Want to add Autopilot to Carenado Cessna 185 Bush

[NSRacer]

I noticed that some of the default cessna airplanes in fs9 have a simple and effective autopilot system that allows you to control the heading, vertical speed and altitude hold. How can i add that "gauge" to the Carenado 185? I don't want to add it to the panel because that's pretty complicated and i don't see any reason for adding it, just a simple Shift + # pop-up gauge.

Thanks

[jeroen79]

You'll have to add it to the panel anyway.

The panel consists of two parts, the 2D panel and the 3D panel.
The 2D panel has the popup windows.

Open the panel.cfg for one of the default planes and see how it is organized.
At the top there is a list of available popup windows.
Then come the sections where the properties of each window are described and how the gauges are placed on them.
At the bottom are the sections for the 3D panel.

Just add similar entries the panel.cfg of the carenado plane and you have an autopilot popup.

Mind that the aircraft.cfg also has entries for the autopilot.
Check if they are present in teh carenado plane.

[pivek]

Hi NS

There is a 2D Panel Modification for the Carenado Stationair with Pierre Fasseaux's Bendix King KAP-140 Autopilot (Carenado 206)... See the whole thread HERE

You can donwload it HERE and try to work you way to the Carenado 185 bush. Just fallow instructions.

This is how the modified 2d panel looks like.. it works great for me

[pivek]

Hi NS

I changed the Carenado's Cessna 182Q radio stack and works fine. I will work as well in the 185 Bush

Do the following changes in the Carenado 185 Bush panel.cfg

NB .- if the Carenado 185 Bush panel is aliased to the Carenado 182Q's panel, make the changes in the Carenado 182Q panel.cfg only


[Window Titles]
Window00=Main Panel
Window01=Yoke
Window02=Compass
Window03=Panel Fuel
Window04=Panel Icon
Window05=Panel VFR
Window06=GPS
Window07=XGauge
Window08=Panel IFR
Window09=Panel Center
Window10=Panel Controls
Window11=Panel Right
Window12=Zoom ASI
Window13=Zoom TURN
Window14=Zoom ADI
Window15=Zoom ALT
Window16=Zoom GYRO
Window17=Zoom VSI
Window18=Zoom VOR1
Window19=Zoom VOR2
Window20=Zoom DME
Window21=Zoom Clock
Window22=Radio Stack // <--- change the original line for this one
Window23=Yoke2
Window24=Panel Indicators
Window25=Mini Panel

after backingup your original configuration, change the whole original [Window22], for this one

[Window22]
BACKGROUND_COLOR=2,2,2
size_mm=156,308
windowsize_ratio=1.0
position=8
visible=0
ident=RADIO_STACK_PANEL
window_size= 0.325, 0.750
window_pos= 0.338, 0.000

gauge00=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Audio, 0, 0
gauge01=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 1, 0, 29
gauge02=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 2, 0, 86
gauge03=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio ADF, 0, 142
gauge04=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio DME, 0, 180
gauge05=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Xpndr, 0, 217
gauge06=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio AP, 0, 262

when you click the radio stack icon the c182 Bendix Radio stack will show up and works perfectly

[jgf]

Also make sure the aircraft.cfg entries for attitude and turn indicators are not =0. This could render the AP non-functional or, even worse, cause an out of control situation when the AP is engaged (such as rolling over and diving).

For aircraft where I don't need a "full-functioned" AP, I use a small basic gauge with buttons for power, alt hold, hdg hold, lvl; have no idea who created it or where I got it, it dates back to FS98 days, but it works well in FS9 and provides a phantom copilot when I need to take a break.

[pivek]

Hi NS

I bought the Carenado 185BUSH, which is a great plane, and made the following changes in order to replace the original AP with the whole radio stack from the default C182 including a fully working AP

These are the changes in the panel.cfg

[Window Titles]
Window00=MiniPanel
Window01=GPS
Window02=Radio Stack //<----- Replace the original line with this one
Window03=Toggle_Manual
Window04=Toggle_Control
Window05=Toggle_ASI
Window06=Toggle_HI
Window07=Toggle_HA
Window08=Toggle_TC
Window09=Toggle_VOR1
Window10=Toggle_ALT
Window11=Toggle_VAR
Window12=Toggle_MAN
Window13=Toggle_RPM
Window14=Toggle_FF
Window15=Toggle_VOR2
Window16=Toggle_MINIPANEL
Window17=INFO

after making a proper backup; replace the entire original [Window02] for this one:

[Window02]
BACKGROUND_COLOR=2,2,2
size_mm=156,308
windowsize_ratio=1.0
position=8
visible=0
ident=RADIO_STACK_PANEL

gauge00=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Audio, 0, 0
gauge01=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 1, 0, 29
gauge02=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Nav-Comm 2, 0, 86
gauge03=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio ADF, 0, 142
gauge04=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio DME, 0, 180
gauge05=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio Xpndr, 0, 217
gauge06=Bendix_King_Radio!Bendix-King Radio AP, 0, 262

Note: hit shift+3 and the new Bendix Radio will pop up; resize the window to fit your taste.

[NSRacer]

Thanks a lot pivek, very easy and basic instructions