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These are shots from yesterdays flight. The 1st time I did a flight from a cold and dark cockpit from point A to B, using the FMC, Radar contact, real weather and World Traffic all together. I normally fly GA, so the FMC has been a bit of a stumbling block for me, but I think i'm getting the hang of it now. Everything worked great, except the Ai traffic not talking to the tower. This is why (in the last shot) the dash 8 was taking off before I had a chance to clear the runway at KLGA. I had a blast! (some of these may be a bit out of order) Rob

For people experiencing this - have you all increased your cloud draw area setting significantly from default settings? Does resetting SMP to default settings make the issue go away? Like frontendrob, I can't get this to happen on my system (unless I crank up settings in general beyond what my system can handle) - I'm just trying to figure out what's common between people who do have the issue.

How was your framerate ?

So it has begun. I'm X dollars (see below) into switches from eBay and Amazon and I only need five more rotary encoders and I'm set. The backlit momentary pus buttons for the autopilot panel were the hardest to track down, luckily I found some blue square buttons with label slots. I'm doing all the lighting of the panel in blue since it's what my Saitek X52 throttle has on it and I want this to look pretty. I've also determined my official budget: $300. That will basically take care of the pay I got on Canada Day because it was a stat holiday. I plan on building a fully usable (minus radio stack) basic 737 cockpit for $300. Here's the breakdown so far of budgeting: JOYSTICKS (not for dismantling) Saitek X52 Pro - $0.00 gift Logitech Extreme3DPro* - $5.99 value village CH Products Virtual Pilot Yoke** - $35.00 craigslist Logitech Wingman Formula Force GP*** - $15.99 value village JOYSTICKS (for dismantling as USB interface) Logitech Extreme3DPro - $0.00 gift, faulty Logitech Wingman - $0.00 craigslist Logitech Wingman - $4.99 value village ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (all purchased from DiscountTown on Amazon) 10 backlit blue square buttons - $6.74 10 ON/ON white-handled toggles - $6.59 3 Rotary Encoders (20 detents) - $4.54 MISC. COCKPIT COMPONENTS 2 Used 17-inch monitors - $20.00 craigslist 1 IBM ThinkPad - $0.00 gift 1 LG Flatron (for instruments) - $0.00 gift 2 DVI-to-VGA adapters - $3.72 eBay __________________________________________________________________ Current Total: $83.56 THINGS I STILL NEED Blue LED 12V strip lighting - cheap as all heck on DiscountTown (and I know it works because my dad lit our cabin with it). Wiring (Likely going to be getting this from the pile of junk in my dad's shop because he has too much miscellaneous stuff in there and is always throwing out wiring). 1/4" MDF board for panel (Home Depot sells it really cheap, I'll only need two panels which will come to about $8.00) Acrylic sheets/plexiglass, 1/3-1/4" thick (for the sectionsof the panel where I need backlighting for the labels. Anywhere near switches and knobs, basically). This will likely be the most expensive thing compared to how much it will actually do for me. Miscellaneous hardware - screws, bolts, nuts, etc. Boeing Grey spray paint. Not the easiest to find. Canadian Tire for this stuff, since they have the largest selection of spray paints and the lowest prices. iFMS app - still thinking about this one because it requires you to learn how to use an actual Boeing FMC, which is something I'm not sure I have the patience for. But without an FMC, an airliner cockpit is kind of bare. Sadly there isn't a basic X-Plane style FMC for tablet. That will be about $20.00 depending on exchange rates. Damn Brexit and our economic fluctuation in Canada. Yoke. That's an ongoing battle, hopefully in a couple of weeks I'll have some pictures of my failure to show off. That is the next big step. I want to point out that this is the most extensive (and expensive) project that I have taken on "single handedly" (in quote because of the help from the community), my first my-hands-only project. It's going surprisingly well. I am scared for when I actually have to start engraving the words into the acrylic paneling and wiring in the 12V back lighting. Then there's the issue that our apartment is so poorly wired that using a printer throws the breaker. But we'll deal with that when it comes to that. Next on the checklist is the patterns and stencils for the MDF and plexiglass cutouts. Nothing else at this point. All instrumentation concerns are dealt with, all components have been found. We're into plain and simple (heh) manufacturing now. Thanks to those who are following along with this never ending saga. Soon I will actually have something to show for all this bragging and blabbering. *The throttle of the X52 will be used on the right side, the joystick will be left in case I feel like flying Airbus style. **15-pin connector. Will not use in purchased condition, will be attaching custom yoke handle hand carved from MDF, repainting, removing throttle, etc... ***Using pedals and buttons. Will leave wheel intact for other gaming purposes as it is force feedback and worth keeping.

Yes will tweak it then upload it along with a Lufthansa Regional and Cargo Version.

KPHX from FL263 enjoy

Have been away since 2013 but have managed to find all my source data for Saab340 and other X-Plane Aircraft. Have also moved on to Adobe Illustrator CC from CorelDraw. Attached a recent quick livery just to find out where all the parts go - I know Lufthansa never flew Saab 340's but I am just re-finding my feet painting Liveries. I will update my 2013 Aer Lingus downloads first then start on some new/asked for Liveries here. Leen - I found your paintkit - I hope you don't mind me using it again. Allan

As mentioned by Alfamike, are provided two cockpit colors (brown-pink and blue). Of course the colors are influenced by the graphic engine, the time of day, the shadows etc. of X-Plane. In the case of Flood lights on the panel pilot and co-pilot in the MD80 there are two types of lamps, white fluorescent, and incandescent white both driven separately for each side. So in the case the fluorescent are turned on, the color tone of light is bluish-white, while in the case of incandescent tends to be a white-yellowish. As Lights Spill these affect the color of the object on which they are directed. parsec