Ewww , a GUI to do this ?
Its already pretty easy to point the <model> section to a different
instrument , and the one Im currently working on , Im creating several panel
files with different layouts that can be selected in the set file , but I'd
hate to see instruments being changeable while in flight ....
Just my thoughts on the matter :)
Syd
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 7:16 AM, David Megginson
<david.meggin...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Something I'd love to see, in the long term, is a GUI that allows
> users to customize their panels, just like real aircraft owners do. I
> could decide to install a different brand of TC (the default late
> 1970s Cessna 172P now has a vintage 1950s needle and ball instead of a
> TC -- cool, but what's up with that?), upgrade or downgrade the GPS,
> swap out radios, etc. That would be especially attractive for flight
> schools and students, since they could match the panels of their
> actual aircraft pretty closely.
>
>
> All the best,
>
>
> David
>
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Torsten Dreyer <tors...@t3r.de> wrote:
> >> A Sigma-Tek attitude gyro, for example, looks and works pretty-much
> >> the same as a primary instrument for a Cessna 150 or as a backup
> >> instrument on a 747 -- the differences (such as different voltage for
> >> the backlighting) are pretty trivial. I'd hate to see 100 copies of
> >> the same Sigma-Tek attitude gyro in the base package.
> > What we probably need for shared instruments is a well defined set of
> > properties for each instrument. Currently most of our instruments
> animations
> > are tied directly to the output properties of the signal source. In
> vor.xml
> > the TO-flag is animated from /instrumentation/nav[0]/to-flag. It's only
> usable
> > for nav1 and a second set of animation xml is needed for nav2. What we
> need
> > are unique properties for each instrument that are responsible for the
> > animation of the instrument on on side and unique properties that reflect
> some
> > state (like a TO-flag signal) on the other side. What's left for the A/C
> > designer is the linkage between these two side.
> > When you buy the Sigma-Tek attitude gyro at you local avionics dealer
> (the
> > base package), you get your device with a well known interface connector
> and
> > your avionics technician (A/C designer) needs to do the wiring.
> > Almost everything needed for that "three-tier-design" is already in fg.
> > Probably we need some kind of "relative mount point", so a single vor.xml
> can
> > be loaded (mounted) into /instrumentation/vor-indicator[0] and
> > /instrumentation/vor-indicator[1].
> >
> > Torsten
> >
> >
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