[simpits-tech] How much reality?

[Sean Galbraith]

Got a question...

With my A-4 cockpit I am trying to be as accurate as possible, but I have 
come to a point where I am in two minds over how much realism is good, and 
can you go too far?

My nav and com radios are a good example:  In the A-4 there is an ARC159 
UHF radio, and TACAN, neither of which are simulated in FS2k2.  I *can* 
tune VHF and civil VOR/ILS through the MFD's but that would mean having to 
use the MFD's for *every* frequency change, which in reality is not as real 
as it could be.....
I am considering modifying the ARC159 to display VHF 5 digit frequencies, 
and the TACAN to display good old civil VOR/ILS frequencies (but drop one 
digit to make it look different <g>).  The up side is that I would do the 
bulk of my frequency changes on the panels, the downside, the panels are 
not *exact* replicas of the real panels....

What are your thoughts on the whole "how much is too much" deal?

Sean.