I'm having trouble working the ILS. I tuned the frequency and the ILS runway heading in the ILS panel, and turned on the APP in the autopilot. I was flying at what I assumed was the correct heading and altitude for intercepting the LOC and G/S, but the airplane failed to intercept either. Of course, the ATC never specifically told me that those were the intercepts, but they told me to fly a heading of 095 and an altitude of 2000 feet (the runway was at 185°, if that helps). What was I doing wrong?

Wow, that is 90 degrees, isn't it? I apparently wasn't paying attention when I typed that.  Now that I think about it, it may have been more like a heading of 125, but that still would be too much. This may be a dumb question, but I'm new to using ILS (I've just recently decided to actually learn how to realistically fly jetliners and use the various systems), so do you have to intercept the LOC before the plane will intercept the glideslope?

Thanks! I think there's just one last thing: how do you get the ILS feathers to appear on the HSI? I watched a video for a different company's 767 (so I don't know if you can do this on Captain Sim's) where the HSI displayed a dashed white line which represented the ILS feather.

So do I use the FMC to get the runway center line to appear? How do I program ILS information into it? In another aircraft I have, the manual says to use the Radar nav section, though I wouldn't know things like frequency (which it said to put it) because ATC doesn't tell me which runway to use until I'm descending.

Anyways, I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, but I've followed the instructions of online videos, and my LOC hold isn't working. The LOC magenta icon moves to the right and past the center all the way to the right end, and the airplane never turns. The G/S just plain doesn't move.

Thanks again for putting up with my questions and for providing detailed answers. 

boeing247 - it sounds like you are not putting all the information in the FMC.

When you select ARR/DEPT you will be able to choose the arrival runway and all the runway information for that runway will be programed including the STAR, if you select one and the proper transition.

If you are in LNAV the plane will follow the magenta line and take you through the arrival. Once on the magenta course for the runway you can check the raw data in the HSI to see how the LOC & G/S are doing. If the final is a long one, delay pushing APP until cleared for the approach or until you are a few miles outside the marker or final fix. This should give you a more stable transition from LNAV to the ILS. Remember to be on speed for where you are on the approach. As you fly inbound to the final fix - flaps 15 / 160k, then as you see the G/S come alive - gear down, flaps 20. Glide slope one dot to go, landing flaps and adjust power to keep bug+5k on final.

Remember you have to put correct information into the FMC or the numbers will be  

Garbage in, garbage out!

Here, do some reading....http://loft2047.serverloft.com/B757_200/flight_management_navigation/fms_descrip...

. Here, do some reading....http://loft2047.serverloft.com/B757_200/flight_management_navigation/fms_descrip...

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Thats a great link Lou. Thanks for sharing.

Danny

Thanks for the reply!   So ATC won't necessarily vector you to your chosen runway, but when you select a runway in the FMC, will it change your flight plan to send you to that runway?

Oh, and does that little circle icon on the picture of the plane in the Fuel and Payload window represent where your CG is?

Okay... I think I understand now...

So I load my FS flight plan as Rte 1, then manually input a similar flight plan for Rte 2, but I program in the arrival and departure runways (the SIDs and STARs and such). Then I can activate Rte 2 and it will take me right in for an ILS landing, right?

Thanks,
boeing247

Oh, LOU, is there anywhere online I could find more of those runway charts? Those could be pretty helpful to have out by my computer so I don't have to keep checking the map.