FSX Piper PA-28-160C Project represents another Rien Cornelissen Cherokee, brought up from FS 2000 to FSX, this time as a 160 HP trainer for the Enhanced Garmin G-1000 for the average single engine pilot. Locally, we have no equipped trainers like this, hence FSX airplanes with the G-1000 panel, is about all the exposure we will ever get of a "glass panel." My take on this project was more of a practical nature, the 160 HP Cherokee, to support a G-1000 panel, had to be converted to a 28 volt D.C. buss and an entire panel reconstruction, allowed the G-1000 panel mod to take place. I was looking for a platform I could read and fly that never worked out well, in other equipped FSX airplanes. I believe if there were a rental, converted over to a more modern panel, it would still have engine gauges, with backup "sacred six" gauge sets that could be used if the G-1000 system failed during training. Hereto, true engine leaning with altitude, needs to be demonstrated along with the G-1000, having turned ìauto-leaning offî I hope makes this trainer unique and will encourage others like myself to get use to modern displays and new navigation methods not yet available to rent. A project by Ronald Prindle
Be sure to read the file called; Piper Cherokee_notes.txt, sorry you can't call it up on your kneeboard.
Enclosed is a copy of the POH file to help you understand the 160 C model called; Piper_PA-28-160C.pdf a 2 meg file.
Also enclosed is the original PDF Manual for the Enhanced Garmin G-1000 by By SCUMARI Tec 2013 called; g1000sc.PDF.
Operational Note: Screen "Shift-Functions" are;
Shift-1 Main 2D Panel Off/On
Shift-2 Expanded PDF View for Training
Shift-3 Expanded MDF - GPS View for Training
Shift-4 Pilot's Yoke Off/On
Shift-5 CoPilot's Yoke Off/On (Fuel Selector)
Shift-6 Radio Stack Expanded View On/Off
The "Fuel Pump" Icon on the panel is for your access to the fuel selector as well as the "sacred six" should you want to compare what you think is happing on the G-1000 to what's actually presented on the standard gauges we are use to flying.
For a full trainer effect, I suggest turning off the FSX "auto-coordination" as well as the "auto-leaning" options.
The standard Piper EGT gauge helps leaning the engine as you rise to and above 3,000 feet. Furthermore, I made a
"Percent Horsepower" digital gauge to help you learn the tachometer percent power effect of leaning, running as near 100% (160 HP) as you can peak it out to in the fastest cruse possible in the Cherokee at altitude.
This trainer has onboard, a Flight Director, an Airspeed Bug and a second ADF receiver to name a few, unheard of options in an airplane less than a Mooney!
Nothing I have ever flown before! Enjoy,