This is version 2.0 but it is an all new stand alone panel.
FS2002 only. Main Panel bitmap is an Based on the Richard Probst and Chris Arrington 707 and extensively
modified. Engineer Panel Bitmap is an original design. Panel depicts a Boeing 727-231 panel as it appeared in
the Boeing 727-231 aircraft at TWA. I did not design any of the Gauges but I did edit most of them to depict
the actual look of the Gauges in the real aircraft. This package also includes a 727 with the selection of
two paint schemes.
FFDS Boeing 727-200 by Kevin Trinkle .
Updated by Gary M. Carlson.
AFX and Paint by Kevin Trinkle,
FFDS FDE by Sam Chin
Base textures by Kevin Trinkle, Michael Pickney, and Steve Kempf
1) Unzip the contents of this ZIP file to a temporary folder.
2) Move the Aircraft folder directly into the main FS2002 aircraft folder.
3) Open the unzipped folder "Gauges" and move all files directly into your FS2002\Gauges folder.
4) Open the unzipped folder "Sound" and move all files directly into your FS2002\Sound folder.
5) Open the unzipped folder "Effects" and move all files directly into your FS2002\effects folder.
6) Open the unzipped folder "Modules" and move all files directly into your FS2002\MODULES folder.
7) Start FS2002
8) The aircraft is listed under:
Boeing
727-231
Variation - New and Old Colors
NOTE: If you will be swapping between the Captain and First Officer views then when you start the sim go ahead
and view both panels before you bring any other views up. This will make sure that any views you bring up
during you flight will be "in front" of the main panel views and not hidden.
There are two pictures included that explain what most of the lights switches do. To keep the clutter down,
I didn't label things that were labeled clearly on the panel. For example I didn't label the "beacon Lights" etc.
There also may be multiple lights and switches only labeled once but there are more than one of them, for
example the fuel system has tank one labeled but tanks two and three are not. I hope these help you understand
the panel. I tried to make it as real as possible and still be FS2002 friendly.
Note: I decided to make some changes to the panel after I did these pictures so they may not look exactly the
same as the panel but they serve there purpose.
Main screen overhead panel has Beacons, Strobes, Nav, Taxi, Runway turnoff, Wing, Logo and landing lights.
FS2002 panel illumination,.
Separate overhead panel includes start switches, pitot heat, engine anti-ice, wing de-ice, seat belt &
no smoking signs, radio master switches and flight data recorder.
Engineer panel includes Battery switch, Hydraulic system pressure Gauges, fuel Gauges, boost pumps,
cross-feed, APU, pneumatic system with air conditioning switches, pressurization controls, oil quantity,
oil temp, and oil pressure gauges, AMP meter, galley power switches and an essential power switch.
F/O instruments for Brake pressure and hydraulic pressure for flight controls (For use when in Captain view).
Soft-white lighting on most gauges that should be illuminated at night with panel lights on.
Dim and Bright panel illumination when in main Captain and First Officer views. (see known issues)
FS2002 Sim Icons for throttle, F/O panel, engineer panel, overhead panel, radio stack, GPS, air traffic control,
map and knee board. These can be turned on and off by a switch in the main panel.
Realistic working "fire-pull" handles.
Adjustable auto-throttle airspeed/mach.
Adjustable altitude with a pitch-command autopilot.
Yaw Damper warning lights.
Indicator lights test.
FS2002 Radio Stack.
Full Captain and First Officer panels that you can switch back and forth between in flight.
First Officer panel is correct. Not just a mirror image on the Captain panel.
A new landing view for Captain and First Officer that contain working instruments.
- To access The Captain view hold down the shift key, then hold the 5 key on the numeric keypad, then release
the shift key, then release the 5 key. This should lock the landing view. To return to the main panel just
look at any other view. Then you will return to the main view.
- To access the First Officer landing view use the same procedure with the CTRL and 2 on the numeric keypad.
- On the Captain Landing view there is an auto throttle switch and an autopilot switch added where the Sim
Icons switch is located in the main view.
BUG: holds heading where the HSI orange bug is located.
NAV1: tracks nav1 course when NAV/GPS switch in NAV. tracks GPS way points when
NAV/GPS switch in GPS.
APR: ILS localizer and glide slope.
BACK: ILS back course.
PITCH CMD:
ALT: climbs/descends aircraft to altitude selected.
A/S: pitch command off
PITCH CMD ARROW: climb/descent rate (each tick is about 1800ft/min)
PINK KNOB ON VSI: Also sets climb/decent rate.
AS/AP/AT:
IAS: holds indicated airspeed where the orange airspeed bug is located on the
airspeed gauge when AT switch is in ARM position.
OFF: holds mach speed selected in MACH readout when AT switch is in ARM position.
MACH: mach speed readout for current altitude/speed (SEE "OFF" ABOVE).
AP: autopilot master switch
AT: auto throttle ARM/OFF switch
Autopilot Annunciator indications and lights
LIGHTS
GREEN "VOR/LOC" - Autopilot is armed or tracking the vor or localizer.
GREEN "Glide slope" - Autopilot is armed or tracking the glide slope.
INDICATORS
"HDG" - Autopilot is flying the hdg bug
"ALT" - Autopilot is in pitch mode and armed to level off at the selected altitude.
"BCS" - Autopilot is armed or tracking the localizer back course.
2) The warning lights:
MAIN PANEL:
GPWS: comes on only if the aircraft is 1) DESCENDING 2) below 1000
feet AGL with 3) the gear up. It extinguishes as soon as the gear is
lowered or you initiate a climb. This light does not work when over
mountains. Excessive sink rate below 2500 will also trigger the light.
BELOW GLIDE SLOPE: comes on if 1) more than one dot below the glide-
slope AND 2) altitude is less than 1000 feet AGL. Light is disabled
below 50 feet AGL.
