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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.

: 5.88 MB
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Radio Panel Update

The setup defines a RADIO_STACK_PANEL as the active ident for the Window01 block, with size_mm=159,441 and position=8, and a BACKGROUND_COLOR of 16,16,16. Seven gauges map functions such as Comm 1, Comm 2, Nav 1, Nav 2, Transponder, ADF, and Audio under gauge00–gauge06, all referencing 737-400 components.

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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
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: 5/5
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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.

: 5.78 MB
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: 5/5
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Lockheed C-5 Galaxy Driveable Payload

From Alphasim, now Virtavia, this adds a driveable payload for the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, featuring five vehicles: Abrams, Leopard, Humvee, an old US truck, and a modern German fuel truck, with sounds and cargo-bay movement through front or rear ramps alongside added cameras for cockpit and external views.

: 9.75 MB
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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.

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Boeing 747-400 New View

Two camera definitions by Victor H.M. Soriano create upper-deck left and right wing views for the 747-400, with InitialZoom set to 0.40 and InitialXyz coordinates -3.5, 3.25, 13.0 and 3.5, 3.25, 13.0, reflecting a concise virtual cockpit perspective.

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Overland SMS Gauges Airbus A340 Fix 2

Fix No 2 applies to the A340 variant within the SMS gauge upgrade set, addressing a clock display that fails to appear in both 2D and VC views. Authored by Dimitrios Moschos, the fix targets the clock component specifically.

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SMS Overland Airbus A330/A340 Gauge Upgrade Fix

Dimitrios Moschos presents a gauge upgrade fix for the A330/A340 cockpit, substituting the A340 2D panel with a fixed version. The file SMS_A330_A340_GAUGE_UPGRADE_V2.ZIP houses a more realistically sized auto brakes buttons and tunes the brakes selector gauge for this configuration.

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DHC Dash 7 Panel Mods

Four external, three cabin, and four cockpit views accrue for the DHC Dash-7, with configuration by Erwin Welker. The freeware DASH7PKG9.ZIP accompanies camera definitions drawn from the Cameras file to update the aircraft.cfg properly today.

: 2.99 MB
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Fokker 50 Standard Panel Modifications

Two variants equip the Fokker 50 cockpit with either a Delco Carousel Inertial Navigation System or a BendixKing/Honeywell Flight Management System, using distinct file designs such as Panel.std_Bendix and Panel.std_LTN. The modifications overwrite configuration files in the existing payware release, retaining the turboprop’s essential instrumentation while enabling dual-pilot viewpoints and a mouse-activated navigation display.

: 10.89 MB
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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
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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
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F-86 Sabre Panel

This update revises a cockpit panel that originally accompanied an F-86 Sabre and is usable on any single-engine jet lacking a functioning panel. Sabres from older variants do not appear or show flaws such as missing canopy glass, so a complete aircraft cannot be supplied; image reference panelf86_3.JPG, by Bob Chicilo.

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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.

: 27.01 MB
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B-17 Worn And Weathered Cockpit Number 2

Worn cockpit finishes for the B-17 Flying Fortress, by Paul Grubich, align with Accu-Sim dynamics to emphasize aged panels, faded labels, and scuffed levers. Sixteen files from the cocpit folder copy into the target directory, while night lighting is revised to reflect heavy daily use.

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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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