P.A.P.I landing.

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Has anyone been able to make a full P.A.P.I landing without the HUD help? I tried once, but the lights weren´t very visible from the cockpit view. I did manage to see the lights going from red to white and viceversa, but whenever I turn on the HUD, I was always too high.
Can anyone give me some advice on how to make one? All my flights have been with good weather and HUD.

IF has the two-style P.A.P.I light system on major airports, maybe the Devs should add the four style lights to them in a next update?

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I have! I often land without the HUD. Not much in night though.

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And how did you make it? The lights aren´t very bright.

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I often land without the HUD as long as it isn’t night, after a few Landings you get a feeling for the height you should be in

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You only can see it only 3 miles away and you still don’t know what they are.

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Go in cockpit view and zoom in.

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I always fly within the hud view. I approach with the glidescope and as soon i see the papi lights then i used them until landing

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i created a tutorial about the PAPI system that might be useful.

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I’ve only ever landed in night without the HUD twice. Bare in mind that I only took of the HUD about 1-2nm out. It’s quite hard but with practice it can be done.

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The PAPI is only used up to around 200 feet, then it becomes very unreliable and you disregard it.

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The PAPI is used as a backup when flying an ILS, it is mostly used for a visual approach as during an ILS you will follow the G/S even if the PAPI shows you are to high or to low because its not that reliable.

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So after reading all this answers, IF´s PAPI lights are useless then, because IRL the G/S indicator is used instead of those lights.

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I wouldn’t say it’s useless. I like it because it allows me to focus on the landing markers instead of chasing the glideslope.
Also useful for GA aircraft.

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