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Douglas DC-6 Panel

Jens B. Kristensen supplies a photorealistic panel for the Douglas DC-6, distributed as DC6_V10.ZIP, and the configuration for the virtual panel aligns with the model. Erwin Welker crafts the panel configuration, and ten camera definitions cover external, cockpit, and cabin views.

: 3.03 MB
: 1.9K
: 1

Virtavia F-4 Pack 2 Panel

By Don Bodenstedt, this cockpit augmentation for Phantom II adds revised afterburners and a red VC light effect that aids night flying, with a basic HUD and a wide range of readouts. Automatic afterburner controls engage at 90% throttle, and about 100 gauges are provided for Phantoms and other era aircraft.

: 4.36 MB
: 1.9K
: 3

Primary Flight Display (PFD) Updates

Three different aircraft types receive a correction to the radalt readings, and those readings become easily readable rather than obscured. By Dimitris Moschos, the change targets precision improvements for altitude indications on cockpit displays across the affected models.

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: 1.8K
: 1/5
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Added Views For The Bombardier Dash 8 Q400

The regional turboprop Q400 gains six exterior viewpoints and five cockpit perspectives via camera definitions created by Marc Renaud for Premier Aircraft Design, with angles located near the wings, engine nacelles, and tail. A new [Views] section is added to aircraft.cfg, drawing content from camera definitions.txt.

: 84.9 KB
: 1.7K

F-4 Phantom 2D Panel

An F-4 Phantom cockpit panel presents a photo-based layout with over 40 custom gauges and night lighting, plus afterburner effects and a tailored Lights section in aircraft.cfg for updated Phantoms. It offers two installation options by renaming the F4Beta folder to panel or setting panel=F4Beta, and allows moving F4Gauges.cab to the gauges folder.

: 3.52 MB
: 1.7K
: 1

C-2a Greyhound (or any twin-engine turbo prop aircraft) Panel

Newly released panel appears, accompanied by a note that panel building is a trial and error process. An image reference named c-2agreyhoundp.JPG appears with the description, illustrating the concept and indicating a hands-on approach to development.

: 5.88 MB
: 1.6K
: 4/5
: 1

Citation Excel 560XL 2D Panel

The 560XL two-dimensional panel, based on the Aryus model, by Pierre Fasseaux, integrates modified and newly created XML gauges. It uses a panel.FP payload and provides time controls for GMT, Local Time, Flight Time, and Elapsed Time.

: 1.49 MB
: 1.5K
: 5/5
: 2

Complete with Base Model

Grumman Tracker S2F Firebomber Update

Three flightdeck variants are offered: a standard 2D cockpit for 1280 × 1024 displays and two wide‑view setups for three displays at 3840 × 1024, all paired with a coherent VC. Emmanuel Geffroy is the original designer, while Emile Lancee corrects gauge installation and aligns the 2D and VC flightdecks.

: 23.6 MB
: 1.4K
: 8

Patch

Overland SMS Airbus A330 Gauge Upgrade Fix

By Dimitrios Moschos, this upgrade refines the Overland A330 cockpit instruments and works with SMS_A330_GAUGE_UPDATE.ZIP. When other authors’ gauge sets exist, avoid placing updates in the main folder; instead install them in the aircraft panel folder or rename cab.* to a330x and adjust panel.Cfg accordingly.

: 7.9 KB
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Alphasim/Virtavia F-111 Panel

Version 2.6.7 enhances Alphasim and Virtavia General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark cockpits, delivering a crisper 3D look and better alignment between 2D and VC instruments. It adds Attack Radar capable of showing ground or air targets, includes TFAS and AOB gauges, and introduces a new fuel dump and burn effect.

: 23.96 MB
: 1.2K
: 2

VTOL/Hover Gauge For Wilco Tiltrotor

Version 4.0 introduces V(S)TOL and hover capability for a tiltrotor, with a gauge-coded FDE that overrides standard flight dynamics when nacelles rotate from the normal position. All ten nacelle positions, except the fully forward setting, fall under gauge control, adds a down-camera for Vertical Landings, and includes rotorwash dust.

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Automatic Afterburners

This freeware gauge, by Rob Barendregt and Don Bodenstedt, governs flame and afterburner effects for two engines via the LIGHTS section (numbers 6 through 9) of the aircraft.cfg. Flame on requires N1 over 10 percent and afterburner on requires throttle over 90 percent, with workaround in the states (0 and 1) and an all-lights toggle.

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CS Weapon VC 3dHUD For Acceleration F/A-18

An integration places the 3dHUD cockpit overlay from CS Weapon into the F/A-18, by adjusting the eyepoint to -17.0, 0.0, 3.38 in the Aircraft.CFG. The package includes CSWeapon.XML under the FA-18 folder at 0.0,14.40,3.38,0.310 for swap-in, and updates the panel gauge to CSWeapon!hud3d at 569.8, 523, 462, 500 with 4 NOSCANLINES.

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Virtavia F-4 Phantom Package 1 Panel Fix

Don Bodenstedt delivers a VC panel fix for the Virtavia F-4 Phantom II first edition, adding a panel.DCBVx folder to replace the cockpit. Users modify aircraft.cfg to panel=DCBVx and copy the cab from the third edition’s panel folder; it does not work with the second edition and is unnecessary for the third.

: 1.32 MB
: 1.1K
: 5/5
: 1

Sikorsky MH-53 Pavelow Panel

A panel with glass cockpit gauges for the Marines’ MH-53 Pavelow helicopter replaces the Dirty Dunken panel bitmap with round gauges, aligning with the Pavelow’s modern cockpit. The 16:9 widescreen bitmap is not tested for 4:3, and the mh53pavelow.zip by Erwin Welker requires MH-53J.cab gauges to function with other helicopters.

: 3.06 MB
: 1.1K
: 2

Boeing 767-400 Panel For Dual Monitors

Presented as a dual-monitor cockpit panel for the 767-400, this configuration merges the captain’s and first officer’s instruments into a single span, with a reworked overhead and refreshed side windshields. Developed by Alan M. Harvey with Tim de Groot’s photograph, it supports two identical displays and 2048×768 or higher resolutions.

: 33.93 MB
: 908
: 5/5
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Default Beech Baron 58 Views

Six viewpoints cover the Baron 58 from exterior sections and cockpit interiors, highlighting its twin-engine design and improving views of the fuselage and propellers. A text file named camera definitions.txt is included, and users copy its lines into aircraft.cfg after removing existing camera definitions, with Marc Renaud credited as author.

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Virtual Cockpit High G Vibration Mod

By Ismail Hakki Guezel, this adjustment adds high-G vibration effects and sounds to the F/A-18C Hornet's virtual cockpit. Doug Dawson's dsd_fsx_xml_sound.gau handles the sound, and the setup can be extended to other jets; the approach remains freeware.

: 2.74 MB
: 847

Beech B1900D 2D Panel

Henry Tomkiewicz's AI model underpins the B1900D variant of the King Air family, and Chris Thompson or Tom Tiedman makes it flyable. The project includes a slightly modified aircraft.cfg, and the design uses a modified bitmap with xml gauges.

: 2 MB
: 787
: 2

North American RA-5C Vigilante Panel

A two-panel arrangement centers on a primary cockpit with a second pilot's console and a rear-seat navigator panel that includes GPS and radio. The configuration supports carrier operations with COP3 readiness and RCBCO-30.ZIP, the panel aligns, uses default gauges, and offers three wingman, four external, and three internal views, with layout by Erwin Welker.

: 1.36 MB
: 483
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