILS course, autopilot in HDG mode and ALT mode. Master GTN 750 set to the localizer frequency and to CDI mode. ![]() This is the procedure that I followed for the Lear: I did some tests with it as well, on more than one ILS approach, and it intercepts the localizer course and the glide slope like a champ. I also have the Flysimware Lear, and have also equipped it with dual RXP GTN 750s. In each situation the aircraft will fly past the localizer course, or sluggishly turn as if to intercept it and then fly right past it again. I've tried several combinations of procedures to try and figure it out, but none have worked. I can't for the life of me get the aircraft to intercept the localizer course, and I'm pulling my hair out. Apologies if this has been covered before.įor those of you who are using your Falcon 50s with the RXP GTN 750s, I could greatly use some suggestions.
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