FSX Tutorial: Glass Cockpits 

+silo granz Yeah maybe once you've earned your liscence you could probably have a few flights with an instructor but the 182 is the "bigger brother" of the 172, so more powerful, a little more complex as well. And I imagine a real G1000 unit will take a bit of time to get used to as well.

Sorry for answering a bit late, but in case someone's wondering: there's a green little diamond to the left of the altitude indicator, which works the same as usual (if it's above center, you're too low).

Those are V-Speed markers. As for the "Yellow N", I couldn't see one after watching the video back, what time does it appear?

The yellow N appears in my screen. I dont what that means!

I've watched the whole video through again and there's no N that appears on the Altitude at any point. I'm not sure what you're referring to.

Oh sorry, not in this video. When i fly with FSX it appears next to the altitude indicator.

Not in this plane unfortunately, speed has to be controlled manually.

Sure, tell us :)

This problem is caused by an incorrect code being used to generate the speed readout for the true airspeed under the Indicated Airspeed tape on the PFD. It is coded to display the GPS ground speed rather than the true airspeed. To fix it, all you need to do is replace the incorrect code with the correct code. First step: You will need to edit the XML file which tells the simulator how the PFD works. However, the file you need to edit is located in a CAB file and you cannot edit any of the files in those. So you will need to create a new folder that contains all the same files as the CAB. So here's how it's done: go to your main flight simulator folder and then into the Gauges folder. Search for G1000 and open the CAB file (note, this the cabinet file NOT the regular folder). Now, copy ALL of its contents to a new folder that you can create on your Desktop or My Documents or something like that (you can copy them quickly by clicking on the first file, scrolling to the bottom, holding the SHIFT key and then clicking on the last file). Name the folder G1000. Now that you've created the new G1000 folder, you can find and edit the file that controls the function of the PFD. Search in the folder for "pfd" and open the "g1000_pfd" XML file in notepad. You can use the Find function to search for a line of code that contains the words GPS GROUND SPEED. The entire line of code will look like this: %((A:GPS GROUND SPEED, knots) near)%!d! This line is the cause of the TAS on the PFD showing you the ground speed. Change the text GPS GROUND SPEED to AIRSPEED TRUE and save. Be careful to only change that part of the code. It should look like this: %((A:AIRSPEED TRUE, knots) near)%!d! Now you just need to move the new G1000 folder to the Panel folder of the plane you want to use (the Baron, the Cessna 172 or the Mooney). The simulator will automatically use the new G1000 folder instead of the G1000 CAB file because, the new G1000 folder is inside the plane's Panel folder. That's it! You're done! I'm not even a programmer or a tech whiz. I figured all this out by trial and error and years of editing the code of the planes and gauges so I could get them just the way I wanted them (I'm picky). Also, a lot of "reverse engineering" lol. I'd look at the code of planes that had features I wanted and transplant them into the plane I was editing. The hardest part was finding the code needed to make the PFD display the true airspeed. After a lot of guessing and trial and error, I was about to give up when I had the idea to check into another plane that I knew for sure used a glass display and showed the actual true airspeed as well as the ground speed; the default A321 (I could have used the default 737 too). So I looked at how that plane's MFD was coded and found the AIRSPEED TRUE line there. Anyway, hope this helped. My email is tevine2@gmail.com

These are the default aircraft in FSX which have the G1000 installed.

Doofer911 Thanks! Now I just need to find a download for FSX itself!

Who makes an add on g1000 for FSX???? I sure cant find one!!!! I need multi engine model.

+Safdar Muhammad The G1000 does come with a couple of default planes in FSX however it's only available in FSX: Deluxe Edition, FSX: Gold Edition and FSX: Steam Edition. The most basic version of FSX doesn't have the G1000.

If you buy it from steam you will get it

And thats the use of analouge instruments, backup.

No. Ground speed is a measure of speed relative to the ground; True air speed Is a measure of speed relative to the air in wich it is flying (tailwind will lower the speed, headwind will increase it).

bigcat2501 Sadly not. Although I fully intend to earn a private pilots license in the future when I can afford it! I have flown a couple of hours in a Piper Tomahawk but that was years ago!