Helicopter Trim Gauge for FSX

This gauge allows trimming any helicopter in FSX in the same way fixed wing aircraft are trimmed, using the same keystrokes or axis assignment (the latter for elevator only). It also adds a little 2D panel to show current trims positions and allows separate configuration for different rotocraft. It is designed for FSX and is totally incompatible with previous version of Flight Simulator, so please don't even ask for a conversion to FS2004 ;)

****** Installation: ******

Move the files from the FSX folder in this archive to your FSX folder and allow overwriting existing files when prompted. WARNING: This will overwrite panel.cfg files for default Microsoft rotorcraft (Bell, Robinson and Agusta), so it's good idea to backup them first. The default configuration adds trims for Bell 206 (pitch and bank) and Agusta EH101 (pitch, bank and yaw). Robinson is light helicopter and doesn't have trims in real life, but you can always add them by editing configuration files, described below.


****** Manual installation for other rotorcraft ******

Go to folder "FSX\SimObjects\Rotorcraft\[INSERT HELICOPTER NAME HERE]\panel" and open file "panel.cfg".
Locate the section "[Vcockpit01]" and at the end of it add the line below, replacing XX with subsequent number

gaugeXX=HelicopterTrim!HelicopterTrim, 0,0,0,0

Optional trim position gauge:
Locate the section "[Window Titles]" and at the end of it add the line below, replacing XX with subsequent number

WindowXX=Helicopter trim

Next copy and paste into the same file the block below, replace XX with the same numbered you've entered in the previous step:

[WindowXX]
Background_color=100,100,100
size_mm=180, 80
pixel_size=180, 80
position=2
visible=0
ident=Helicopter trim
no_luminous=1
gauge00=HTrim!HTrim, 0,0
window_pos=0.0,0.0


****** Configuration file description ******
The configuration file allow separate trim configuration for each axis and each rotorcraft. It should be named "HTrim.cfg" and placed in folder "FSX\SimObjects\Rotorcraft\[INSERT HELICOPTER NAME HERE]\". If such file is not found, default configuration is loaded which allows trimming all three axes (pitch, bank and yaw).

There are 3 axes sections:
[Pitch]
[Bank]
[Yaw]

If there's no info about one or more axes in configuration file, trimming along these axes will be disabled.

There are 3 parameters for each axis: 
- Speed - the bigger the value, the faster trim will change its position. Negative values will change trimming direction
- Scale - A value between 0 and 1, describes maximum trim deflection as a fraction of full axis movement. So if set to 0.1, the maximum trim deflection is limited to 10% of axis deflection. Default value is 1, so 100% trim works as full joystick deflection.
- Disabled - (OPTIONAL) If set to "True", will disable trimming along this axis. 


****** PERMISSIONS ******
- You are allowed to upload this archive anywhere you want, as long as you don't change the contents of this archive.
- You are allowed to install this gauge to any FSX helicopter you own, freeware or payware.
- You are allowed to make this gauge a part of any FSX addon you are building, as long as that addon will be released as freeware. Just send me a mail that you're doing something interesting with it :)
- You are NOT ALLOWED to make this gauge a part of commercial FSX addon you are going to sell, or to make profit of it in any way, without my permission.


Happy Flying!
Mike 'some1' Krawczyk
mmkrawczy@gmail.com