The EDM830 for the A2A Comanche PA24-250 has just been updated to version R1r02, which includes minor bug fixes and digital number precision enhancements.
Download Links have been sent earlier today and they should be in all users’ mailboxes by now. Should you not getting it, Continue reading
The EDM gauge for the A2A Comanche PA24-250 has been updated to R1r01.
In addition to some minor bugs fixed, the Manifold Pressure (MAP) and RPM digital numbers were also repositioned for better display.
Download Link have to sent to all users and they should be in their mailboxes by now. If not, Continue reading
After a few weeks delay, the EDM 830 (Engine Data Management 830), the last piece of the A2A Comanche PA24-250 FIP gauge set has completed at last.
The gauge is by far the most complicated FIP instrument I ever developed. It has over 3,600 programming lines with many intricated conditions, which I probably wouldn’t remember of what they are in a few months.
Yet, this FIP version is not a full replica to the one on the A2A aircraft.
In addition to differences in horizontal and vertical layouts, some features of the EDM 830 on the A2A aircraft are simply unable to implement onto FIPs due to hardware and software limitations. In some cases, I gotta use unconventional approaches to achieve what it presents.
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Here’s a short video preview of the EDM-830 Engine Monitoring System being developed for the A2A PA24-250 Comanche as mentioned before.
The overall structure is done. It may still need another week or two to complete the work, however, as the implementation of the panel is not only complicated technically but also in layout and design.
I managed to have a break during the summer months. Althought trivial things to take care of were still unavoidable, it was good.
During the period, I received a suggestion from Roland, who told me that the PA24-250 Comanche by A2A was hot and asked if I would develop gauges for it.
Frankly, I am really not a fan to any airplane needing SPAD.neXt to run gauges on the Flight Instrument Panels (FIPs). I am not saying that SPAD.neXt is no good. I just want something install-and-go.
Anyway, here’s the Comanche gauge set just completed, in which many new features and operations are just possible with SPAD.neXt. For example, assigning multiple functions to a single button to imitate a more realistic operation, etc.
Except the EDM-830 Engine Monitoring System that is a definite to follow in a couple of weeks, Continue reading
Following the X-Plane C172SP, the Cessna Shared Compass for FSX/P3D aircraft has also upgraded with similar changes to allow the exclusion of OMI markers and NAV/GPS indicators. In addition, a new version specifically customized for the A2A aircraft is also released.
Although these three Wet Compasses look similar in appearances, they do have differences in many ways from each other. For example, there is no “BOTH” communication option on A2A and X-Plane. The sound buttons, OMI markers and NAV/GPS indicators are also responding differently according to the status of the battery and avionics switches.
The main purpose of making all these similar but different versions available (which applies to all my other gauges) is to Continue reading
Didn’t expect to complete this Integrated Engine Gauges for the A2A PA28 so soon myself since I was saying that I had been stuck by the layout for it in the last post. I just had it figured out in a dream a few days ago. No kidding.
With this Engine Gauges, all instrument on the A2A PA28 are almost covered. Surely there will be new features, such as the Trim wheels & Flaps Indicators and stall indicator, to be added to the gauge set in future updates as in other gauges.
In addition, my button and knob setup in SPAD.neXt for this Integrated Gauges (such as the EGT reference needle) will be provided as references to users, too.
Anyone interested in this Engine gauges could click on the image above for more information. And if you are already users of my the A2A PA28 bundles, feel free to contact me for discount via email directly.
This S-TEC 30 Turn Coordinator for A2A PA28 did take me quite some time to develop due to its complexity. Many components in the equipment were newly made in order to fully map the auto-pilot
features accordingly. Frankly, I am quite happy about it myself.
This time, instead of just providing the gauge itself, I will include my button setup for the Auto-Pilot Switch, Auto-Mode Switch and Auto-Mode Turning Knob as references to users when they are setting their own. Although SPAD.neXt is getting user-friendlier, I believe users would still be glad to see such help. Continue reading
My initial plan was to complete the Carenado CT210M gauges first. But again, plans never catch up with changes. Here is the A2A PA28 Cherokee Set.
Although consisting only four gauges for the moment, they, together with the earlier released A2A Cessna gauges, already 
form a near complete PA28 cockpit and are fully playable.
The aircraft’s Attitude Indicator, Altimeter, Vertical Speed Indicator, VOR1, VOR2 are virtually identical (well, some with some minor differences) to those on the A2A Cessna cockpits.
The only gauge that is unique to the PA28 is Continue reading
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