FIP

Flight Instrument Panel

768: MESHES = MESSES

| Tom Tsui

After the recent SU8 update, I encountered serious stutters and intermittent freezes within the Switzerland areas.  My immediately reaction was to rebuild the rolling cache as I had experienced similar situation once or twice before.

However, the rebuilding didn’t solve the issue this time.

After playing with various settings with no luck, I then tested the system with no addons.  Wala !  The stutters and short freezes were gone.

I didn’t think of doing it in the first place because the stutters were happening in the Switzerland areas only.

So now the cause was found but which addon(s) was/were the culprit(s)? Continue reading →

767: New Multi-Shared VOR2

| Tom Tsui

The VOR2 on the C152 and C172 used to be functioned and looked differently from each other and from the Multi-shared VOR1 as well when MSFS was launched.  However, the two VOR2s got different changes in the last two years and finally become identical to each other and look the same as the VOR1 after the recent 1.23.12.0 update.MSFS_MS_VOR2_R1C_resize

The VOR2 in the C152 and C172 FIP series are therefore united as one and moved to the Multi-Shared Gauges category just like the VOR1.

In other words, users can use the new MS VOR2 on both C152 and C172 now, and Continue reading →

766: G5 PFD AirSpeed Scale 220311 Update

| Tom Tsui

Due to the brightness of the Vref marks on the G5 PFD Airspeed Scale is a bit overwhelming that causes distraction from the rest of the instrument, the Vref marks have been dimmed a little to restore the balance of the instrument as a whole.

Apology for the short update period since the last one 3 days ago.  Anyway, download Links have been sent to all users already.

Continue reading →

765: GENERIC G5 PFD SR22 Update

| Tom Tsui

As there are quite some inquiries regarding the Cirrus SR22 airspeed scale for the GENERIC G5 PFD,  SR22it is therefore added as the third airspeed scale (C172, B58, SR22) coming as standard in the G5 PFD (both single- and dual-cue) R4 package now.

It can be called up by the “G5 Airspeed Switcher” utility after update.

With the SR22 3-Gauges Pack and the GENERIC G5 PFD+HSI, Continue reading →

764: MSFS GaugeSwitcher Special Edition

| Tom Tsui

Due to the latest Generic G5 PFD v4 coming with an “Airspeed Switcher” utility to allow users to quickly switch among different Airspeed Scales for the aircraft being flown, a special MSFS GaugeSwitcher v11A, which embedded the Airspeed Switcher function, has been created for those Generic G5 PFD users who are using the GaugeSwitcher as well.


Except the extra PFD Airspeed Switcher function, the new v11A version works exactly the same as the current v11 in essence.

So, if you don’t have the Generic G5 PFD v4 in your setup, or you don’t run the Generic G5 PFD v4 in MSFS, you don’t really need this special edition. Continue reading →

761: The Wait for DHC-6 Gauges is Over

| Tom Tsui

The FIP Gauges for Aerosoft’s DHC-6 Twin Otter are done and released. MSFS_DHC6_BUNDLE
Will schedule to work on the Engine Cluster for the aircraft soon. Continue reading →

760: M803 Style Generic Clock

| Tom Tsui

Over the years, I got many requests for a standalone digital clock on the Logitech FIP (Flight Instrument Panel).  I didn’t do it because the Logitech FIP plugins doesn’t support FT (Flight Time) and ET (Elapse Time) functions for one reason. Moreover, I already added the Local Time and Universal Time option on all Airspeed Indicators I developed.M803_CLK-ORANGES1

But there are still some friends expressed that they don’t mind the skipping of the FT and ET functions so as to complete their cockpit setup.  So here comes the digital clock that are based on Davtron’s M803.

Besides the Universal Time and Local Time, the clock displays OAT in Celsius (C) and Voltage in Ohm’s Law symbol E (instead of V) as used on the M803. Continue reading →

759: GENERIC G5 PFD R4 Major Update

| Tom Tsui

The GENERIC G5 PFD R4 is ready at last.  This major update includes a lot of enhancements and revisions with many bug fixes and new features.

For instance, besides its appearance nows resembles more to the latest Garmin G5, Vrefs info (reference speeds) based on real aircraft are added as an option to the Airspeed Scales as well.

Here’s a quick video showing both single-cue and dual-cue PFD running with the HSI on the C172 Skyhawk in MSFS.

Furthermore, a new utility called “G5 Airspeed Switcher” is also included to the instrument pack so that users can quickly switch among different Airspeed Scales to match with the aircraft being flown with the G5 PFD.

However, similar to the G5 HSI R4, this new PFD R4 Continue reading →

758: DHC-6 Twin Otter Gauges Presale

| Tom Tsui

The DHC-6 Twin Otter by Aerosoft was one of my favorite in P3D and it continues to be the same in MSFS.

Initially I didn’t have plan to do gauges for the aircraft until mid-year.  But I have changed my mind to work on them after receiving some inquires and especially I’ve flown it for nearly a week.DHC-6_TwinOtter_GaugeBatchS
The first stage is to work on the nine (9) analog gauges as shown above,

Continue reading →