[simpits-tech] SWMBO of the year candidate

[Matt Bailey]

On Thursday 19 June 2003 07:48 am, you wrote:
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> I've decided to build a generic advanced bizjet/commuter cockpit with all
> glass except the backups (assuming XPlane can fail a main alt. but leave
> the backup alone). Suppose I'll have to get some Simkits gauges for the
> backups.

	Ya know, I don't think X-Plane does backups etc although you might be able 
to fail the electrical system and hence disable the glass stuff but keep 
vacumn and pitot/static instruments (including your backups, assuming they 
are not electric).
	OTOH, if you use UDP or the plug-in API, you could hook into variables that 
are not affected by system failures (which you would probably need to do 
anyway, like using pitch/roll values for driving the AI) to drive your 
physical instruments, then just use X-Plane's built-in failures which would 
fail its default on-screen instruments (your glass stuff).

	-Matt Bailey