BOEING 707-420 for FS2004

Important

A minimum resolution of 1024 x 768 is recommended to use this panel.

It is recommended that NUM LOCK should be turned off while using this panel.

Dual Panel - Hot Panel Switching

The panel package includes both Captain's and First Officer's panels. The "WHEEL WELL FIRE" warning lights, to the right of the familiar "1 2 3 4" fire handles, are actually hot buttons. Click these to switch between Captain and First Officer panels.

DO NOT use SHIFT + number keys to change between Captain and First Officer panels - use the Hot Buttons Only.

• Quick guide to Starting the Engines
• Basic Flight Instruments
• Centre Panel

Version 4.0 of this panel dispenses with 'pop-up' windows - instead Flight Simulator's views are used to look around the cockpit. Icons marked L and R return to the captain's and first officer's main instrument panels respectively. The other icons have the following functions:

• - selects Overhead Panel
• - selects Pedestal (Throttle Quadrant, Autopilot, INS)
• - opens ATC window
• - opens Map View
• - opens Kneeboard
• - selects Flight Engineer's Panel

Using the Panel with Other 707s

The aircraft and panel in this package are designed to work together. If you wish to use this panel with another 707 aircraft, the following changes must be made to the aircraft.cfg:

• Fuel: Due to an FS limitation (MAIN tank cannot be used if AUX tank not empty) the section must be written as follows (brackets should be replaced by actual capacities in US gallons):

[fuel]
Center1 = 20, 0, -0.1, (centre tank capacity), 0
Center2 = 0, -40, 0, (inner wing tank capacity), 0
Center3 = 0, 40, 0, (inner wing tank capacity), 0
LeftMain = -25, -100, 0, (wing reserve tank capacity), 0
RightMain = -25, 100, 0, (wing reserve tank capacity), 0
LeftAux = -20, -80, 0, (outer wing tank capacity), 0
RightAux = -20, 80, 0, (outer wing tank capacity), 0
fuel_type = 2
number_of_tank_selectors = 1
electric_pump=0

• Radios: The 707 lacks standby radios, so the radios section must be as follows:

[Radios]
Audio.1 = 1, 0
Com.1 = 1, 0
Com.2 = 1, 0
Nav.1 = 1, 0, 1
Nav.2 = 1, 0, 0
Adf.1 = 1
Transponder.1 = 1
Marker.1 = 1

• Autopilot: The autopilot section must contain the following lines:

[autopilot]
autopilot_available = 1
flight_director_available = 1
autothrottle_available = 0
use_no_default_pitch=1
use_no_default_bank=1
default_bank_mode=0
yaw_damper_gain=1

Acknowledgements

I would like thank Roy Chaffin of RCS Panels for a considerable degree of support concerned with learning the techniques required for the construction of this panel, as well as the dual panel idea. I would also like to thank Paul Golding for the panel floodlighting idea and help on FS2002/4 panel lighting, Daniel Steiner for help on programming sounds in gauges, and Arne Bartels for telling me how to make the autopilot FS2002/4-compatible.

Hope you enjoy this panel! If you need any help, e-mail me.