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Colored Smoke System

Five color configurations arise from distinct light-function positions, including recognition, cabin, logo, wing, and cockpit, generating colored smoke trails from the gauge’s output. Parameter settings target the PC-7Astra variant, while the system remains installable on any aircraft; these smoke effects rely on aircraft light sources to drive visuals.

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ISDT Beech King Air B200 Virtual Cockpit

An enhancement for the Beechcraft Super King Air B200 by ISDT, credited to Joao 'Muas' Martins, adds a fully functional virtual cockpit with clickable instruments and animated switches. It shows matching wing views, gauges and sounds align to the King Air 350 default.

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Default Boeing 737-800 Added Views

By Marc Renaud, this camera enhancement for the Boeing 737-800 adds ten external viewpoints that cover engine pylons, wings, and tail, while keeping onboard perspectives comparable. Camera definitions insert into the aircraft.cfg, replacing prior angles to maintain a coherent flow, and Renaud copies entries from camera definitions.txt to the bottom.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Douglas DC-3 Widescreen 2D Panel

Creator Luiz Alvarenga models a DC-3 2D panel with three finish options—original worn, clean, and black—each paired with corresponding night lighting. The panel uses a single reworked bitmap for the entire visible area and was originally tuned for 2048 x 1152, while first officer gauges remain functional.

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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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Overland SMS Airbus A340 Gauge Upgrade

Overland SMS updates the A340-300 cockpit with a gauges upgrade, utilizing six cab files and the rcb-gauges.2.1 folder, a panel.A file, and the abs eicas display XML included in the papa340 folder. Additionally, the process copies the a340a panel base bitmap and panel.Cfg into the sms_a340-300 panel directory.

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Boeing 767-300 Panel For Dual Monitors

Two-monitor setup for a Boeing 767-300 cockpit spans aligned displays, presenting captain and first officer perspectives with an upgraded overhead and refined windshield framing. Created by Alan M. Harvey, based on Francisco Silva’s earlier concept, the freeware revision includes a dedicated panel folder and Gauges contents.

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Mooney Default Panel Partial Glass

An autopilot-equipped Mooney Bravo panel switches to a partial glass layout as J. D. Starseed reworks it with all default gauges. The modification uses Microsoft gauges to provide a second cockpit option for varied flight experiences.

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Patch

Two Engined Jet Fix

Credit for the fix goes to Bob Chicilo, intended for use with PANEL2N.ZIP. It involves placing .cab files from Maule_M7_260C, Lear_45, and B737_800 panel folders into the main gauges folder, and copying the dsbxml folder with the change; no overwriting is required, and afterburner effects become visible.

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Aerosoft Airbus X Wing Views

Two custom wing-view configurations target the A320 and A321, created by Hassan Ezzeddine. A320.txt and A321.txt provide the definitions and are merged into the corresponding Aircraft.cfg for each aircraft, aligning camera definitions with the two variants.

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L-188 HD VC Textures

Replacement cockpit visuals for the FS KBT L-188 Electra arrive as L-188_ELECTRA_X.ZIP, targeting the virtual cockpit only. The assets use a 4096-by-4096 resolution in DXT5 format, and credit goes to Paul Barke for authoring the work.

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F-111 Pig HUD Project - Revision 7

Revision 7 refines the Pig HUD concept, requiring FXPIGGB5.ZIP to be installed first. Radar contours extend from sea level to 17,000 feet and can view any airport worldwide from its current position, while Pave Tack delivers close-up detail to 20 nm in 1-degree increments with pan capability.

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Piper Meridian Panel

Michael Kelley presents a concept panel for a single turboprop such as Piper Meridian or Meridian III, blending old-school dial gauges with a modern Primary Flight Display that includes autopilot, vertical speed, and radar altitude, uses XML vector-drawn gauges including M1000 PFD gauge.

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Chance Vought F-8E Crusader VC Panel

Rollus F-8 Crusader receives a dedicated VC panel with a changed cockpit instrument layout that replaces the HUD with a gunsight and adds new gauges. The 2D panel stays the same, and the change is credited to John Detrick, requiring the file FSXCRUS.ZIP.

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Casa 295 2D Panel

A Casa 295 panel follows a Premier Aircraft Design model and uses custom gauges for this panel, including modified Lear45 PFD and MFD elements and home-made xml gauges. A VC is not provided, since creating one requires bitmap edits; the setup relies on panel.FP with gauge files such as Bombardier_CRJ_700.cab, Lear_45_XML.cab, B737_800.cab, fs9gps.cab.

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Default Cessna SP 172 Added Views

Marc Renaud offers seven new camera definitions for the Cessna 172 SP, inserting them into the aircraft.cfg to replace the default angles and reveal exterior lines, landing gear, and the high-wing structure. Inside the cockpit, interior viewpoints highlight the instrument panel and center console, and a camera definitions.txt file accompanies the changes for straightforward addition.

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Default Bombardier CRJ 700 Reworked Views

Ten new external camera angles accompany a Marc Renaud–authored refinement for the CRJ 700, with precisely coded viewpoints in the aircraft.cfg that emphasize the T-tail and wing assemblies while keeping the cockpit layout intact. The work includes a camera definitions.txt and a PDF with coordinate tables for quick reference.

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