Per some friends’s request, here’s a short video showing what the Aircreation 582SL gauges look like on the screen.
BTW, many default FSX aircrafts are portable to P3D. For example, I’ve been using FSX’s C172 SP in P3D for years without a problem.
Just copy the whole Airplanes folder from one platform to the other. That will do.
Surely, for some aircrafts, you may need to copy their respective gauges and sound files from the “\gauges” and “\Sound” folders.
The Aircreation 582 SL is probably the very first aircraft almost all users start to fly with in FSX. It once was my favorite too as it is not only simple to operate but also can fly low and slow.
Had thought about doing the FIP gauges for this tricycle ultralight long time ago. With the Chinese New Year timeframe over the last few weeks in which I enjoyed a bit more free time from taking care of my little grandson (he is one-year-old now), I finally had the gauges done.
Now, I can fly very low and slow again to enjoy the view and scenery in simulator I missed a lot for a long time. Continue reading
The GaugeCreator that comes with the GaugeSwitcher utility is updated with some bugs fixed. Existing users could use the same download link to get the new version.
After unzip, just replace your existing one with the new one. That will do.
The long waited B58 Gauges are ready now.
The B58 gauges come in two different versions — one for the default B58 and one for the Carenado B58.
Although the two gauge sets look similar in some ways, there are actually many subtle but notable differences between the two in terms of design and coding implementations. And the same gauge from the two versions could act differently in many occasions. It is one of the reasons dragging my original plan behind. Continue reading
I regularly backup my whole system with Acronis True Image every weekend. After cleaning the 34,423 invalid paths in the registry as reported in my Post 331, I just found the size of the backup has also reduced from 279GB to 176GB. Double checked and confirmed my system is intact.
Not sure why. But, isn’t it a good thing to maintain a clean and error-free system while at the same time saves 100GB disk space ?
The GaugeSwitcher is completed. It’s been sent to all users who purchased any full-set of my paid gauges. Some might have multiple email notifications in their mailboxes if they own more than one type of my gauges.
Contact me if you haven’t got it. But please check you junk mails first.
With the addition of the new A36 and the coming B58 Gauge Series, a friend Steve (and others) who asks:
After installation, what’s the prefered method for choosing between the A36 gauges and the C172 gauges, when going back and forth? Will the C172 gauges remain the default, and then you just scroll through the gauge choices on each individual gauge using the FIP up/down arrows to bring up the A36 gauges?
Here’s the solution:
The switching in the video is Continue reading
The Installer Program for the Carenado A36 Gauge Series is completed. Those who took the pre-sale offer should have received the download link in their mailboxes already.
In this official release, an extra standalone gauge plate for the Turn Coordinator is included. Local and Zulu Time Clocks are added to the AirSpeed Indicator. The True Airspeed Digital Display shown in the last preview has been moved to a position overlaying 
the TAS button.
Besides the Flight Director features on the Attitude Indicator (see my Post 327), a Wind Direction Indicator on the HSI gauge and Centering Indicators for the Aileron and Pitch Trim Wheels on the ADF gauge are also added for easy adjustments.
All these last minute touches tend to render Continue reading
It is commonly known that every piece of software after removed from the computer could have left some invalid registries behind. But I was shocked to find out that the total number of invalid path registries left by Prepar3D v3.0 could have crazily accumulated to 34,423 entries.
Unbelievable but it is real. It took me nearly three hours to clean them up from my computer earlier this evening.
If you have updated to P3D v3.1 recently (no matter it was by patches or by re-installation), you’d better run a thorough system check. Maintaining a clean and error-free system as always is critical to keep the flight simulation, both FSX and P3D, to perform in best condition.
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