PMDG 737 ILS loc

[hockeyplaya]

so the g/s locks and sucks me down and so does the ils loc and it lights up green above to say its loced.. it proceeds to pulls me right towards it
but then it pushes me off way right sending me the completely wrong direction.. ive had this problem around the past couple months and ive reinstalled
like 30 times and tried everything. anyone ever had this problem?

[xhado13]

Are you intercepting the localizer at a slow and steady speed? You have the correct course set, right?

I think one time I've had this problem, I don't remember.

[hockeyplaya]

Yes... im not bragging but im a decent pilot.. i have about 30 hours in the pss 757 and around 40-60 hours in the wilco 737 series and use ILS for all
my landing.. so i know im intercepting right.. it just loves to suck me off course.. idk why? Course heading is correct as well. Along with Nav1 and Nav2

[DSW334]

What is your intercepting angle? In other words.. When the ILS course is 180.. at what heading do you intercept the ILS? Is it more or less
then 30 degrees difference from the 180?

[the_nick]

try to update the AIRAC maybe this is the problem

[xhado13]

DSW334 wrote:
What is your intercepting angle? In other words.. When the ILS course is 180.. at what heading do you intercept the ILS? Is it more or less
then 30 degrees difference from the 180?

That too. Because if you intercept the localizer at a high speed (which is why I asked that question) at an angle more than lets say 20-25 degrees,
the plane is gonna have some trouble lining up right.

[hockeyplaya]

ive usually done it at about 20 degrees to intercept and ive done millions of attempts..i also give it loooots of room to sway back and fourth til it
lines up.

[hockeyplaya]

here is some videos i made..




look around my library there.. theres some more. See how it wont lock?

[Garbagecan]

I´d suggest you study the FMC manual before taking off. From your video it can be seen that your FMC is not even properly programmed, how do you expect the autopilot will do its job then?
The PMDG planes are a challenge and unlike the default planes it comes with a pretty large manual. I am sure you can find your answers there if you browse through.

Greets

Victor



Post Edited ( 03-18-08 11:20 )

[hockeyplaya]

no dont take me wrong. i understand how to use the FMC and how to do a full flight.. those were just me loading up an airport and opening the map and
dragging me out far enough to do an ils approach to show my buddy what was going on. Even with nothing in the FMC i think it should still work.



Post Edited ( 03-18-08 16:06 )

[Garbagecan]

Hm this is strange....well i don´t know if this is going to help you but I had a similar issue like yours with my PSS planes.
During approach i used to suddenly lose the ILS signal and the plane started to turn into another direction completely messing up the
approach.
I found out that these error was triggered by my reality xp database which got installed together with their GNS530 GPS. So i deinstalled
the GNS from my PSS planes and they work properly now.

Right now i do not have any other hints for your problem

Victor

[Joeflyer]

Hey guys, are you on the FRONT course or back course? If you have a back course dialed in and capture the LOC, you will experience
what's called reverse sensing. That could explain the reason for the erratic turns and losing glide slope information...especially in FS9.
Be certain you aren't on a runway approach that isn't a back course approach because you will get the frequency for the front course and
a heading for the back course. Get my meaning?