FSX/FSX-SE Aircraft and Panel Design Forum - How To

Hi,Busy now trying to "develop" a thrustmode and limiter in my panel.Question:Using total weight, temperature and altitude as some parameters i want to maintain a given N1 to steer the throttle-axis.But that works not very accurately.Tried EPR too.Can someone tell me is N2 better?Or is there another method?Jan"Procul Negotiis"

I have animated my Landing gear as per the examples. They are l_gearr_gear and c_gear. The other parts of the gear are named as child parts.Ok, I have animated these with Keyframe 0 being gear up and Keyframe 100 gear down.When I start FS and try the model the main gears retract and extend ok but the nose gear will not move. I have checked it's name c_gear and checked its animation. Nothing. I have tried using the Mooney and the Beech as a model basis.Help please.

Posted by SimFlite Flight Simulation Group in San Diego California. www.simflite.com One of our members is the owner of an L-39 and has bought and used the Capt. Sim version and the free version available on the net. Neither of these work properly in FS9 and my understanding is that Capt. Sim is no longer supporting their version for FS9. If anyone is interested in building this aircraft, we can supply all of the necessary information, pictures, and flight dynamics for the project. Folr more information you can contact "fisheye" at [email protected] and I will be glad to supply you what you need. I can also send panel shots ect. I posted this message last night and…

I'm modifying the default DC-3 with modern guages by using guages from the other default aircraftI was just going to use the default Bendix King radio stack in a popup window, so I copied the lines from the C182 panel.cfg file. When I click the radio simicon, the radios popup, but they are about half the size as they are when they popup in the 182. Why is it doing this?

You See it on the concorde's wings after takeoffhttp://www.airliners.net/open.file/224801/L/It's right there on top of the wings

When a payware company makes an aircraft. Did they get authorization from the manufacturer to do it? If they didn't, wouldn't that mean that the flight dynamics could be unrealistic and misrepresent the actual aircraft? Looking at payware sites, I do not see any legal jargin stating that the aircraft was creating with any express written consent? Is it just a loophole in the system. Or, is not a copyright infringment since you are making a "virual" representation. But how can you use another companies name?

Hi, I extracted 2 gauges using GAUBMP2 and have 2 separate bitmaps. They are 2 different colors. I painstakingly painted them with 'Paint'. I want to make both gauges the same color.Problem: When I try to fill with my custom color, the gauges do not turn the same color. I have exactly the following specs for BOTH gauges:Hue:157 Red:106Sat:23 Green:108Lum:111 Blue:129One gauge turns this custom color perfectly, the other is way off even though I apply precisely the same color. It's as though there is bleeding through the layer making the color way off. I have it on opaque. I don't get it and need help!Thanks,AdamSorry for the pic dimensions. Couldn't get it smaller.

hey just wanted to inform you that i have uploaded the gmax source of the iFDG 767-300 serie to avsim. You can do with her what you want, but if you want to upload somewhere please let me know. I uploaded all 3 engines versions, cargo version and the wingviews. Also please note this was my first aircraft, it has huge bugs, i know. I hope some newbies can learn some things of her. Cheers (2e note, this model was made before i went to posky, so it is in no way connected to Project Opensky)

Setting up separate functions for drag, rightclick, and mouseleave events seemed like a simple task with MS pretty good gps examples. However, this one puzzles me. What I want is this: On leftdrag a state is stored to my own variable, another of my variables is turned off while panning around, and reset to it's previous state when a 'leave' event is excecuted. The big problem seem to be the nesting of if words. Other clickspots sets the two setting variables, and this one does the multiclick 'thing':(M:Event) 'LeftDrag' scmp 0 == if{ (L:Headbobbing,bool) if{ 1 (>L:HeadbobbingBackOn,bool) 0 (>L:Headbobbing,bool) } …

Hi folks,Basically, I'm sitting here with a cockpit from an old airplane sitting in my garage. The thing has been gutted out and the instruments were replaced with some 17inch LCD monitors and it's all hooked up through some Elite Simulations hardware. Overhead, projecting on the wall is an Infocus projector that spits out about a 70 inch display in front of the airplane. It's an impressive setup.Now, what I'm wanting to do is to fly the Cessna 172SP in virtual cockpit mode and use the TrackIR2 http://www.trackir.com in Virtual Cockpit mode.My question is, is it possible to remove the actual virtual cockpit panel in the default Cessna 172? I have been able to rip out the …

I have a transponder bitmap and I would like to change the color of the background to fit a panel I have. I'm having no success with Paint. I try to use the eyedropper in Paint and copy the color of the panel to the transponder gauge and all it does is put little specks of the color on the transponder. The only way I can even do this is to have Paint open in 2 windows and copy from the panel to the gauge. Can anyone make a suggestion?Thanks, Adam

FolksI am trying to make a 3 way switch same as the fuel pump switch on the baron 58. Cannot get it to work.Any hints???(L:A109Servo,enum) 0 != d (G:Var1) ! * +Servo Switch(L:A109Servo,enum) if{ (G:Var1) if{ 0 (>L:A109Servo,enum) } els{ 1 (>G:Var1) } } els{ 0 (>G:Var1) 0 (>L:A109Servo,enum) }

Hi,How do I duplicate the alpha image as in 747 stby attitude Ind?I want to be able to make semi-transparent images (shadows) using alpha images in XML gauges.Thanks,John

