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Analog Mini Panel

Version 2.1 of the mini panel introduces pop-up windows for visibility along with Karol Chlebowski’s Pave Tack gauge, improving readability on the compact display for pilots navigating diverse conditions in flight operations today, globally in all conditions.

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Generic Military 2 Engine Panel

Two-engine jet fighter panel by Bob Chicilo uses the background from the F-35 panel by Chuck Dome. Most gauges are standard defaults, with a single exception, aligning with a general-use design for a versatile two-engine jet fighter.

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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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Automatic Elevator Trim Gauge

The mechanism links stick input to elevator trim, moving the trim in tandem with the elevator itself. It does not appear on the panel, but any trim indicator shows its activity, and pushing forward increases down trim while pulling back raises up trim, and it also operates with other flight-simulation programs, by Chuck Dome.

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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
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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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Camera Positions For POSKY Boeing 777-300

Three new positions appear for the B777-300 on each side, including wing view, engine, and wing positions. There is no wingview option in the Project Open Sky 777 family, leaving other angles as the focus, by Kaan Aktas.

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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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Airbus A400M Reworked And Added Views

Seven camera viewpoints augment the Airbus A400M, including two chase views and a top-of-tail option, with camera definitions stored in the aircraft.cfg. Patrick Le Luyer models the aircraft; Dietmar Loleit supplies radar, maps, HUD and TCAS gauges, Chris Evans delivers fixes, and Marc Renaud receives credit, plus a text file with new camera definitions accompanies.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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