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Post by afa6672 on Jan 2, 2011 17:23:31 GMT
Hi i'm a member of the Virtual Air National Guard, and I need to figure out how to add a default GPS to the 707-700 panel so I can use my KC-135 effectively. I KNOW about the INS, but it's just not practical for missions. So If someone could help me out with this, It would also be great if I could get it on my C-135's as well... Any help would be appreciated!
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Post by jimhalinda on Jan 2, 2011 18:11:34 GMT
I added a GPS/Nav switch to the HJG 707-320 panel with the following line:
gaugexx=737-400!Nav GPS Switch, 7,480,17
.. where xx is the next available gauge number. This puts it on the far left of the panel, with no label, but when you bring up the aircraft it's in NAV mode.
I create a GPS flight plan, then switch this over to GPS mode, and use the LOC/VOR mode on the autopilot.
This lets you navigate using GPS. To add a window with a GPS is more complex, and I don't know how to do that. Maybe someone else can help with that part.
Regards,
Jim
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Post by usafmsgt on Jan 2, 2011 20:47:38 GMT
Back in the old days when I worked on them (a hundred years ago - when there was SAC) the KC-135A's had a Doppler navigation system, and if very fortunate (ie: lead aircraft of a Tanker Task Force) a Delco Carousel IV INS system mounted on a pallet and bolted to the floor in the cargo/pax compartment. We'd run the cables through the flip-up inspection doors in the avionics rack and removed blank panels from the Nav's instrument panel to install the MSU and CDU. They actually flew REAL missions with them, can you believe it?
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Post by afa6672 on Jan 3, 2011 1:52:14 GMT
Wow that is amazing. I have a great uncle who was a jet mac that worked on the J47's on the B-47. Man the technology (or lack there of) used to get the job done was incredible.
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Post by Mike Monce - HJG on Jan 4, 2011 13:03:09 GMT
Not really amazing... All it takes is some working knowledge of trigonometry (wind triangles, magnetic deviations) and also how to apply basic physics of motion equations, and one can navigate quite accurately even without ANY radio aids. Adding NDB's just makes the job that much easier. It was all basic stuff taught to all pilots back in the dinosaur era ;D It does take much more prep work on the ground, but it is a very rewarding, and great learning experience. TRY IT! Download some real weather, get the winds aloft report, determine your destination, work out the air speeds, ground speeds, transit times, and wind course corrections, and then fly it and see how well you did. Rmember: all that fancy electronics does break down. What will you do when you no longer have that nice magneta line to follow on your glass display? Old Fart rant is not OFF. Mike
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Post by kenwig0556 on Jan 4, 2011 21:51:28 GMT
Hi i'm a member of the Virtual Air National Guard, and I need to figure out how to add a default GPS to the 707-700 panel so I can use my KC-135 effectively. I KNOW about the INS, but it's just not practical for missions. So If someone could help me out with this, It would also be great if I could get it on my C-135's as well... Any help would be appreciated! Afa, Jim Halinda recommends a good usable switch. Here's what you need for a GPS window: 1. Put this at the bottom of your window list (at the top of your panel config.) and number accordingly: "WindowXX=GPS". 2. Add this at the bottom of your panel config and number accordingly: "[WindowXX] Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=456,378 window_size_ratio=1.000 position=8 visible=0 ident=225 window_size= 0.410, 0.440 window_pos= 0.000, 0.000 zorder=2 gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0,456,378" That will get you a GARMIN 500. If you have another GPS model in any one of your other aircraft that you like, just open up that panel config., find the name of the unit and substitute it for, "fs9gps!gps_500." 3. An icon is going to pop up somewhere in the lower left of your panel screen, by adding this gauge to your [Window00]: gaugeXX=SimIcons1024!GPS Icon, 564,552,20,20 Sorry, but without actually having your panel in hand, I can't specifically locate the icon. If that's an issue, just renumber your panel config windows so that the GPS window is number 8 or less. That way, you can access it with "Shift+number". I use a keyboard/joystick/mouse flying combo, with Shift+number to open subwindows. That being the case, I like my radio stack and GPS to be numbers 2 and 3, accordingly, because I can key those rapidly. Disclaimer: All of the above is FSX driven. I think it will work the same in FS9, but I can't vouch for it. Happy Landings!
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Post by Dan K. Hansen on Jan 4, 2011 21:58:02 GMT
Nice tut Ken .... it's the exactly same thing in both FS-versions.
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