CONTROLS GUIDE

ILS Trainer Guide: how to use the controls

This guide shows what each button and selector in the ILS Trainer does. Some on-screen labels are in Portuguese; they are written here exactly as they appear, with the meaning in parentheses.

01 / GETTING STARTED

Getting started

The flight starts at 110 knots and 3,000 feet, with the autopilot, lateral navigation (NAV) and altitude hold (ALT) active.

Press Avançar voo (advance flight) to move the aircraft ahead on the route, past DUMON, and go straight to approach practice. The button disappears after you use it.
If you switch windows or leave the page, the simulation pauses.

02 / POWER

Power: the throttle

Drag the throttle up to add power and down to reduce it.
On a computer, the mouse wheel over the throttle also adjusts it: 5% per step, or 1% with Ctrl.

There is no autothrottle. Airspeed depends on the power you set.

03 / AUTOPILOT

Autopilot: AP, FD, HDG, ALT and VS

AP turns the autopilot on and off.
FD turns the flight director on and off.
TRJ shows or hides the trajectory on the PFD.
HDG turns the aircraft to the heading set on the PROA (heading) selector.
ALT holds the altitude.
VS holds the selected climb or descent rate.

PROA selector: click and hold the right side to increase the heading and the left side to decrease it. Drag sideways to turn it faster. The mouse wheel also turns it. The right mouse button, or a double tap on a phone, copies the aircraft’s current heading to the selected heading.
ALTITUDE selector: click and hold the upper or lower half to change it in 100 ft steps. With Ctrl, it changes in 1,000 ft steps. The mouse wheel also works.
PERFIL VERTICAL (vertical profile) wheel: with AP and VS active, click its upper or lower part to change the rate in 100 ft/min steps, up to 2,000 ft/min.

04 / NAVIGATION

Navigation: NAV and VNAV

NAV makes the aircraft follow the route through LITOS, DUMON, EMBRA and BARRO.
VNAV manages the vertical profile of the route. It uses the route altitudes and the selected altitude to clear the descent, and it marks the start of the descent as TOD.
To fly direct to a waypoint, click its name in the 3D scene. This does not work once the LOC is captured.

Power stays under your control.

05 / APPROACH

Approach: APPR, LOC and GS

Press APPR to prepare the ILS intercept.
At the top of the PFD, LOC and GS show their state: armed, intercepting the course (LOC only), or captured and following the beam.
The diamond below the PFD shows the lateral deviation (LOC). The other diamond shows the vertical deviation (GS).

During the approach, the app records deviations: bank above 15°, bank above 7° at touchdown, descent rate above 1,000 ft/min, and LOC or GS deviation greater than 1 dot. At the end, you see Parabéns! (congratulations) or the list of deviations. Press OK to close it.

06 / CAMERA

Camera and 3D scene

Aproximação (approach) and Panorâmica (overview) switch the view in the 3D window.
Feixe ILS (ILS beam) shows or hides the ILS beam.
To rotate the camera, drag with the right mouse button or, on a phone, with one finger. Use the mouse wheel or two fingers to zoom in and out.
Near the end of the route, between DUMON and EMBRA, the view switches to Aproximação by itself.

07 / MANUAL FLIGHT

Hand flying and altimeter

With the AP off, click and hold on the PFD. On the sides, the aircraft banks to that side. In the middle, above or below the center, you move the aircraft’s nose.
Altimeter pressure (hPa): drag the pressure knob sideways or use the mouse wheel. The right mouse button switches between hPa and inHg.