Hello,
I've flown arrivals into Schiphol using the STARS but not the dedicated ILS approach which has an unnecessary back-course.
-I set the course and frequency correctly and took a heading vector and tried to arm APP which didn't work.
-I was on the glideslope at around 2000ft.
I couldn't intercept the localiser and overshot the centreline.
I tried to approach like this.
What did I do wrong?
ILS approaches are usually flown with front course, not back course. In back-course mode the glide slope is inhibited because it would be very dangerous if it is allowed to capture it accidentally.
Make sure you have set the correct approach course and ILS frequency, then the LOC and G/S mode should be available.
ILS approaches are usually flown with front course, not back course. In back-course mode the glide slope is inhibited because it would be very dangerous if it is allowed to capture it accidentally.
Make sure you have set the correct approach course and ILS frequency, then the LOC and G/S mode should be available.
I have the correct course set on the selection knobs as well as the frequency 110.50 for ILS06 but LOC and G/S didn't display and I couldn't arm APP mode. (I made a typo- It's not a back course but more a winding shape- IRL planes take vectors then can intercept the G/S which is what I tried to do)
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I've flown arrivals into Schiphol using the STARS but not the dedicated ILS approach which has an unnecessary back-course.
-I set the course and frequency correctly and took a heading vector and tried to arm APP which didn't work.
-I was on the glideslope at around 2000ft.
I couldn't intercept the localiser and overshot the centreline.
I tried to approach like this.
What did I do wrong?
Check the ILS frequency directly on the simulator instead of on the chart because, as the airac is out of date, the frequencies may not match. One time I was flying from KPAE to KOLM in Seattle when I noticed that the plane was not picking up the localizer frequency (I was on the KOLM frequency from the navigation chart). This card frequency is different from what appears in the simulator. For this reason I was unable to complete the ILS approach. After discovering this error, I tuned the ILS frequency that appears in the simulator and then the approach worked.
This is the MANY YEARS OLD frequency fault where NNN.N5 frequencies are wrong in the nav page. Try .05 lower or higher than what we are told. In this case 110.55 works (and is the published frequency).
(Expect this fault to remain uncorrected in the foreseeable future.)
Check the ILS frequency directly on the simulator instead of on the chart because, as the airac is out of date, the frequencies may not match. One time I was flying from KPAE to KOLM in Seattle when I noticed that the plane was not picking up the localizer frequency (I was on the KOLM frequency from the navigation chart). This card frequency is different from what appears in the simulator. For this reason I was unable to complete the ILS approach. After discovering this error, I tuned the ILS frequency that appears in the simulator and then the approach worked.
I usually use charts but this time I used the ILS frequency in the navigation menu- that didn't really help at all and I plan with the FMC anyway so it's not very immersive.
