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EHM-2381 Ted:
Howdy!

I have been enjoying flying the SU-80; however, I went ahead and downloaded the SAAB 2000 FSX model as I wanted to start flying that as well.

Trouble is...when it loaded the panel/gauges remained the same as the SU-80 :s.

Did I miss something with the executable?

I tried to correct this by downloading the full 2004 version SAAB 2000 and properly located that file into "simobjects" and wound up with a blank panel!

I am new to this so any help would be appreciated. I would like to get the following aircraft working if possible under FSX:

SAAB 2000
ATR-72

Shorts-360 (if it works under FSX)
BAE 146 (if it works under FSX)

I really enjoy flying the small stuff and I would like to start flying the Shorts on some cargo runs as it look like a fun airframe to fly.

Cheers

Ted

**EDIT**I am going to try and get FLogger and Propilot working in the new year. A little success at upgrading aircraft would be encouraging :]

EHM-0654 Murray:
Don't quote me on this; I was nothing to do with the "project" to FSXify the bits of the fleet that currently work in FSX, but...

I believe that all the TP-class aircraft use the same default King Air panel (and similarly, all the jet-class aircraft use the same default Boeing panel) just to make things easy on our pilots while the panel designers catch up with FSX SP2.

To all our FSX users: if you come across a good panel for any of our fleet, *please* let us know either here in the forum or via email so we can evaluate/incorporate it into the fleet.

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan:
Murray is right, all TP's use the same King Air 350 panel, and no VC.
In the "panel" directory of ech plane you'll find a file "panel.cfg", and they will all contain just one line referring to the default FSX King Air 350 panel. It's a shortcut for plane "translators", which has been used for all these planes.
I would not recommend using the FS9 planes "as is" in FSX; there is a lot of tweaking needed in the "aircraft.cfg" file to get them working in the first place, and then to get them handling as they should.

Even with the FSX versions, I still have a little trouble with the SAAB and ATR taxiing at 40kn with idle thrust... That's one of those performance parameters you ccan tweak in "aircraft.cfg"

EHM-2381 Ted:
No worries. I'll just stick to flying the SU-80 as the panel seems a reasonable substitute for reality. I don't usually use the VC anyway so don't miss it....but am looking forward to flying a couple glass cockpit airframes in EH colors at some point.

In the meantime slow boat on class 1-3 it is :].

EHM-2387 Eric-Jan:
Ha, same here!

Except that I do like to look out the cockpit window at about 45 degrees to either side when aproaching a rwy. Also, I used to do a lot of VFR flying (not for EHM though). That typically works much nicer with VC.
For that (and because I want to join the Croisère Noir PP event) I got myself the PMDG B1900D. So now I have an FSX compatible B1900 as well, with VC. ;D!!
Nice touch: the cockpit is pretty much the same as the default panel: same type of gauges, same look,slightly different places. I suppose that is only natural, considering the default FSX panel also belongs to a Beech. So you're not really missing out on much, other than the VC. For the C.N. event, there is a repaint available of the default B1900D, which IS FSX compatible. So I guess if you combine that one with the default textures of the FS9 version, you will end up with a FSX compatible B1900D. Personally I think the SU-80 looks better.

Anyway: happy flying!

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