Posts by tnw2933

Many thanks to all who replied. JetPack I believe you have given me the critical information that I needed. I think that I was above the glide slope, i.e. the horizontal line was below center when I pushed apr. Today when I practice ILS approaches I will make sure the horizontal line is above center when I push apr. I really appreciate your taking the time to help me with this. Tom

I am currently trying to master ILS approaches in the Cessna 172 at the Santa Barbara munipal airport. I have made sure that I have activated the 110.3 ILS frequency n the NAV1 radio. From reading the Aerofly web pages it seems that the autopilot should be able to fly the Cessna down to about 200 feet above the runway, but I have never been able to capture the glide slope and descend to near the runway. I can capture the localizer and proceed on course to the runway, but I can never get the Cessna 172 to capture the GS and descend. My plane just fails to descend even when I push approach on the NAV1 radio. The GS is never captured and I never descend. Do you have any idea why the GS is not being captured. I do realize that close to the runway I have to manually land the Cessna 172. Thank you for your help. Tom

I would like to thank all the people above whowere kind enough to respond to my initial post. The time you took to respond is greatly appreciated. I have now purchased the Honeycomb Alpha Flight Controller/switches and sei it up with Aerofly FS4. I have not been able to get any of the switches on the Honeycomb controller to work with the Cessna 172, and my inquiry to Honeycomb support has gone unanswered. I was told before purchase by Aerofly support that the Honeycomb controller would work with Aerofly FS4 on a Mac. The essential flight controls all do work but I am unable to assign the ignition switch or lights on the Honeycomb to Aerofly. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I do find the Honeycomb yoke to be a vast improvement over the PS 5 controller, but I am still having problems over correcting on landing approaches and maintaining straight and level flight. The moment I take my hands off the yoke to adjust a radio setting, the 172 starts flying erratically and I am soon in a mess. I suppose practice makes perfect but I am beginning to get frustrated.

Thank you again for your help. Tom

I am a beginner on Aerofly FS4 with about 12 total hours of flying time all in the Cessna 172. I am using a Playsation Controller and even though I have lowered the sensitivity of the controller in FS4 I find it extremely difficult to make small adjustments of ailerons and elevator both in flight and especially on final approach. Would a controller such as the Honeycomb Alpha Flight Control system make it easier to make small adjusts to the ailerons and elevator? Do rudder pedal such as the ProLogic G Pro Flight Rudder pedals make it easier to make small changes to the rudder? I don’t mind purchasing these as I am serious about this flight simulator, but I would like to know if they will help to reduce the over control as the PS controller produces. Thank you in advance for responding. Tom