How to Land Using ILS/How to Land in Low Visibility

In this tutorial, you will learn how to land when there is low visibility and you cannot see the runway. This situation may occur in Infinite Flight Live, and you must know what to do to get on the runway safely.


Note that ILS only exists in major airports.
First, I'll explain a bit about ILS.
The ILS stands for instrument landing system. Having support for ILS doesn't mean that the airplane can land by itself, it means that the airplane is equipped with a receiver that shows the position of the airplane in relation to the glideslope/localizer path to the runway.
For automated landings (or approach at least), the autopilot has to feature the APPR mode, which Infinite Flight does not feature at this time.
In Infinite Flight, the ILS frequencies are automatically tuned to the nearest airport, so you don't need to worry about that.

The ILS in Infinite Flight is located on the bottom centre (left right ILS) and on the right centre. (Up down ILS). It is circled and highlighted in the picture above.

• For the verticle ILS: if the arrow is pointed above the centre, you are too high. If the arrow is pointed below the centre, you are too low.
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• For the directional ILS: if the line is to the left of the centre-line, you are to the left of the runway, and vice versa.

Now I will explain how to use ILS to land in low visibility.

1. As per usual, use your flight plan to guide you approximately to the runway. You should be at around 2000-3000 feet 7 nautical miles away from the runway.
2. Continue towards the runway until the ILS shows up. Verify the ILS is for the right runway.
3. Now, use the ILS to figure out where you are in relation to the runway. Adjust your position accordingly. If you are too far to the left, turn right a couple degrees. If you are too high, increase your descent slightly.
4. When you are less than 1 mile away from the runway, the vertical ILS should be disregarded. Continue to land.

Notes:

• Near the end of the landing, the vertical ILS will go up or down dramatically. This should be disregarded
• This technique takes a lot of practice and is not easy. You can practice in solo by doing a full flight with low visibility.

Further resources:
If you are still a bit unsure, you can watch this video and watch how it is done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejn9Agj4BUI

Autopilot Tutorial

To the left is the autopilot in Infinite Flight: the five buttons of SPD (speed), HDG (heading), ALT (altitude), VS (vertical speed) and A/P (autopilot).

The main use of the autopilot is when manual control is not needed, the autopilot controls the aircraft automatically based on the settings inputted.

Speed, or  Autothrottle
This aspect of the autopilot controls the speed. This mode will try its best to reach the airspeed, if there isn't enough power available, the airspeed might not ever be reached.

Heading
This aspect of the autopilot controls the heading of the aircraft. If you turn it on and inputted a different heading than your current one, it will turn your aircraft for you. You can check your heading on the bottom bar, next to messages, in a format of xxx°

Altitude
This aspect of the autopilot does not do anything if you don't input anything into the vertical speed. Entering a number into altitude makes sure that your aircraft would stop descending or climbing once it reaches the aim. When first turned on, the ALT mode immediately tries to maintain the current altitude, this can cause control issues if the airplane is climbing or descending too rapidly. Make sure you set the ALT mode when the airplane climb rate is less than 500ft/min.

Vertical Speed
This aspect of the autopilot controls the rate of your climb or descent. Note that this mode may sometimes result in sudden input, resulting in a loss of control, or even a stall. This mode tries its best to reach the climb rate you inputted, but may make the aircraft stall if your speed is too low or the climb rate is too great. In this case, you should disengage the autopilot immediately.
How to recover from stall: http://www.infiniteflight.tk/2014/06/stall-recovery.html

Notes:

• You can engage only one aspect of the autopilot by just pressing either SPD, HDG, or VS.
• If you press the A/P button when the autopilot is off, the autopilot input is automatically set to your current state.
• Effective use of the autopilot is shown here: http://www.infiniteflight.tk/2014/10/full-flight-tutorial.html
• The autopilot may put the aircraft into an out of control state. In this case, the autopilot should be disengaged immediately.
• As there is no autopilot ILS system yet, it is not recommended to land with the autopilot. The speed autopilot can be on however.

The Year It Was: 2014

First of all, have a nice holiday! The long break is finally here and it is time to relax. Both me, and Vish wish you a merry Christmas and all the best for the new year.
Now that the year is almost over, it is time to review the year, noting the major events.

2014 was quite a bad year for the aviation industry.
The major events include: the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines 370, and the shooting of MH17. With this, the aviation industry may have taken a hit, especially Malaysia Airlines. But both of these incidents weren't their fault.

Looking on to the bright side now.
The release of the A350!A environmentally friendly wide body jet, similar to the Boeing 787.
Infinite Flight has improved drastically in this year. If you look at the 2013 Infinite Flight and the current Infinite Flight: better graphics, better interface, MULTIPLAYER, more planes and much more. Let's hope that 2015 will bring even more improvements to Infinite Flight.

The Infinite Flight Tutorials website launched in May, created to help all aviation enthusiasts. We now receive over 500 pageviews a day. Thank you for your support.

Here's what we are working on:
-Website design
-More content
-Improving content
We have already changed the design a bit, please let us know what you think. It's your opinions that shape our website.

This concludes the 2014 review. Leave in the comments below your thoughts. What have you accomplished this year? I remember at the start of the year been a complete noob in flight, landing at 400 knots.