Auto Land gauges (BETA)

FS2002 gauges

Author: Björn Karlsson

Do you have trouble with your landings? Maybe this is
the answer for you. Provided that you are heading towards
an ILS lobe with reasonable altitude and speed - click the
gauge and the aircraft will land by itself and also apply
full brakes after touchdown. This gauge can be very handy
when practising approaches and touch downs. The AP-values
selected by the gauge can be overridden whenever you want.
You can also interrupt the auto sequence whenever you want
and make the approach or touch down by yourself. This package
includes 3 gauges, they are made for touch-down speeds at
120, 140 and 160 knots - giving you the possibility to use
them in small, medium and big jets. I consider this a BETA-
release and will appreciate any comments or suggestions for
improvement. Please, read the instructions carefully.

Install
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1. Place the the gauges (ala_xxx.gau) in your FS2002\gauge-
folder.


To use the ALA
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Since there are 3 different gauges, you should use them in aircrafts
like this:
ala_min.gau -> small jets (like learjet) with touch-down speed around 120 kt
ala_med.gau -> medium jets (like B737, A320) with touch-down speed around 140 kt
ala_max.gau -> big jets (like B747, A340) with touch-down speed around 160 kt

Following pre-conditions are assumed:
1. Your are heading towards an ILS-slope with at least 10 nm left to the airport.
Your heading should not differ more than +-40 degrees from the runway.
2. You have tuned the ILS-frequency on Nav1-radio.
3. You have an altitude of at least 2000 ft above ground.
4. Your speed is not above 250 kt.

When aboved stated preconditions are fulfilled, you simply click at the gauge
and everything will be set.
In shortly, the following happens:
1. ILS-approach mode is selected.
2. Speed is reduced.
3. Flaps are extended.
At radio-altitude 1500 ft:
4. Speed is reduced once again.
5. Flaps extended to maximum.
6. Gear is lowered.
7. Landing lights on
8. Spoilers armed.
At radio-altitude 50 ft:
9. AP and auto-throttle is disengaged.
At touch-down:
10. Full brakes applied.
11. Flaps retracted.
At full stop:
12. Spoilers disengaged.
13. The gauge is resetted.

Remember that you can always change the settings at the
auto pilot panel although the gauge is activated. You can also
disengage the gauge whenever you want during the approach. This
make it easy to practice different things at different times.

IMPORTANT !!!!!
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It is impossible for me to test all combinations of aircrafts,
weight and speed, weather conditions etc. etc.
I have tested the gauge on a couple of aircrafts during different
wind conditions with mostly good results.
Note the following:
1. ILS slopes on different airports seems to have different
accuracy. This can sometimes result in touch downs
before the runway. In such situations, remember that you
always can support the landing by using your joy-stick and
make the necessary inputs. You don't have to disengage the
gauge.

Feel free to mail me and tell me about your experiences with
different aircrafts, different airports and different weather.

Disclaimer
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This is freeware, use it at your own risk. I can't be held
responsible for any damage to your programs or computer.

Feel free to use this gauges in own-developed panels as well (freeware),
but insert the original author of this gauge in your text.

Enjoy, Björn Karlsson
bk.sweden@telia.com