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Flight simulator X cheat sheet Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

Cheet sheet for FSX

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

Keyboard shortcuts

Action
Key
SLEW
Y
Slew up
f4
Autopilot
z
Altitude hold
ctrl + z
Speed hold
ctrl + r

ILS Landing

1. Make sure when you’re creating your flight plan you file a IFR not a VOR
2. Fly as per all instru­ctions provided
3. You will get a notice around 70-90 miles out of your runway you need to land on, take note!
4. Press the star symbol that FSX places on the layout, or altern­atively press escape and choose the third option to view the flight progress.
5. Double click on your target destin­ation, you should then see a facility inform­ation screen.
6. Write down the ILS Freq and Heading
7. Go back to your main screen
8. Bring up the radio panel.
9. In NAV1 in the standby set the Frequency of the ILS.
10. Press the switch to make it active.
11. At the bottom there is a switch to enable NAV1 press that.
12. Put your ILS Heading in the “Course” setting on your autopilot.
13. Switch the GPS / NAV switch to NAV instead of GPS on the autopilot panel
14. Make sure autopilot is fully setup, you should be flying about 180 KIAS around 2500-2800 feet depending on what your ATC has told you.
15. When you’re about 10NM out, hit the APP button to enable landing.
16. The plane will start of the land for you, you will need to take over around 500 feet, disable Autopilot and land the plane
 

AIRPORT CODES AND ILS INFO