777 KSFO KLAX Tutorial

=Your first City to City 777 Flight=

part 2 of the Vaerospace 777-200ER X-Plane Tutorial
Part 1 here...read this first !



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Introduction
If you are here, I hope you have mastered the first in this series of X-Plane tutorials ..if not and you need to learn the basics start here Right lets make sure we have the scenery files, I recommend the NYEXPRO download if you only have a basic install here

The Flightplan
The route we are using is not a real world flightplan... it is however good practice for the enthusiastic beginner and I recommend you switch on the real weather for this... It will greatly enhance the challenge.

For this route we will fly via 4 different VOR towers and land a pre-selected runway using the ILS (instrument landing System)

=Take-off at KSFO=

OK ready ...get the 777 on the runway at San Francisco INternational on Runway 28 R (right) release parking brake ,throttle up and take off, NAV1 is set to 117.3 ( Salinas VOR) about 80 nautical miles distant .Turn toward the green nav1 needle until it is pointing forward and climb to 25 000 Ft (FL 250), climbing gently at 85% power nose up no more than 5 degree's.

In general Air Traffic Controll will ask yuo to climb to a specified altitude in thier airspace around 8000 Ft and then after leaving thier airspace specify the amount of time you have to reach your specified Flight Level ( FL ). In the USA flight levels are only used above 18 000 Ft ...and rules require pilots to maintain a minimum seperation... also you may be required to fly at your flight level plus 500 Ft depending on weather they are flying east to west or west to east...

Salinas (SNS) 117.3 to Paso Robales (PRB) 114.3
Approximately 10 NM from Salinas (SNS ) set Nav1 to our next VOR Paso Robales (PRB) at 114.3 and gently turn to the new setting.

San Marcus (RZS) 114.9 to Santa Monica (SMO) 110.8
Let's repeat the last step for the next two VOR beacons along our route as we approach Paso Robales set Nav 1 to the San Marcus VOR 114.9 and again for the Santa Monica VOR (SMO) 110.8 ...

Nearly there..Approaching Los Angeles International (KLAX) ILS 6L nav1 108.5
this is the navaid information for this runway

As we fly toward the Santa Monica VOR, we must now reduce height and speed flying over Santa Monica at no more than 8000 ft at 250 knts

Your first all instrument approach will be to runway 6 L , which is the 2ND of 4 main runways as seen from left to right in your current approach. ILS (Instrument Landing System ... Which is a special type of radio beacon for landing ) or 'Localiser' Now set nav 1 to 108.5(the localiser beacon) set nav 2 to KLAX VOR 113.6 (note you must be under 2500 Ft for the vertical guidance or "glide slope " portion to "intercept" it's signal... so ,lining your approach up to set up the ILS is vital. (We will tackle this in our next flight from Boston to New York)

The localiser gives you traditional VOR guidance from up to 20 DME away and vertical "glideslope Guidance" 4-5 DME and under 2500ft directly in front of the runway .(note the vor CDI green needle will not point to the correct heading of your runway when close by or on approach as it it not situated on the runway, establish the exact magnetic and true headings for your runway and set your heading bug on the Auto-Pilot , you can obtain all the information you need from airnav.com ) I have also included the headings you need in the next section.

Now turn the aircraft into the green needle that is set to the ILS you should be on a heading of approx. 69 degrees magnetic degrees you need to be on this heading as it is the EXACT direction of the runway (069 in the heading bug )... to make sure you can land you should plot a position PAST the Santa Monica VOR... out into the bay area and then at the right moment turn left onto the runway heading of 69 degrees, this is called your Final Approach Fix (FAF) you can click the wpt button and use the installed waypoints (click the WPT button ) or set one into the Flight Computer using a chart.

Át the bottom of the left flightscreen (primus 1000 efis) there are ILS markers ...one for heading into runway and the other for pitch or "glideslope" these scales and thier markers should always be " Dead Center " and appear when you are whith in 10 degrees of beam and under 2500ft ..you will see horisontal guidance from 10 -15 nautical miles from runway and vertical guidance once under 2500ft ...these markers appear on the left tv screen below the VSI/HSI and on the right of it , a RED marker will appear in the Altitude Tape for glideslope guidance and a scale appears under the HSI showing horisontal deviation.

In real life an IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) landing will require two charts (amongst others SIDS, TAC , RUNWAY , SECTIONAL , EN ROUTE , and NOTAMS Notices to Airman) that the pilot must obtain ... the first is for a Standard Arrival Route (STAR chart) and the second for the specific runway approach information called an "Approach Plate" which contains specific information for each runway.

NEVER do an instrument approach with the nose of the 777 pointing down more than 3-5 degrees ..you will crash ! Your decent and heading into any runway must be carefully planned ! The weather ALWAYS PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE ....

Head for Runway 6 Right and land as usual...Remember .. runway numbers are reciprocal, 180 degrees , so runways are marked with thier Approximate Headings, typically numbered as such , the zero's in brackets serve as illustration only ...1-19(0) 2-20(0) 3-21(0) 4-22(0) and L(eft) or R(ight)... in the case of Two Parallel Runways. KLAX has 4 ...long , almost parallel, Runways...marked 6 - 24 L/R and 7-25L/R

Happy Landings captain vaeron updated 15/4/2011

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