Paul Golding's wonderful MD-87 panel switched over to the First Officer's viewpoint. Panel by Pauld Golding, Gauges by Paul and various other's (see "origional documents" for copyright,credits and the origional readme). First Officer conversion/update by Chuck Latkoff (navav2002@yahoo.com). Thank you Mr. Golding for your consent and your wonderful panel.
To Install:
Un-zip PGMD87FO_2K2 to a temporary folder.
1) Unzip "FS2002 Panel" and copy and paste the enclosed "Panel" folder into your desired FS2002 aircraft. (You should back-up your existing panel first...in case you want to go back to it for some reason)
***NOTICE: If you are using this in FS2004 you should see the "FS2004 Info" folder enclosed for some FS2004 specific info!!
2) Unzip the "FS2002 Gauges" folder, then open "Gauges" and copy and paste all of the .gau into your main FS2002 gauges folder.
3) Unzip the "FS2002 Sound" folder, then open "Sound" and copy and paste all of the enclosed files to your main FS2002 sound folder.
4) Go Fly and have fun!!!
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Known Issues:
There are some minor quirks in the transition to the F/O view with the panel:
1) The wonderful night time "Panel Dim" avaliable on the Captian's panel did not work with this one...:(
2) Some of the warning gauges are at the wrong angle when they illuminate. (Stall Warning, Master Caution, ect...). They look fine when not illuminated so to me it is fairly minor...
3) EPR Gauges INOP???? Don't know why...
4) Added "Click Zones" to some of the Autopilot gauges so now you can use the mouse or the keyboard...SWEET!!!
There may be other issues but this is all I can think of right now...I am pretty use to the panel so you may find something that I don't know of...
In your FS2002 or FS2004 aircraft config there is a line that looks similar to this:
[Views]
eyepoint=70.0, -1.8, 5.1
The numbers may be different, that's OK...
I personally don't like to be in the pilot's seat centered over the nose wheel of the aircraft. Or having the feeling that I am just a couple of inches off the ground...so the way I like to fix this is to change the eyepoint...To do this I would change the above settings something like this:
(For a Captian's View)
[Views]
eyepoint=70.0, -10.8, 9.1
(For a First Officers View)
[Views]
eyepoint=70.0, 10.8. 9.1
So try it if you want. You can move your eyepoint as much or little as you prefer to get the "feel" that suits you...
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