PIPER CUB ENHANCED RADIO STACK FOR USE WITH FS2004 DEFAULT AIRPLANE

HOW TO INSTALL:

PLEASE OPEN YOUR piper_j3cub FOLDER UNDER FLIGHT SIMULATOR9/AIRCRAFT.

MAKE A BACKUP OF THE AIRCRAFT.CFG FILE (RENAME IT, OR MAKE A NEW FOLDER, CALLED "SAFE" AND COPY IT INTO THIS).

COPY THE NEWLY DOWNLOADED AIRCRAFT.CFG FILE INTO THIS FOLDER (piper_j3cub). (This new cfg-file allows the use of the new gauges; otherwise they will be blocked.)

NEXT OPEN THE PANEL FOLDER.
MAKE A BACKUP OF THE PANEL.CFG FILE (RENAME IT, OR MAKE A NEW FOLDER, CALLED "SAFE" AND COPY IT INTO THIS).
NOW COPY THE NEWLY DOWNLOADED PANEL.CFG FILE AND THE FUNKGRUPPE.BMP INTO YOUR PIPER PANEL FOLDER. THAT'S IT.

YOU CAN OF COURSE MOVE IT AROUND ON YOU SCREEN, AND IT CAN ALSO BE ENLARGED SIMPLY BY CLICKING AND PULLING THE EDGES.

BY THE WAY, I'M FLYING ON A 1024X768 SCREEN, I HAVE NO IDEA, IF IT WORKS WITH OTHER SCREENS AS WELL.


MANY HAPPY LANDINGS!


ERW.DK@HEAVEN:DK


PS: THIS IS A COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION OF A RADIO STACK I MADE IN 2005: I USED IT A LOT WHEN FLYING FROM COAST TO COAST IN THE U.S. IN THE LITTLE PIPER CUB; EVEN THOUGH THIS AIRCARFT IS DIFFICULT TO LAND AND YOU WILL CERTAINLY FIND SOME DEBRIS AT MANY LANDING STRIPS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

TWO YEARS AGO I HAD A VERY BAD VIRUS ATTACK AND HAD TO FORMAT MY HARD DRIVE, LOOSING ALL MY FLIGHT SIMULATOR DATA. AFTER THIS I JUST NEVER WANTED TO FLY AGAIN... UNTIL RECENTLY, WHEN I REINSTALLED MY FS2004. NOW BADLY MISSING MY OWN RADIO AND NAVIGATION STACK, IT COST BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS TO RECONSTRUCT IT, AS I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE THINGS IN FS9.

THIS SHAN'T HAPPEN AGAIN; THAT'S WHY I NOW WANT TO SHARE IT WITH THE REST OF THE SIM-FLYERS.

ERWIN HENKEL, DENMARK, MAY 2009