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Thanks for the comments. To Bartleby : Yes, the waypoint is indeed centered on the runway. I do not know how to offset a waypoint with the CDU so any help is appreciated. For the moment, everytime I tried landing with this method, I could manage easily to stop the aircraft way before the end of the runway. The only obligation is to arrive not too fast. To GGTharos : I don't really know if the precision is equivalent to an ILS approach. The fact that the touchdown point is in the middle of the runway is indeed not as safe as an ILS approach. Concerning the sensitivity of the glide slope indicators on the ADI, if I read the manual correctly, the sensitivity option located under the NAV page does not include a separate ILS sensitivity. So I assumed that it is the same in STEER PT and ILS mode (according to the manual : 1 dot on the ADI Glide indicator = 0.35 deg by default) Bear in mind that this is more like a bonus guidance in final, as the vertical bar only appears like 3nm from the waypoint (I a not sure if there is a way to make it appear sooner, I'll have to dig this a little more). I'll be trying tonight to use this method wiht the HUD off and only use the HSI and ADI indications to validate the precision of the whole thing. I'll post a track for those interested.

Hey Folks, First, I'd like to thank ED for this great sim. I am learning everyday with this sim and that is a great feeling. I generally don't like to point the obvious but I'll pass on my principles on that one : english is not my native language (stupid french here :music_whistling:) so please feel free to point out any typos, bad spelling, bad grammar and so on, in this post or in the attached document. Two weeks ago I was practicing ILS landing in bad weather, and I told myself that training on the same airfield was not that great as it was beginning to feel almost mechanical (turn here, drop gear now, ...) And I wish there were ILS available on more airfields not to train on the same airfield everyday. And my answer to this problem came to me while reading the manual. You can simulate glide path using the 3D Nav Mode of a waypoint. Maybe this is known to all the hardcore simmers out there, but I have not seen any thread concerning this on this forum for the moment. It revealed to be a great tool when there is little to no visibility like in the flight used in exemple in this tutorial (visibility inferior to 150m) Basically, this technique lies in using the waypoint created in the DIVERT page of the CDU to drive the glide bars of the ADI to provide a glide path. As this waypoint is placed in the middle of the runway, good control of speed in final is required as you will not have the full length of the runway to speed your aircraft down. I hope this tutorial can serve to other people. I may not be doing eveything by the book, so any critics, comments, suggestions are welcome. Again, typos and bad grammar comments are also welcome. I am working on a Youtube video to illustrate this technique, but anyone whishing to post one is welcome. Hope you'll enjoy this and practicing bad weather landing with this technique :pilotfly: GPS Glide Path 3D Nav.pdf