FS2002 only. Main Panel bitmap is an updated Richard Probst and Chris Arrington original. Engineer Panel Bitmap is an original design. Panel depicts a Boeing 727-200 panel as it appeared in the Boeing 727-200 aircraft at my airline. I did not design any of the Guages but I did edit some of them to depict the actual look of the guages in the real aircraft.
I would like to make a more extensive Engineer panel but I only have guages for #1 and #2 engines. If any one knows how to edit guages to depict engine #3, let me know!
1) Unzip the contents of this ZIP file to a temporary folder.
2) Move the unzipped folder "Panel" directly into The aircraft's folder you want to use this panel with.
-Inside the Panel directory you will find two panel.cfg files. One labled "panel" and one labled "Paneloldvsi" The "Panel" file contains and electronic VSI that, in the real aircraft, is combined with the TCAS system. This the accurate look of the 727's equiped with TCAS. If you prefer the old style VSI, just rename the "Paneloldvsi" to panel and try that.
3) Open the unzipped folder "Gauges" and move all *.gau files directly into your FS2002\Gauges folder.
4) Put the "B727-200_Check" and "B727-200_ref" in your 727 aircraft folder and edit the aircraft.cfg to read:
Main screen overhead panel has air conditioning, seat belt, and no smoking switches. FS2002 panel illumination, beacons, strobes, nav, and landing lights.
Seperate overhead panel includes start switches, pitot heat, engine anti-ice and wing de-ice.
Engineer panel includes Battery switch, Hydraulic system pressure guages, fuel guages, boost pumps, crossfeed and an APU.
Soft-white lighting on all gauges that should be illuminated at night with panel lights on.
FS2002 panel switches for GPS, throttle, air traffic control, map, overhead, engineer(collective icon), and radio stack.
Realistic working "fire-pull" handles.
Adjustable auto-throttle airspeed/mach.
Adjustable altitude with a pitch-command autopilot.
Yaw Damper warning lights.
FS2002 autostart.
FS2002 Radio Stack.
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Many of the guages that are used were in the American Complete Package so these instructions are based on that read me file by Charles Fox.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1) The autopilot:
MODE SEL: selects the mode of the autopilot.
BUG: holds heading where the HSI orange bug is located.
NAV1: tracks nav1 course when NAV/GPS switch in NAV. tracks GPS waypoints when NAV/GPS switch in GPS.
APR: ILS localizer and glideslope.
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)
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
2) The warning lights:
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 GLIDESLOPE: 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 emminent stall or overspeed 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 FUEL: comes on when down to 6,950 pounds of fuel (about 13% total capacity), the 45 minute IFR reserve.
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.
3) Fuel panel:
Corrected these guages to read actual thousands of pounds of fuel, just as in the aircraft.
Fuel Status gauge on main panel shows range, time to empty, amount of fuel remaining and used, and current consumption rates. This is not a normal guage on the 727 but I feel it is very useful. Turn this on using the views toolbar. It is listed in the insrument panel views as "Fuel Computer".
4) Known Issues:
- Turn the autopilot airspeed selector knob to "OFF" before switching between the IAS and MACH functions.
- The Start Valve lights on the overhead panel do not operate properly. They act like low oil pressure lights. In the real aircraft, they illuminate during the start to indicate that the Pneumatic starter is receiving air to start the engine. Then after the start the light should go out to indicate the valve closed.
Richard Probst and Chris Arrington who made the original panel bitmaps that guided me through this project. Additional thanks go to Richard who originally designed many of the gauges that were modified for this project.
All the gauge designers who make an application like this possible.
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is charged for it and that the original zip remains intact. It may not be
distributed by CD or disk. You may put it on web pages that do not charge a
download fee without asking further permission.
