x737 4.2 Glideslope Help

[FlorianR]

Hey, its me again.....in the help forum

Anyways, so i have been trying out the fantastic x737NG (website: eadt.eu) and because I really had an interest in properly learning how to fly the aircraft i decided to thoroughly read through the manual (part 2, for this instance). After a couple of tries, i kind of got things figured out. well, the approach part at least. I managed to get up to the part when the plane turns inbound on the localiser and the glideslope needle activates. However, the plane never seems to capture the glideslope. I have all the ILS frequencies right, and i believe all the autopilot settings were right too. Can someone please take a quick look over the video attached and help me figure out why the glideslope isn't being captured. Any help will be appreciated! Thanks!

Airport: Olso (ENGM) - can be found at the XPFW website

please read the manual found here (http://downloads.eadt.eu/manual/x737landing_manual-v1.2.pdf) for more insight.

Cheers,

FlorianR

[flightime56]

There is an issue with the x737 plug-in, you can follow the thread or try the updated plug-in to see if it fixes the problem, the dedicated x737 support is on the XP.org at http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?showtopic=50316, read it all to understand the issue.

I get that sudden turn to the heading bearing away from the ILS, then you were too high to collect the ILS when you re-corrected the turn.

try it with a clean restart without the FMS route activated (just turning the N1, N2, FMS dial won't work), and use the heading and ALT to position for the ILS, and no higher than 2500ft, then see if it then collects the ILS correctly.

I think there is an issue between the FMS and the x737 plug-in, it is my theory only at this point........

[FlorianR]

thanks. I'll try and see if that works 

[FlorianR]

Okay, I think I figured it out. Though this is not the solution to the problem (I think), it is a temporary fix. If I descend to 2500 ft. instead of 3000 ft., the glide-slope does get captured. I engaged the second CMD, and the plane landed itself. For some reason the flare was very little (even though flare was engaged) and the plane landed off-center, but Hey!, I landed  .

Thanks for the Help!