What control in a boeing 737 controls the glide slope with the nose upwards ???

Question

On Flight Simulator X i'm trying to land a boeing 737-800. I've tried using Trim/Pitch and also flaps but all they do is point the nose downwards sharply but I want to cruise down slowly with the nose pointing upwards but still droping and just kiss down gently to the runway ???

Answer 1

Make sure your approach is fully stabilized long before you approach the threshold.  In calm air, you should have a constant descent angle, speed, and rate of descent, right on the localizer and glide slope (if present).  You can use the ILS and AP+AT to achieve this if you wish, then turn them off and hand-fly the aircraft to touchdown.  Make sure you are stabilized at your Vref and final flap setting well in advance. If there's no wind, the aircraft should fly right down to the runway with very minimal intervention.  Depending on your vertical speed, raise the nose gently as you pass through 50 feet or so, and r****d throttles to idle.

If you want much greater realism, invest in a payware add-on airliner from PMDG, Level-D, etc.  These behave practically the same as the real thing and also support autoland (as the real aircraft do), should you feel lazy sometimes.

Answer 2

You don't really flare a 737.  They pretty much just fly them onto the runway, and perhaps even push the stick foreward just a bit.  I know, it sounds like it's the opposite of light aircraft, and I guess it is.  I'm not sure if the computer sim is like the real aircraft, but if it is, don't even think about flaring.  Good luck.

Answer 3

As you know the flaps slow you down, but increase your angle of descent as well as the 'nose angle' of the plane.

When I fly my sim, i slow the plane to it's approach speed, set my flaps and allow it to fly a stablized approach. Stabilised means onl;y MINOR changes to the flight path. If you are making big changes on final, it is not a stablized approach.

You can either hand fly it all the way or allow the auto pilot to fly the localizer and you hand fly it at the very bottom.

In either event, the flaps will always change your nose angle. If you want to fly slow, you will just have to compensate for the change in view.

Answer 4

check your Vref speed, try to fly the Vref according to your dist from the threshold and maintain the glideslope using pitch/throttle combination.

Answer 5

IS NOT EASY TO FIND IT BUT YOU CAN GET MORE INFO ON THE LINKS

Answer 6

You mean flare?    Just descend until you about100 feet or so above the ground then pull back slowly while still going down....this is called flaring....But make sure you don't come flying in or you will Over shoot the runway...