Tips on landing in poor visibility weather without ILS

[exodus]

Since most of the air bases appear not to have an ILS system, how do most of you land (safely) in near zero visibility weather (ie- nighttime with dense snow/precipitation)? Thanks -

[636_Castle]

If weather is below VFR minimums, you probably shouldn't be flying VFR. :D

Edited February 28, 2011 by 636_Castle

[exodus]

If weather is below VFR minimums, you probably shouldn't be flying VFR. :D

 

That's what i keep telling the computer!:D

[effte]

While it is not a procedure which would be considered safe to use in civil aviation, you can create a waypoint at the airfield, make it a 3D waypoint and set a fixed angle vertical path to the waypoint. Pg 223 in the manual. Click twice on the LSK when entering the vertical angle to enter a negative angle.

 

Be sure to know the obstacle situation along your intended direction of approach before having a go.

 

Edit: Real A-10 pilots will of course simply let down over the sea and then fly under the weather all the way to landing. As an instructor I once had said, it's still VMC if one part of the aircraft is not in the clouds... and the technicians will love the break in the daily routine when assigned to getting the grass out of the barrels of the GAU-8! ;)

Edited February 28, 2011 by effte

[Frogfoot1606687865]

if you know the lat/long of the runway threshold, you could create a 3D nav point in the CDU with a 3 deg slope and use that as a substitute ILS using the steering bars to guide you in.

 

Edit: Damn Sniped

[Sandman]

While it is not a procedure which would be considered safe to use in civil aviation, you can create a waypoint at the airfield, make it a 3D waypoint and set a fixed angle vertical path to the waypoint. Pg 223 in the manual. Click twice on the LSK when entering the vertical angle to enter a negative angle.

 

Be sure to know the obstacle situation along your intended direction of approach before having a go.

 

Edit: Real A-10 pilots will of course simply let down over the sea and then fly under the weather all the way to landing. As an instructor I once had said, it's still VMC if one part of the aircraft is not in the clouds... and the technicians will love the break in the daily routine when assigned to getting the grass out of the barrels of the GAU-8! ;)

 

if you know the lat/long of the runway threshold, you could create a 3D nav point in the CDU with a 3 deg slope and use that as a substitute ILS using the steering bars to guide you in.

 

Edit: Damn Sniped

 

Great tips guys- I keep learning more about this sim every day. Thanks for posting. Reps inbound....

[Lonecrow66]

Anyone actually have any success with the ILS at batumi? In the campaigns? This release I've never been able to get it to work. In training and single players it seems to work.

[Succellus]

That's what i keep telling the computer!:D

 

Excellent +1 rep.

 

Anyway, if you can t see the strip your too high, if you crash your too low, there s always the in between as long you have a waypoint on the airport. Even if your retasked to snow plower on your next mission.

Edited February 28, 2011 by Succellus