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

Just wondering if FS2k2 can in any way dump flight data to a file?thanks,Andrew

I have a promblem and i dont no why this is happeneing. I download the American Airlines 737-200 and all the textures are black. i have tried many other 37 and this has been happening. Some times it is not the hole plane that is black but the wings and reversers are. i think that the 737-200 is the best plane there is so i'm trying to find a good one to use. Could any one do one in the United Airlines livery. For fs2002???

I need some help..I have never built my own panel for MS FS2K2so I have no idea what I am doingmy question is I found a PA-31 panel for a cheiftian I want to fly however, it has the overhead portion of the panel included in the main panel window.I use two seperate monitors for the instrument paneland another monitor for the outside from view.I would like to be able to seperate the upper part of the panel from the lower section with seperate windows so I can drag them to thier approriate monitors.any way to do this easily ? I have attached a JPEG of the current panel

I've just started going thru the GMAX tutorials. It seems to be a pretty awesome program, but very complex. One question I have is: are the flight dynamics of the model I'm building created during "building" process, or do I add them later...does exporting the aircraft into FSim create the dynamics of the model? Can the flight dynamics be tweaked, and if so how? Do you actually have to change the physical structure of the model to change them?Thanks...now, back to the tutorials...K Bailey

Hi,I downloaded GMAX from www.discreet.com ( :-) ) and downloaded the makdemdl sdk from the MSN Gaming Zone FS2002 site. I don't have the pro version ( Doh! :-(((((( ).My Question is how do I convert .gmax files to .x files for makemdl. I open the file menu and export is grayed out.Also, with FS2002, particularly POSKY planes (even POSKY paint kits) I can't open some files. These are .bmp files and I can't seem to open them, How can I open them so I can repaint them.Thanks.----------------------------http://home.iprimus.com.au/mcbridematt/images/logo.star.pngMathew McBrideCEO Virtual Ansett Australiahttp://[email protected] I with Virtual …

I'm looking for gauges suitable for DC-3Does any body knows where could I find them?

Hi all, I am looking to get some info on gauge and panel lighting. This was prompted after reading a post by another user on a similar subject. I am still very new to FS2002 and have not done any night flights yet. But after seeing the other post, I jumped into several of the stock aircraft that ship with FS2002 to see what type of lighting effects they had. As far as I can tell, there is a cabin light (the NAV light), but not any gauge or panel lights. I checked the documentation and went through all the key commands in the manual, but did not see anything pertaining to lights solely for the gauges. Did I miss it or is this right? Aren't gauges and panels in real aircraf…

G'day gentlemen!I fly Jan Visser's DC-3 with the R4D dual panel for a virtual airline, therefore, involving a fair number of night flights.Do you enjoy driving down the highway at night with the dome light left on? Didn't think so, neither do I.How do you turn off the cockpit light yet leave the instrument panel lamps lit? Turning off the "Battery" and "Generator" switches on the overhead will achieve the desired effect but it also turns off too many other things too!!On a night flight, it's MUCH more pleasing to the eyes.PLEASE tell me that there's an easy fix for this. Like a minor change in a cfg file or something. I could do without that bright cockpit lamp altogether…

anybody know how to calculate v1 vr v2 base on the temperature and the weight ? and the flap seting for landing base on the weight too !Please help.

Dear All,I have had a year's experience with installing add-on panels and gauges from all you designers. My thanks go out to you all for your time and patience in making the panels and also my simming experience so much more varied and enjoyable.Recently though several panels that I have installed have had missing gauges (these panels do not rely upon you already having Shareware gauges). When I am copying and pasting the gauges to the Main FS2002 gauges folder am I to overwrite all, or, do I select 'No' to each overwrite? Some authors say 'Overwrite all' and others don't - some do not say either way. If I overwrite or not (due to an author not stating), could this be …

In gMax, how do you make a beacon light that will turn along with rudder? Could someone please tell me...

I am new to aircraft design work and seem to be stumbling over th making of aluminum. I have searched the web and all tutorials and can find nothing on this subject. Any help would be appreciated. I use fsds aaanimator and fs2002. Thanks in advance, JP

just finished building a piper cherokee and the only problem i'm having is that when i look out the left or right windows the wing doesn't show up...i must be missing something. any help very much appreciated.

