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can you add a GPS to an aircraft that doesn't have one.

T

the soupdragon

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I have created a flying tour of New Zealand and as I have fallen in love with the FCS Hawker Fury I want to fly some (read most) of the legs in her, but my navigation skills are not up to much so I would like to add a GPS system to her so I can fly with a bit of confidence that I will actually arrive where I planned too,
How can I do this?

Cheers
SD
 
Take a look in the panel.cfg file of one of your default aircraft (B737, for example) and you'll see how it's done.

Dave
 
Here are two excerpts from the C172 panel.cfg.

To add a GPS you need to add a WindowNN=GPS line in the Window Titles section. Notice how the C172 uses the line "Window02=GPS" to call the GPS. Change the NN to an appropriate number (note that only numbers 00 to 09 will display when press shift+number key). (you did make a copy of the original file first?)

Then copy and paste the whole [Window02] section into the panel.cfg file (preferably in the right order) and change the 02 to the same number you used in [Window Titles]. The GPS should now pop up when you press the appropriate key combo. This section defines how the GPS will display as well as calling the gauge itself.

[Window Titles]
Window00=Main Panel
Window01=Radio Stack
Window02=GPS
Window03=IFR Panel
Window04=Landing View
Window05=Mini Panel

[Window02]
size_mm=456,378
window_size=0.5
position=8
BACKGROUND_COLOR=0,0,0
VISIBLE=0
ident=GPS_PANEL
zorder=4
gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0
 
Hi,

I made a little tool a while back that will do it automatically for you (in FS2004 at least, haven't tested it in FSX but it will probably still work).

Download
 
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