Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2009 12:37:48 GMT -5
Being new here and trying to contribute, I thought I would point out my recent experience with the panels for those planes. I chose to download the version of the planes with the panels and sound sets included in the download. I was quickly able to set up the planes and add the American Airlines textures to the basic packages for the DC-6B and DC-7. Next I spent the better part of two evenings trying to install the panels, I would continually get black gauge faces. I would go back and tweak the panel config files, and still had black gauges that were consistent. I finally removed the files completely and reloaded them again, carefully following the instructions. but the results were the same, then I opened the files and found the gauges that the panel was looking for were not in the gauges file on FS9. I suspected incomplete files or a corrupted download at this point. Finally, I saved those files in a folder named first download and removed them from the FS9 Folders they were in. Then I downloaded the panels direct from the download panels link, I unzipped these into my 2nd download file and proceeded with the installation. upon opening these I found they installed qucikly and completely and functioned with no further tweaking.
This allowed me to start the DC-6B taxi out at KMER with a steady climb out until switching to high blower at 14,500, continue to 15,500, make a slow steady turn to the south to test everything. Engaged autopilot, picking up VORs and flying south through the central California all is well, great flying plane. The DC-7, and the L1649 are set up and function well on start and run-up, and taxi testing. I'm saving the Connie for last, with the looks of it I may just keep going. well it looks like the first landing with the DC-6B will be a night landing.
I just thought I'd post my experience with the panels, the ones I downloaded from the site direct had a later date also than the included ones.
This allowed me to start the DC-6B taxi out at KMER with a steady climb out until switching to high blower at 14,500, continue to 15,500, make a slow steady turn to the south to test everything. Engaged autopilot, picking up VORs and flying south through the central California all is well, great flying plane. The DC-7, and the L1649 are set up and function well on start and run-up, and taxi testing. I'm saving the Connie for last, with the looks of it I may just keep going. well it looks like the first landing with the DC-6B will be a night landing.
I just thought I'd post my experience with the panels, the ones I downloaded from the site direct had a later date also than the included ones.
