This Gauge was finished and tested last night.
The attached screenshot shows the new Gauge (on the Left) as compared to the stock P51D Three Way Engine Gauge.
As can be seen, the readings seem to be pretty much the same which is a pretty good indication that the programming was correct.
Comparing the readouts against the Test Panel's digital gauges does show something quite interesting though.
There are three values being displayed here:
1. The Oil Temperature. 171 degrees F converts to 77.22 degrees C which is a pretty good match.
2. The Oil Pressure. 59 PSI also seems to be a pretty close match to the new gauge.
3. The Fuel Pressure. The Test Panel shows 22 PSI but both P-51 Gauges show about 16-17 PSI.
If the discrepancy were just in my new Gauge, I would be a bit worried, but my readings match the stock gauge.....
The bitmaps for the new Gauge started as stretched copies of the stock P51D images, but almost nothing but the Gauge Frame and some of the Tick Marks remain of the original.
The Numbers have all been redone.
The Pointers are all new.
The Tick Marks have been moved around so that the Gauge Pointers are symmetrical.
Eventually the Bitmaps will probably be entirely replaced, but this seemed to be the quickest way to get a working gauge for now.
So far I have just a Gauge for Engine1.
Creating the full set of four Gauges for all four engines should not be terribly difficult.
I will need at least two for the P-38 Lightning.
- Ivan.
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