Dear all,
I’ll be out of town for a week until next Monday, Jun-4. I may not be able to reply emails during this period.
Author: Tom Tsui
504: Poll Result – What Type of Aircraft You Fly Most ?
Following is the result of the survey “What Type of Aircraft You Fly Most?”
Votes were collected in the week of May 20 to 27, 2018.
The result is somewhat anticipated but one thing that surprises me was the response time from “Jet Flyers” to this poll was much faster than all others in the beginning. They leaded the result in the first two days. Are there any connections to what they are flying in terms of speed? haha
There were two voters in helicopter. Understandable since FSX Times talks very little about it. But none reported flying the glider is a bit out of my expectation as I received quite a few inquires about my gauges for them occasionally.
The two votes of Other fall in the Military.
Well, that’s all. Let’s continue to wait for (or hope to hear) some exciting flightsim news from the coming Expo in Vegas on June 9.
503: Robin DR400/180 Gauges Completed
The Robin DR400 may not be as popular as the Cessna C172 worldwide. But friends in Europe told me that it is still a well-liked aircraft especially in the Southern continent.
I made the ASI for it 18 months ago. Now, the ATT, ALT, HDR and Integrated Engines are finished as well.
Together with the VSI from deHavilland DHC-2, TCR from MilViz DHC-2, VOR1 and VOR2 from Cessna C172SP, they generally complete the instrument cluster on the Lionheart DR400/180. Continue reading
Poll: What Type of Aircraft You Fly Most
A bit tied up with other distractions these days. Moreover, the “atmosphere” seems to be a bit quiet — not sure if many people are waiting for the FlightSim Expo to come in June 9.
During a recent system check-up, I suddently noticed 90% of my flightsim time were spent on the single-props, the C172SP in particular. A bit boring, I guess.
So tell me what you are flying most while we are waiting for (or hoping to hear) some exciting flightsim news from the coming Expo in Vegas.
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502: Poll Result – Flight Simulator of Your Choice
Following is the result of the survey “Which Flight Simulator are Your Using?” 
Votes were collected in the week of April-27 to May-3, 2018. (The original post of the survey has been removed to avoid redundancy.)
From the result, none of the flight simulator surveyed takes up half the market, not even close.
Although Prepar3Dv4 is leading in the poll and the total number of v3 and v4 together adds up to 94, FSX + FSX-SE together is just 1 count behind. This implies to me that the resistance against Prepar3D is still strong after its launch in May 2010, for eight full years. Continue reading
501: VRInsight Flight Master TPM Review
I have to admit that I am obsessed with TPM to some extent. So when I find out
VRInsight had released a standalone TPM recently, I ordered one without much hesitation, even though I just had purchased a GoFlight GF-TPM not too long ago.
It took about 2 weeks to receive the Flight Master TPM from the company directly.
The Body
Like its bigger brothers Flight Master Yoke-II I reviewed last August, the unit is Continue reading
News: Flight Sim World is Closing Down
Dovetails Games just announced the closing down of Flight Sim World (FSW) due 
to lacking of clear direction and sufficient players. The decision was made slightly before a year since its Early Access last year.
The game and its add-ons will be removed from sale on 24th May; but purchased contents will remain in users’ library and available to play in its current format.
500: XP C172SP INTFG (Logitech) Released
Here at last the Integrated Fuel Gauges (INTFG) for the X-Plane C172SP running Logitech FIP drivers. It is fully customized for the aircraft even with the adjustable EGT reference needle. 
Unfortunately, there is still a feature yet to implement — the fuel-flow needle doesn’t work properly yet.
Nevertheless, instead of keeping it away from the shelf, I replaced the fuel-flow instrument with CHT (Cylinder Head Temperature, a common feature found on Cessna aircraft) as an interim option until the solution is found.
Both CHT and fuel-flow options are included in the gauge package. When the fuel-flow option is chosen, users may regard it a failure, which adds fun too.
All current X-Plane C172SP (Logitech) users could contact me for discount if interested in this new instrument.
Lastly, since I am not a full X-Plane simmer, help on implementing the fuel-flow feature is welcome and appreciated. In return, a full set of the XP-Logitech C172SP or B58 gauges (or any of my bundle gauges) will be given to the first person who help solve the issue as a gift.
Following is the implementation I did so far: Continue reading
499: Shader Cleaner is now Free
FSX and P3D creates Shader Caches during operations to optimize overall performance via frequently accessed instructions and codes stored in the caches. However, the Shader Caches are prone to be messed up by various reasons sometimes. Rebuilding them is a common method to fix many issues suddenly coming up without a proper cause.
The Shader Cleaner FSX and Shader Cleaner P3D were developed to help clean Shader Caches quickly before the loading of FSX and P3D whenever needed — Personally I don’t recommend cleaning the Shader Caches if everything is okay.
DO NOTE that after the Shaders of P3D v3 and especially v4 are cleaned, the display will black out for some seconds when a new flight is loaded. Just be patient and everything will come back to normal after the cache is built again.
The utilities were only given to Continue reading
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