 | Creating planes for Micro Flight |  |
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Micro Flight supports several types of vehicles, the following sections show the detailes of the various formats of
these vehicles and gives instructions for creating them.All of these vehicles have intrument panels which share the
same format and are documented in the following sections.
The instrument panels are used by all the
vehicles in Micro-Flight, each vehicle
configuration file specifies a panel name and a
position in which to place this panel.
The panel
itself is made of a panel frame and a collection
of instruments which are placed in this panel
frame.
The
panels directory inside the MicroFlight directory
containes the available panels, each panel is
placed inside a directory inside the MicroFlight\panels directory.
Inside
each panel directory are the following files:
| Panel.cfg | |
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This file containes the name and positions of all the instruments
in the panel, and a short description for it.
| The structure of the panel.cfg
file is as follows: |
0.0 [xpos]
0.0 [ypos]
0.0 [zpos]
1.0 [scale]
24 [instruments]
rpm_4 [name]
-0.09 [xpos]
0.51 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.085 [scale]
manpr_1 [name]
0.0 [xpos]
0.51 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.085 [scale]
fuel_dual [name]
0.09 [xpos]
0.51 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.085 [scale]
clock_2 [name]
-0.47 [xpos]
0.46 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.065 [scale]
speed_5 [name]
-0.39 [xpos]
0.47 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.09 [scale]
horiz_2 [name]
-0.295 [xpos]
0.485 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.09 [scale]
alt_2 [name]
-0.2 [xpos]
0.47 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.09 [scale]
turn_2 [name]
-0.39 [xpos]
0.37 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.09 [scale]
gyro_1 [name]
-0.295 [xpos]
0.375 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.095 [scale]
vsi_2 [name]
-0.2 [xpos]
0.37 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.09 [scale]
ils_1 [name]
-0.39 [xpos]
0.26 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.085 [scale]
vor_1 [name]
-0.485 [xpos]
0.26 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.085 [scale]
adf_1 [name]
-0.485 [xpos]
0.37 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.085 [scale]
radio_2 [name]
0.24 [xpos]
0.45 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.18 [scale]
radio_2 [name]
0.24 [xpos]
0.27 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.18 [scale]
accel_1 [name]
0.385 [xpos]
0.46 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.09 [scale]
clock_2 [name]
0.47 [xpos]
0.46 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.065 [scale]
horiz_2 [name]
0.385 [xpos]
0.37 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.09 [scale]
gyro_1 [name]
0.48 [xpos]
0.37 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.09 [scale]
rpm_dual [name]
0.385 [xpos]
0.269 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.09 [scale]
fuel_dual [name]
0.48 [xpos]
0.26 [ypos]
0.66 [zpos]
0.09 [scale]
flaps_2 [name]
-0.07 [xpos]
0.36 [ypos]
0.6 [zpos]
0.05 [scale]
gear_1 [name]
0.06 [xpos]
0.35 [ypos]
0.6 [zpos]
0.05 [scale]
trim_4 [name]
-0.04 [xpos]
0.17 [ypos]
0.6 [zpos]
0.22 [scale]
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Panel for Beechcraft C55 Baron
Version for Micro Flight 5.0
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Explanation:
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This file is composed of two sections:
1.the panel data:
xpos - the x position of the panel back
ypos - the y position of the panel back
zpos - the z position of the panel back
scale - a scale factor for the panel
instruments - number of instruments in the panel
instrument - name of instrument to be used ( repeated for
each instrument )
xpos - the x position of the instrument ( repeated for
each instrument )
ypos - the y position of the instrument ( repeated for
each instrument )
zpos - the z position of the instrument ( repeated for
each instrument )
scale - a scale factor for the instrument ( repeated for
each instrument )
2. The panel description :
this part is a simple text only section
that must begin with @ and endes when the file ends.
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| Panel.x | |
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This is the main model file for the panel without the
instruments, the following image shows the panel layout for the
sample panel.cfg above.
This is a simple one frame hirarchy mesh
file, it can be created by converting a 3DS file into an X
file by using the command "conv3ds -m
[filename.3ds]" , conv3ds.exe is a small freeware
converter written by Microsoft.
Download
sample panel and conv3ds
| Instruments | |
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The instrument panels configuration file containes names and
positions of instruments that are placed into them.
Each instrument is made of an instrument frame and a
collection of needles which are placed in this instrument frame,
instrument name must contain the type of the instrument.
Instruments can only be of the following types:
| speed |
speed indicator |
| rpm |
engine rpm gage |
| fuel |
fuel gage |
| alt |
altimeter |
| vsi |
vertical speed indicator |
| comp |
magnetic compass |
| clock |
analog clock |
| horiz |
atrificial horizon |
| turn |
ball and turn indicator |
| accel |
accelerometer |
| ball |
ball horizon |
| rotor |
rotor rpm |
| torq |
rotor torque |
| temp |
balloon temperature |
| volume |
helium volume |
| gyro |
gyro compass |
| adf |
ADF |
| rmi |
RMI |
| vor |
VOR |
| ils |
ILS |
| nsd |
NSD |
| adi |
ADI |
| flaps |
flaps handle |
| brakes |
airbrakes handle |
| trim |
trim wheel |
| gear |
gear handle |
| yoke |
yoke handle |
| pthot |
push throttle |
| throt |
throttle handle |
| ppitch |
push pitch handle |
| pitch |
pitch handle |
| pmixt |
push mixture handle |
| mixt |
mixture handle |
| manpr |
manifold pressure |
The instruments directory inside the MicroFlight
directory containes the available instruments, each instrument is
placed inside a directory inside the MicroFlight\instruments
directory.
Inside each instrument directory are the
following files:
| Instrument.cfg | |
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This
file containes the name and positions of all the
needles in the instrument, and a short
description for it.
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structure of the panel.cfg file is as
follows: |
1
[needles]
0.0 [xpos]
-0.185 [ypos]
0.0 [zpos]
1.0 [scale]
5.555 [x0]
50.0 [x1]
1.998 [y0]
-1.963 [y1]
@
A simple air speed indicator
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Explanation:
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This file is composed of two sections:
1.the instrument
data:
needles - the
number of needles in the instrument
xpos - the x position of the instrument
back
ypos - the y position of the instrument
back
zpos - the z position of the instrument
back
scale - a scale factor for the instrument
back
instruments - number of instruments in
the panel
x0 - the minimal measured value (
repeated for each instrument )
x1 - the maximal measured value (
repeated for each instrument )
y0 - the minimal needle angle ( radian ) (
repeated for each instrument )
y1 - the maximal needle angle ( radian ) (
repeated for each instrument )
2. The
instrument description :
this part is a
simple text only section that must begin
with @ and endes when the file ends.
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| Dial.x | |
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This
is the main model file for the instrument without
the needles.
This
is a simple one
frame hirarchy
mesh file, it can be created by
converting a 3DS file into an X file by using the
command "conv3ds -m
[filename.3ds]" , conv3ds.exe is
a small freeware converter written by Microsoft.
| Needle0.x | |
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This
is the 3D model file for one of the instrument
needles, for each needle a different model must
be created and named as needle0.x, needle1.x ,
needle2.x etc..
This
is a simple one
frame hirarchy
mesh file, it can be created by
converting a 3DS file into an X file by using the
command "conv3ds -m
[filename.3ds]" , conv3ds.exe is
a small freeware converter written by Microsoft.
Download
sample panel and conv3ds
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