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#FLIGHT SIMULATOR CESSNA 172 COMPLETE HOW TO#
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Say you want to have the plane descend from 5,000 to 2,000 altitude. Source: Garmin Vertical Speed Mode (VS Key)

The ticker will track your vertical progress even if you switch off the autopilot and attempt to land manually.

Once it reaches the middle, the plane should lock on and the system will glide you down. The ticker should be locked towards the top near the “G” and as you approach the airport it will lower down the bar. You can tell the system has a localizer in range because a new bar will appear on your Garmin screen next to your altitude indicator. Flight Simulator is a bit more forgiving when it comes to this. You can discover these on the aircraft charts through services like Navigraph, or just attempt to be close enough. Keep in mind that each airport has a different altitude you must be at for the system to properly intercept the localizer. You can also manually turn on approach mode and the plane will attempt to intercept the localizer. If you’ve programmed in an instrument landing system (ILS) approach, the autopilot will switch to approach mode once the system is able to lock on. In short, there’s an ideal glide slope for your plane to make a steady descent into a landing.

Approach Mode (APR Key)Īpproach Mode tells the plane to keep an eye out for the airport’s localizer, assuming it has one.

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It can also be used with VOR and LOC directions which we’ll attempt to explain in an update some point in the future.įor most advanced planes with direct routes, assuming you’ve set your course before taking off (or programmed it into the navigation manually) you’ll simply want to press this button alongside autopilot. If you’re in a smart enough plane with a proper GPS and your destinations programmed in, Navigation Mode will automatically fly you where you need to go. You can also click and hold to have it keep increasing by one. Some users get confused by this nob because the scroll wheel only changes the nob in increments of ten. This is particularly helpful when it comes to staying on track as being a few degrees off and cause you to drastically miss your destination over a long enough flight. You can move the ticker’s location using the knob above the buttons with the letters “HDG” just above it.Īs an example, if you have heading mode on and pointed at 52 degrees and you change it to 89, the plane will alter course and rotate to the new heading. This is the blue ticker on your navigation NOT the purple line. Heading Select does exactly what it says, instructing the plane to follow your specified heading. In the Cessna 172, it cannot control your throttle. Special thanks to the Garmin handbook for explaining these in depth.Īnother Note: Not all autopilots can control the throttle of your plane. For the Cessna 172, which we’ll be using for this entire tutorial, that’s located just to the left of both screens. The most basic form of autopilot is super easy to engage! Just look for the “AP” button on your dashboard. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Tips Guide – 12 Things the Game Doesn’t Tell You.

#FLIGHT SIMULATOR CESSNA 172 COMPLETE HOW TO#

How to Land a Plane in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Bugs Guide – Stuck on Loading, Not Downloading, More.

In this guide we’ll describe what each of the autopilot buttons does and how to successfully use them. However, there are a decent number that do and understanding this system and how it all works is arguably more difficult to understand than keeping a plane off of the ground. Not every plane in Microsoft Flight Simulator comes with autopilot installed so learning to manually fly planes is a must.