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Any ideas where I can get a flaps guage similar to the one in the default King Air, but with five positions, or if it is possible to modify that guage to give it two extra positions?

The Nimrod from Simshed (www.simshed.co.uk) has a 5 position flap handle. You could download that then copy the FlapSelector gauge from the panel.cfg file to your panel.cfg file


Regards

Jim

You'll need to modify the Aircraft.cfg too. or you'll still have 3 stage flaps.

for example, taken from the default C172

To begin with you have this ,with 4 positions:

[flaps.0]       //Trailing Edge Flaps
type             = 1                                    // 1 - tail, 2 - lead
span-outboard    = 0.5                                  // 0.0 .. 1.0
extending-time   = 7                                    // seconds
flaps-position.0 = 0                                    // degrees
flaps-position.1 = 12.7                                 // degrees
flaps-position.2 = 25.3                                 // degrees
flaps-position.3 = 38                                   // degrees
damaging-speed   = 120                                  // KIAS
blowout-speed    = 150                                  // KIAS
lift_scalar = 1.0                                      
drag_scalar = 1.0
pitch_scalar= 1.0
system_type = 0                                         //0=Electric, 1=Hydraulic, 2=Pneumatic, 3=Manual, 4=None


you would need to add 1 more flaps-positions

to end up with this, or similar:

[flaps.0]       //Trailing Edge Flaps
type             = 1                                    // 1 - tail, 2 - lead
span-outboard    = 0.5                                  // 0.0 .. 1.0
extending-time   = 7                                    // seconds
flaps-position.0 = 0                                     // degrees
flaps-position.1 = 9                                  // degrees
flaps-position.2 = 19                                  // degrees
flaps-position.3 = 28                                   // degrees
flaps-position.4 = 38                                  // degrees
damaging-speed   = 120                                  // KIAS
blowout-speed    = 150                                  // KIAS
lift_scalar = 1.0                                      
drag_scalar = 1.0
pitch_scalar= 1.0
system_type = 0                                         //0=Electric, 1=Hydraulic, 2=Pneumatic, 3=Manual, 4=None


Remember that the Positions start at .0 so to have 5 posiotions, including UP, you need .0,1,2,3 and 4

Thanks for your replies.
I've found that ahe default Learjet flaps gauge can be used with any number of flap positions - GREAT!

In the end I modified the 2D panel bitmap so that it looks like I have the King Air gauge.

Any gauge should be usable with any number of flap setting I THINK! Its just that it might look odd with mismatched images and actual settings  ???

That's true, but the gauge and the flaps positions will not match up.         eg, the flaps go to position 3, but the guage won't change from position 2 until you set position 4. This can make it difficult to see what position the flaps are at. (I hope this doesn't confuse...)