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The Mooney M20M Bravo panel by R.L. Clark
(MNYPNL.ZIP)
is very close to the real aircraft and comes complete
with its own gauge set. 
Being
a real-time Mooney pilot myself I was very impressed. 
The
gauges are very realistic to the gauges on a newer stock Mooney.
This panel was done using factory cockpit photos of a real Mooney Bravo
and it shines clear.
The main gauges (right) on this panel are very true
to life, but do appear to be a little big compared to the real life Mooney but
are very easy to read at this slightly increased size. The engine gauges
(center) are all in their proper places and very easy to read and fully
functional, unlike some replacement panels out there. The gear and flap
gauges (left) are very well done also, however I did notice the transition
lamp for the gear doesn't function. As far as I can see it is impossible
to make a lamp like the transition lamp on the Mooney in FS. 
The
fuel flow and ALT (right) are both in their right place but Heading, Gear
and Trim are not. Seeing as this is FS and makers of monitors
have not come up with a monitor shaped like a real panel their location
here does make sense, since in the real Mooney you would find the trim on the
yoke. Again, a good idea to put the trim here as most people in FS don't
have a trim control on their yoke.
He
also has very good set of switches complete with the notable click in transition.
The AVION switch does control the radio stack which reveals a GPS. You
can choose from two GPS's which accent the panel. To make the change is
very easy to do in the panel cfg file, and explained in-depth in
the documentation that comes with the panel. 
The
last picture is of a real Mooney Bravo and you can see for yourself how
close this panel is to the real thing. You can tell that a lot of
time was spent on this panel to make it as real as it gets. Hats off to
Robert L. Clark for a job well done. I highly recommend this panel to anyone
flying a Mooney in flightsim.
Review By: Dan Vanevenhoven
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the Mooney Bravo panel
dvaneven@rocketmail.com