Hello
F18 Jet
How do I teach the Autopilot to follow this Set Course of 235° ? Only the HSEL heading works for me. The Instructions say you should enter the Course ( here 235°) with the Numbers/Keyboard and then press Enter. That doesn't work for me, the Autopilot just continues to fly the HSEL/ Course.
Please Help me
Thanks
I didn’t even know that it’s possible to fly with autopilot in the F18 
Why Post here if You don't know the Answer? 🤔
Because I want an explanation from you how to use the autopilot. It was an indirect question.
The f18 autopilot does not have a simulated nav couple mode yet. So the course value is just for the display and not for the autopilot.
In FS2021 and in PC the Beacon switch gives an ADF function with a NDB frequency in the F-18 (with the FS2021 F-18 it does not work with 0.5 KHz ending frequencies like 402.5 KHz at Leeds Bradford, the nearby 323 KHz works).
In real life the F-18 nav course works with the VOR-DME like TACAN military navaid, the real life Beacon function gives a VOR frequency bearing only indication similar to an NDB.
You can enter the published TACAN channel number and then try X or Y on the Aerofly F-18 receiver to receive the VORTAC beacons (if I remember correctly a pure TACAN only beacon won’t work). The TACAN and VORTAC channel numbers are on charts and can be seen in sites like SkyVector, they can also be converted from the VORTAC VOR frequency, it is just a mildly interesting alternative navaid entry working in the Aerofly F-18.
(Aerofly and SkyVector do not display TACAN and VORTAC chart symbols correctly but SkyVector will show ‘VORTAC Palmdale 114.5 Ch 92 PMD (morse ident)’ so it is pretty obvious).
You can also just enter the frequency into the UFC and it automatically converts it into channel number and X/Y in the Aerofly FS F-18, not sure about the original. Just push the ILS button on the UFC, then type in e.g. 11010 and ENT, it then displays 11X.
Middle of the floating [ symbol in the HUD. 127ish.
As overloaded mentioned, you fly the F18 by angle of attack on approach, the E-bracket in the HUD needs to be centered around the flight path vector, which requires a pitch trim of about 50% if I remember correctly. Next to the HUD you also have the AOA-Indexer which should be lit up in the middle, then you are on the correct speed for landing.
