291: Standalone Gauges Preview

Here are the preview images of the standalone C172 Gauges.    Although they are, in theory, the extractions from the current Integrated Gauge Series, C172-ALL-Gauges-ANImany of the artworks and layouts are newly drawn.  So do some programming for optimization.

At present, all these standalone gauges are taking up the full footprint (320 x 240) of the Flight Instrument Panel (FIP).   All knobs and buttons work as they should be.

Two things are yet to be decided: Continue reading

290: Standalone C172 Gauges

My C172 Integrated Gauge Series combine 14 instruments plus many other functions found on the C172 cockpit.   The project was started a year ago since I only had seven FIPs at that time.   And it was not economical (still true) to put some of the simple instruments each onto standalone FIPs.

However, never stop receiving inquires from friends asking for their standalone versions.   So, before moving forward onto twin engines, I will spend some times working on these standalone gauges first.   They include: Continue reading

288: Attitude Indicator Brown Version

Here comes the brown color variations of the Attitude Indicator as promised months ago.   Notification and download links for this update have been sent to all users. C172_ATTAN_150523A  C172_ATTAN_150523B Unlike the previous updater, Continue reading

287: Putting the GPS onto the FIP

Yes, you saw it right.   Besides the usual gauge instruments, you can now put the GPS onto the FIP !
FIPTools-GPS

Last November, Alexey Podrezov’s FIP Customizer gave us the ability to freely replace the FIP’s default product image as well as to easily disable the serial number from showing up on the FIP.

This summer, Alexey further enhances his utility by adding a number of great features to it.   The new utility is called the FIP Toolkit.

In addition to the already mentioned “GPS Display” function, the utility can also project Continue reading

285: Attitude Indicator Update

The Attitude Indicator has just been updated to include the OMI Markers.   They will C172_ATTAN_MarkerOMI light up accordingly when beacons are encountered around any airport that provides these signals.

C172_ATTAN_150508BRNNotification of this update patch has been sent to all existing users.

This update patch (so will be the future ones) is included with an automatic updater to make installation and update of my gauges as simple as possible.

The brown-color version of this gauge shown on the right is coming soon.   Improvement doesn’t stop at what we are. Continue reading

284: AirSpeed Indicator & Turn Coordinator

The AirSpeed Indicator and Turn Coordinator of my C172 Integrated Gauge project have just been completed.   Both are equipped with the Automatic Installer.

C172_ASCLK_150501  C172_TCBAL_150507

Features on the gauges are straight-forward and their operations have been demonstrated in the videos shown in Post 283.

Two things worth mentioning are: Continue reading

283: My Integrated Gauges Video Show

Some friends are curious about how my C172 Integrated Gauges all together look in real simulator.   Here are four quick videos showing how they perform from Engine Startup, Taxi, Take-off to Maneuver.    Background airport is Bowerman KHQM in the United States.   Simulator is Prepar3D v25 with the free Bowerman airport addon from Orbx.

Truly, since my one hand Continue reading

282: Existing Paid-Gauges Now with Installer

Was originally planning to add the Automatic Installer to all my existing paid-gauges after the release of the coming AirSpeed Indicator and Turn Coordinator later this month.   Due to receiving some immediate requests, revisions has been put upfront.

Integrated Gauges New InstallerWith this Automatic Installer, all user needs now just to unzip the package, and then click and run the utility.   That’s it.

The installer will add the new gauge to the END of the existing gauge list and modify the SaiFlightSimX.xml under DirectOutput folder automatically.   Original SaiFlightSimX.xml will be backup automatically too.

DO NOTE THAT Continue reading

281: Last Two Gauges Preview

Here’s the preview screenshot of the last two C172 gauges, AirSpeed Indicator & Turn Coordinator, which are to complete my Integrated Project to include all C172 gauges on just seven FIPs since the middle of last year.

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They are being fine-tuned and should be ready within the next couple of weeks.   One thing noteworthy is that these two new gauges will come with an automatic installer.   Continue reading