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01-05-2010, 04:42 PM #11
Re: Projected gauges AND rotary
The shaft size is 1/4" or 6.35mm, this is pretty standard and you should get some knobs from Newark, I think they are the US branch of Farnells where I got mine. They have a search filter on the website so you can browse through the knobs according to your parameters
Hope this helps.
Steve
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01-05-2010, 09:02 PM #12
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Re: Projected gauges AND rotary
Hiya Colt,
I started with a mix of the standard minipanel gauges and the freeware Panelmania gauges. Then I resized and positioned them by modifying the panel.cfg file. It's very simple. yet after I made them bigger I found that gauges became very "fuzzy". So I started redrawing the gauges at a higher resolution (246x246 pixels) using a freeware paint program. This required more effort as I had to open the gauge .XML file and reposition all of the components of the gauges. So far I"ve finished the Heading, Directional gyro, Altimeter, and Vertical Speed gauges. The learning curve was pretty steep but the results are proving the effort is worth it.
Hope this helps.
John
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01-06-2010, 10:17 PM #13
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Re: Projected gauges AND rotary
Darn, I ment to add a couple of pics for ya Colt. The last one is a Directional Gyro/VOR1 combo. Not really practical but a fun programming exercise.
John
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01-08-2010, 08:41 PM #14
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Re: Projected gauges AND rotary
Thanks for the pictures John. I am debating my next step with my set up. I can't seem to maintain a stable system utilizing dual pci-e garaphics cards in one computer (crossed fingers as it is working at this moment). This allows me to connect one monitor and one PSOne scren acting as my GPS to card #1 and a second monitor to card #2. I have just purchased a Triplehead2Go and about to bite the bullet for the 3 monitors. These would replace the single monitor on card #1 and be used for outside view with monitor on card #2 being set up for my panel. Hence my question on how you set up your panel to show the instruments.
If I can't get this set up stabilized then I think I will add a currently unused old desktop in via a network. In that case I will need to explore Project Magenta and FSXpand to set up the panle on the second computer.
Cheers, DaveDave Kemp
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