I could not find this on the forum, so I'm hoping that someone can help me with this..I've "re-discovered" the Dreamfleet c172 panel with the Cardinal gauges and quite enjoy this combo, However, the main scenery window is pulled so far down that the runway is not in view. I find that if I manually drag the panel up to show me the bottom of the background, then pull the background up and lastly, pull the panel back down, all is well. I can even save this situation and re-create it that way. But if I ever switch airplanes, the C172 comes up again with the background in the origianl position.. Is there a way to define this in the cfg files?I also tried changing the "eye p…

We at Veneaviones would like to give you a warm welcome for various reasons, among others your kindly interest in become part of this such a incredible hobby of flight simulation, with the Microsoft Flight Simulator as main bed.As you problably know and because you are reading this, you were somehow catched your attention with our honorable products (and the more to come...) which we based our focus way before we decided to build it up with the following points (among others):- Genuine and legitimate information available at our hands (only factory information)- Functionallyty of the airplane and popularity of the airplane based on indications of the real world and not fr…

Some help please. I have completed my model and am trying to get it to work in FS9.I have used FSDS V2, the model was built with the datum on the aircraft centerline (lateral), 1/4 wing cord (long), and through the line Prop center to tail.It is a tricycle, low wing type so I have used the Mooney as a start point for the dynamics. I have included all reference points in the modelWheels and scrape points.The problem is I cannot get it to work in FS. the model just sits on the runway banging it's tail up and down on the surface.I am sure I have missed the point somewhere and would welcome some help.ThanksJohn

Hello All,Existing digital windspeed gauges read wind direction as true, as in real life, but now that FS2004 reports winds in magnetic, I'm searching for a windspeed gauge ... direction and speed in kts, that also reports direction as magnetic.Can anyone point me towards such a gauge? Not looking for a lot of other bells and whistles, just windspeed and magnetic direction.Thanks very much.Charles Wood

I have been painting aircraft for a while now and have a few repaints in the avsim library but there is something that has been bothering me for a long time. I use DXTbmp with Adobe Photoshop Elements 1.0 as my editing program. The problem I have is that the textures lose sharpness and color after processing them through DXTbmp. Does anyone know of a fix for this problem? It is annoying as all get out for me. Here is a screenshot to illistrate what I am talking about.http://forums.avsim.com/user_files/49211.jpg

Maybe some of you already know me, I am a panel developer and most of my work is freeware. My web site is hosted by a free host (free.fr), and I am experiencing big trouble to access my files, so it is very difficult for me to update my web site regulary.For this reason, I am looking for another free place to host my files, I need around 100 MB. If you know a free web host that can be used for freeware files, please let me know.Thanks !!Eric

KHere I go again with another weird question:Lets say I have parts of a HUD gauge that I want the color to be user selectable, based on a mouse click.For instance this one switches the text "ASI" between Dark_orange and green based on a mouse clickable area elsewhere in the gauge that loads G Var 8.%ASI%!3d!%And the mouse click area:(G:Var8) ! (>G:Var8)Change HUD ColourHowever, it's only 2 colors, and, given the huge difficulty in finding an appropriate color for a HUD in all the various permutations of weather and terrain situations there are, I would ideally like to have say 5 or 6 colors the user could cycle through until the right color for the situation was found.…

Hey all,I have a strange problem with my model while exporting:When I Animate my thrust reversers or name my engine fanes prop0_still etc. I get in the compile stage from this exporting with middleman the following bug:C:Program FilesMicrosoft GamesFlight Simulator 9AircraftA300modelA300600AD.asm(25447) : error A2054: forced error : value not equal to 0 : 65536ERRS16(1): Macro Called FromIFMSK(7): Macro Called FromC:Program FilesMicrosoft GamesFlight Simulator 9AircraftA300modelA300600AD.asm(25447): Include FileError!Can someone please tell me something more, I dont even know what a Macro is!so, Any helpt appreciatedLot of Thnx,Stijn van Wees

Hi,I'm trying to read the glideslope value for an ILS in NAV1.For a glideslope of 3 degrees it gives the number 6859For a glideslope of 3.5 degrees it give the number 8001Now, these numbers (6859/8001) must have a relation with the glideslope angle (it's the same ratio), but I haven't been able to figure out in what units this is.Anyone ?Rob

Hi all,I'm trying to figure out why some panel windows overlay others and why some not. Is it caused by the {window00, 01, etc} order, by the ident or something else (at random ;-) )?I would like to control the way panel windows overlay others.There must be somekind of logic in it, but I haven't figured it out.

Does anybody know how to make flight sim start up with the default flight when the computer boots up? I put the flight sim icon from the desktop in the startup menu & that starts up the sim with the select flight screen.Thanks,Jim

Hi,There are a lot of examples of how to change colors in a bmp in GDI+ and the Color class does contain a method to set a new value.However I have tried this many times and had no luck.Here is the algorithmByte Brightness = 0xFF; Color green(brightness, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x00);rendergauge{...Make argb (brigness, ....) --this is in the the sdkgreen.setvalue(argb);}Mousefunctionbrightdownbrightness--;Any ideas? Has anyone else managed to do this?Also has anyone been successful in making their own class defenitions and methods in FS9? Mine compiles and runs but once you press alt, FS9 exits.ThanksJon