Brodhaq
04-22-2013, 09:00 AM
Hello all,
I would like to ask you a question about using Simkits USB gauges. I am building generic twin piston airplane for multicrew and IFR training. I have already bought the simkits USB gauges (airspeed, attitude, altimeter, turn coordinator, gyro compass, vertical speed indicator, vor1, vor2, adf) - two from each of them (18 gauges in total). All of them are connected to USB hubs and to one computer which runs the FSX. According to the simkits documentation I have switched the switches at the back of those instruments to distinguish between captain (CPT) and copilot (FO) gauges. It all appears to be working as intended by simkits, but I dont like it. The problem is that when I set the altimeter by CPT knob, the pressure changes also on the FO side. The same for the gyro compass drift. But ok, I would get over those things. The main problem are the VOR gauges! When I tune some VOR on my NAV radio I can easily turn the CPT omni bearing selector (OBS) to get the radial. But the problem is that the FO VOR receiver makes the same indication as the CPT VOR, regardless of the FO OBS setting. It means that by turning the CPT OBS I am working with both CPT and FO VOR gauges (the same for VOR1 and VOR2). I think this is a must-be feature due to FSX limitations (AFAIK FSX knows only one VOR1 and one VOR2 receiver, not two or more independent which demodulate the signal inside of the gauge like the real instruments do). Do you, please, understand me what I mean?
Does this situation have any solution? I am unhapy with it as the flightdeck is intended as university training device for ATPL training and this thing makes the multicrew training almost impossible - it would be good as toy for home usage but not for serious sim). I could switch to X-Plane if it helped (simkits have some xplane driver: Simkits – X-Plane Beta software « simFlight.NL (http://www.simflight.nl/2010/11/12/simkits-x-plane-beta-software/)) but I dont know if the xplane is better in this aspect.
If anyone has something to say, please do it!
Thank you in advance,
Pavel Brodsky
Screenshot from work in progress: 7761
I would like to ask you a question about using Simkits USB gauges. I am building generic twin piston airplane for multicrew and IFR training. I have already bought the simkits USB gauges (airspeed, attitude, altimeter, turn coordinator, gyro compass, vertical speed indicator, vor1, vor2, adf) - two from each of them (18 gauges in total). All of them are connected to USB hubs and to one computer which runs the FSX. According to the simkits documentation I have switched the switches at the back of those instruments to distinguish between captain (CPT) and copilot (FO) gauges. It all appears to be working as intended by simkits, but I dont like it. The problem is that when I set the altimeter by CPT knob, the pressure changes also on the FO side. The same for the gyro compass drift. But ok, I would get over those things. The main problem are the VOR gauges! When I tune some VOR on my NAV radio I can easily turn the CPT omni bearing selector (OBS) to get the radial. But the problem is that the FO VOR receiver makes the same indication as the CPT VOR, regardless of the FO OBS setting. It means that by turning the CPT OBS I am working with both CPT and FO VOR gauges (the same for VOR1 and VOR2). I think this is a must-be feature due to FSX limitations (AFAIK FSX knows only one VOR1 and one VOR2 receiver, not two or more independent which demodulate the signal inside of the gauge like the real instruments do). Do you, please, understand me what I mean?
Does this situation have any solution? I am unhapy with it as the flightdeck is intended as university training device for ATPL training and this thing makes the multicrew training almost impossible - it would be good as toy for home usage but not for serious sim). I could switch to X-Plane if it helped (simkits have some xplane driver: Simkits – X-Plane Beta software « simFlight.NL (http://www.simflight.nl/2010/11/12/simkits-x-plane-beta-software/)) but I dont know if the xplane is better in this aspect.
If anyone has something to say, please do it!
Thank you in advance,
Pavel Brodsky
Screenshot from work in progress: 7761