VC Mystery

**KellyB** · June 28th, 2012, 13:48

Just installed a Lockheed Electra L10e and when I toggle between the 2D and VC panels, I see what looks like a VC with no gauges.

In the Panel.cfg, there is no specification for a Vcockpit whatsoever, so how is it one seems to appear???
I thought they had to be defined by the panel.cfg.

***Willy*** · June 28th, 2012, 14:16

The panel.cfg defines where the gauges are located on both the 2d and in the VC.

**Milton Shupe** · June 28th, 2012, 14:56

Originally Posted by KellyB

Just installed a Lockheed Electra L10e and when I toggle between the 2D and VC panels, I see what looks like a VC with no gauges.

In the Panel.cfg, there is no specification for a Vcockpit whatsoever, so how is it one seems to appear???
I thought they had to be defined by the panel.cfg.

The exterior and interior (VC) models are of course designed as part of the model file.

It is possible that the interior model was created to simply provide wing views, etc. and not a VC.

I can usually identify whether the VC has been textured if I have the model file.

From where can I download this?

**KellyB** · June 28th, 2012, 15:55

The file is called l10eae01.zip and I got it from here:

http://www.fsdownload.com/modules.ph...ticle&sid=1497

Thanks for taking this trouble, Milton.

**Milton Shupe** · June 28th, 2012, 16:51

Well, exciting news! The model contains all the elements necessary for a VC. I have identified most of the components to construct the panels and gauges.

There will be 4 vcockpit sections. I'll try to get them constructed tonight to at least get gauges to show. The 3 planars on which the gauges display do cover the width of the VC panel but there are gaps. There is also an overhead panel.

I will will try to get it working and then maybe someone can come up with a better panel background to clean it up.

No promises, but we shall see.

EDIT: Okay, I have the panel background showing behind the 3 planars.

It is obvious that this background does not match the 2D panel. Maybe it was borrowed from another aircraft?

The gauges from the 2D side will not work with the shadowed areas of this background. The best I could do is maybe cover all the shaded areas and use the 2D panel gauges.

Otherwise, now that all that is needed is to plug in gauges and maybe redo the panel background.

The gauges do work here as you can see in the left hand corner.

Shall I proceed or would someone like to take it on now that I have the vcockpit sections set up?

**Hurricane91** · June 28th, 2012, 17:32

The l10eae01.zip is a customized version of Amelia Erhart's Electra based on the original L-10 by Arik Hohmeyer. It did not contain a VC, but
an update followed the initial release and can be found here...

http://library.avsim.net/search.php?...root&Go=Search

I also had some difficulty getting this all together when I first tried to install the aircraft.