I'm working on a few scenery objects for fun, and ahve ben working on them in FSDS. However, I'd like to share the models with a few non FS & FSDS users which means that i'd need to convert it to a Gmax or 3D max format. I've heard of people doing this, but how? Thanks in advance.

Trying to find FS2002 downloads of DC-9's in following airlines.OzarkSouthernNorth CentralHughes AirwestTexas InternationalJoee-mail [email protected]

I have created a Cessna 172R and heve been trying to tune its performance to match the numbers in the POH. I can adjust (via FSEdit)thrust, power, and drag to get good results for correct rate of climb OR correct level flight speeds for throttle/RPM settings (e.g. full throttle at 8000ft should produce 2400rpm and 122KTAS). However, if rate of climb is right then level flight is too slow OR if level flight matches the POH numbers then rate of climb is too fast. Does anyone know any other parameters that can be adjusted etc. to allow rate of climb and level flight to be both correct? Any help appreciated.

hello,this may sound stupid...but why wont the sdk tools stay open?Ive done as much research as I can but Im stuck...I run XP...and when I click on RESAMPLE it opens and some unreadable linescome up and it quickly closes...am I missing something? Im working on terrain for 2k2 and need to enter some commands into these tools butit wont let me need help quick...thanks

Ive managed to get the vapour trails working and currently im just trying to fit the numbers to a few of my own planes (namely the POSKY A330-300)[sMOKESYSTEM]smoke.0=-900,-26.3,-77.4, fx_contrail_s.fxsmoke.1=-900,-26.3,77.4, fx_contrail_s.fx This is the coding that goes into the arcraft cfg file, but i need to know exactly what each number does. I think the second number is the position forward and behind a reference point on the plane. And the last number is the horizontal distance from the centre reference point...But what does the first number change???AND HOW do you change the verticle position of the trails to fit the wingtips????Help would be much appreciated, re…

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Been Modeling stuff for trainz recently..and I just gotinto trying my hand at fs2002 plane modeling....Was wondering what is the range for acceptable poly counts for an aircraft model...If someone could give me high and low figures then also the average poly count for the stock fs2002 pro aircraft....Thanks...

There are two things I like to see in the future from aircraft designers. More documention...ie "V" speeds for one, fuel consumptions etc. Secondly most of you have great aircraft sounds except for one thing, braking sounds. I have not heard one sound package that includes realistic braking sounds. There is a certain sound that large aircraft make when they stop that would just make all the these planes perfect. I have flown in most major aircrafts in the cockpit and with most major carriers both pax and cargo in my days as a dispatcher and I have to say alot of you have hit the nail on the head with you aircraft and panel designs.David AlbrightFAA Flight dispatcherS…

I'm having very strange shading troubles. The only way to explain it is with a screenshot, so here are two of them. What can be done?http://www.bcenterprises.com/images/starship_sig.jpgYou can see it here on the engines and then on the pilot seats.

Does anyone know if anyone has made a redo of the default 747-400 texture in the UPS livery? I have looked on several sites and I find UPS 747's that have been redone, but none of the are just textures...they are complete models.Thanks.....Joshhttp://members.cox.net/joshieca/fstimeslink.gif

Help, I can't even get 2002 to recognize some downloaded stuff much less start designing. Never had this problem before but now the latest three downloads (Clipper B-314, Staggerwing Beech and a Tripacer) are not recognized in the aircraft selection window. All files seem to be ok including the cfg and air files. Is there a limit to the number of planes it will accept?I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling 2002 and also the aircraft files to no avail.Any help will be greatly appreciated.Arnie :-)

Hi, I have done some repainting in the past, before the days of Alpha files and the like but those have really gotten me confused.I fly the DC-3 a lot and would like to repaint it. However, none of the graphics programs that I have seem to work.I've tried pixia and I'm lost just trying to figure out how to use it.I have 2002 Pro and have tried to use "Imagetool" to change the images to a format I can work with but I get the message "Could not read bitmap image data."My finances are severely limited and I just can't afford to go out and buy some hundred dollar program just to repaint an airplane. All I want to do is paint ONE airplane!!!If worse comes to worse, is it possi…