Creating IFR panels
Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:02 am'Lo all!
I've been tinkering with .air files and .cfg's for a while now; but now I'd like to try sommat a bit different:
I love IFR panels.
OK; call me crazy; but I love instrument flight. My idea of a good time is to turn on an IFR panel; slide the forward view out of the way then plan and make a flight entirely on instruments; then watch the video to see how close I got afterwards. (Without using ATC IFR clearance)Under normal conditions; I get within 5 feet of the centerline and 100 feet of the threshold on landing. Not exactly stellar; but not too bad either.
Anyhoo; what I'd really like to do is make up an IFR panel for the 737. I've just no idea how to begin. I can get a panel easy enough; it's building it up and putting gauges on it that confuses me.
I've heard vaguely that there are freeware programs that will help you build panels; but I don't know of any; nor which are the 'good' ones.
Any ideas which program is the best to use?
Thanx!
I've been tinkering with .air files and .cfg's for a while now; but now I'd like to try sommat a bit different:
I love IFR panels.
OK; call me crazy; but I love instrument flight. My idea of a good time is to turn on an IFR panel; slide the forward view out of the way then plan and make a flight entirely on instruments; then watch the video to see how close I got afterwards. (Without using ATC IFR clearance)Under normal conditions; I get within 5 feet of the centerline and 100 feet of the threshold on landing. Not exactly stellar; but not too bad either.
Anyhoo; what I'd really like to do is make up an IFR panel for the 737. I've just no idea how to begin. I can get a panel easy enough; it's building it up and putting gauges on it that confuses me.
I've heard vaguely that there are freeware programs that will help you build panels; but I don't know of any; nor which are the 'good' ones.
Any ideas which program is the best to use?
Thanx!