I am fairly new to flight sims so I am not sure if this is a bug or if I am doing something wrong. Basically, everytime I set up an ILS approach in the CRJ, The plane follows that path of the ILS but does not enter the glideslope. I have the ILS freq entered correctly and have the loc1 and approach mode on. I have tried several times and it always results in my plane flying exactly over the runway. Is this a problem with my flightplan or am I forgetting some step in the approach setup? I know I am not explaining my problem very well but if anyone has any tips it would be much appreciated.
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doesnt sound like you are doing anything wrong. The glideslope issue is known and acknowledged by Aerosoft and hopefully is fixed when they push out the next update for the CRJ (not sure if we have a timeframe for that yet). They also seemed to have fixed an issue with throttle/N1 wacky behavior and some minor issues with LNAV. Absolute love flying it and can’t wait for it to perform properly, its almost there. For now I have been flying the ILS by hand and following the diamond.
Thanks for the reply. That’s unfortunate that it’s a bug. I have yet to complete an ILS landing in it.
You don’t say anything about exactly how you flew the approach so there isn’t much to go on.
Were you using VS and managing the throttle to follow the glideslope? Did you disable the AP at 600-1000 feet and fly it in? It sounds to me like you are expecting some kind of autoland or auto-glideslope following, like aircraft with an autothrottle. Neither of which the CRJ supports of course.
If that is the case then it is not a bug. You just aren’t flying it properly as per the videos and tutorials.
Please stop blaming CRJ users for something that needs to be fixed by Aerosoft, as soon as possible. An ILS system should bring you SAFELY to minimums…
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Why would you use VS on a ILS Approach? Isn’t it supposed to assist on lateral and vertical navigation all the way to minimums?
It is up to you to follow the flight directors vertical guidance. The aircraft has no auto throttle remember.
There are many post from real CRJ pilots on how to fly it around.
what does no auto throttle have to do with the plane not following the glideslope, a known and acknowledged issue ? I think it is you that needs to watch more videos my friend 
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FYI, the minimum AP disenage altitude on most aircraft is ~100ft.
I have no idea where you’ve got the fantasy 600-1000ft from.
? And what about the lateral guidance?
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That’s 100% correct. No vert speed on the ILS.
Yeah, like how would desengaging the autopilot at 1000ft help on a low vis CATIIIc approach 
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Auto throttle =/= Intrument Landing System
But no autothrottle = no autoland.
Maybe that’s why @Yuudai5178 is mixing up things.
Breaking out of clouds at minimums is , for me, the best moment in flight simming. And because of this I sent Aerosoft a message yesterday asking when the ILS would work properly and got a fairly terse response before the thread was closed down. The reason being that Aerosoft did not want the thread to become ‘toxic’. I thanked them for the update. It feels like they don’t have a clue, blaming it ‘partially’ on Asobo. If they release the Twin Otter before they fix the ILS in the CRJ, I believe there might be quite an outcry.
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Hello billgranada, i did the report to aerosoft and the german way of confident is very high, they aren correct it is the other, they alway said, it is in the culture. I was working on real CRJ for Lufthansa some years ago and i know the german way of mind. They have a issue with one aircraft with recurent flap issue and they accuse Bombardier to do a slopy job in flap desing, and i was put to make a full investigation and my repport find the bad maintenance on flap system, incorrect procedure and lack of following the maintenance manual. OK what is the point? The german way of thinking is they aren correct and the other fault, so waiting to aerosoft will take long time to get a problem solved. So keep up asking to solve the problem because the ils do not work as per the real aircraft.
I have done a reinstall of the CRJ and at the first test it seems to be working now. I will introduce addons slowly.
That’s good news. Do you have the marketplace version ? The updater is really bad in the marketplace. I always have to remove the crj and redownload when there is an update. You might not have had the 1.05 version even though it seemed like you did.
I kinda regret buying the crj from the marketplace. I buy planes from the source or just flight now…
Agreed. Aerosoft support is about as bottom-of-the-barrel as you can get. I got yelled at and thread locked when I asked about the GPWS system giving false ‘terrain’ alarms after takeoff. They rarely take any responsibility, assume users are incompetent, and blame customers for nearly everything. I bought the CRJ, but I will NOT be buying any future product of theirs until they fix their customer support team.
Yes, good news indeed as I really enjoy the CRJ even with its little bugs…ILS is crucial though and was giving me grief. Something must have gone wrong at the update and quick patch stage. It said I had the latest version 
I also believe that Aerosoft could be more responsive and less on the defensive with their customers.
I’m so happy that Aerosoft fixed the ILS systems in the CRJ with this last update. Plane is flying beautifully now! Great job Aerosoft.
For those still having problems, try deleting everything CRJ related from your install and reinstalling the plane.
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