MASTER CAUTION: comes on during eminent stall or over speed or if YAW DAMPER is ON
with 30 degrees or more flaps.
CONFIGURATION WARNING: simply put, if this light comes on, you've put the
airplane in a dangerous or illogical configuration:
a) speed brake extended with throttle more than 20% advanced.
b) flaps 20 or greater with climb power (or greater) set.
c) gear down above 270 kts.
d) flaps extended above 230 kts.
e) flaps less than 20, in a descent, at less than 160 kts.
f) speed less than 135 with the gear up.
g) flaps greater than 20 with the gear still up.
YAW DAMPER OFF: illuminates when the yaw dampers are off and airspeed
is above 250 kts.
OUT OF TRIM: The light lets you know when you are out of trim, and it is affected
by the flap settings. 0-1-2 is the normal range.
DECISION HEIGHT: comes on when descending through the altitude set
on the radio altimeter, whether it is on or off.
LOW OIL PRESSURE: self explanatory, but normally on when the engines are shut down.
ALTITUDE ALERT: illuminates in ADI when +/- 700 to 300 feet to altitude set in
the altitude alert control head.
ENGINEER PANEL:
GENERATOR OFF: The generator is not connected to the electrical system.
GENERATOR FIELD: The generator is not producing power.
HYDRAULIC PRESSURE: Hydraulic pressure is low.
BOOST PUMPS: Low fuel pressure.
OVERHEAD PANEL:
FLIGHT RECORDER: Flight recorder has no power (Will go off when generator #3 is closed)
START VALVE: Indicates the pneumatic starter valve is open.
GREEN LIGHTS: Indicates the respective switch and system is on.
FIRST OFFICER GAUGES PANEL:
SYSTEM A & B FLIGHT CONTROL LIGHTS: Low hydraulic pressure.
THROTTLE PANEL:
PARKING BRAKE: Parking brake is on.
3) Fuel panel: Gauges read actual thousands of pounds of fuel, just as in the aircraft.
Boost pumps and low pressure lights for each wing tank and center tank.
4) Airspeed indicator: There are 5 areas on the right side of the indicator that are used
to set the white airspeed bugs. The top area sets the lowest bug and
then the next lower area sets the next bug etc. Look at the main
panel explanation picture.
5) Hydraulic system: System A is on the Left (#1) engine. System B is on the Center (#2)
engine. The right engine has no hydraulic system. The nose wheel
steering is hydraulic. that is why engine #3 is started during push
back and when they get the tow bar disconnected engines #1 and #2 are
started. In the real airplane, System B is powered by electric pumps.
6) VIEWS
- The Main Captain and First Officer panels can be switched on and off using the "CA" and "FO" Simicons
located below the low oil pressure lights. To switch from on view to the next simply hit the button of the
view you want and then hit the other button to turn off the other view.
- The Engineer panel is located in the RIGHT REAR view and can be viewed using the hat switch your joy stick.
All functions of this panel are available using this function. You will have to hold the hat switch with one
hand and use your mouse with the other. If you don't have a hat switch or if you want to lock the Engineer
Panel open you can press the SHIFT key then the 3 on the numeric keypad, then release the shift and then
the 3.
7) Known Issues:
- Turn the autopilot airspeed selector knob to "OFF" before switching between the IAS and
MACH functions.
- If moving the autopilot selector from the "NAV", "APPR" or "Back" to the "HDG" position,
click the selector off until the green autopilot annunciators go out and then select "HDG".
- If you open another window before you do the indicator light test, The light test will
be seen on the open window. If you do the light test before anything else, then the test
will work correctly the rest of the time.
- The Boost pumps, and fuel cutoff switches are tied together. The fire pulls also shut
the boost pumps and fuel cut off switches off for the affected engine. When you reset
the fire pull, the boost pumps and fuel cut off switches will remain off.
- The APU does not actually provide power. (Working on a new APU)
If you will notice, Maintenance has placarded the APU with an MEL inoperative sticker.
Hopefully they will fix it soon. :)
- The GPWS does not sound in the First Officer panel. The lights function
- The elevator trim will move faster than normal when the overhead window open.
- INTERIOR LIGHTING
- The panel light knobs on the overhead also trigger the navigation lights (default panel lights)
You might have to hit the button twice to get all the lights on.
- Each Main Captain and First Officer panel has the choice of two settings: Bright and dim.
- Once they are on, they can not be turned off.
- The bright setting over-rides the dim setting. You can switch from dim to bright but not the other way
around. If you want to fly in dim mode, be sure and select it first.
- LANDING VIEWS
- The airspeed bugs and the Radar altimeter bug settings do not transfer from the
main view. You will have to set them again when you first go to the landing view.
Once you set them, when you return they will remain set.
- The GPWS will not sound. The lights function normally
- The sim icons are not accessible during this view.
8) Sound
- Due to the large number of downloads of the charles Fox's 727, I have decided not to include a sound file.
If you have not downloaded Charles Fox American 727, I highly recommend you due so even if its only for the
sound. It is the best 727 sound package I have seen.
Richard Probst and Chris Arrington who made the original 707 panel bitmaps that guided me through this project.
All the gauge designers who make an application like this possible.
The gauge files have initials in the name. The following is a list of the credits:
// CD - Chuck Dome
// CK - Christian Koegler
// DFD - Dai Griffiths
// FPDA - FPDA-Andreas Jaros in most cases
// HGHB - HGHB
// HH - Hans Hartman
// RP - Richard Probst
// WC - Wade Chafe
// PG - Paul Golding
Special thanks to Espen Øijordsbakken who personally edited a few of the gauges for this project.
Thanks to Peter Gulyas for the interior views.
The following is Mr. Gulyas copyright statement.
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