FSX Panel Upgrade

A few days ago Gérard Trocmé notified me that the VORs on the FSX panel rotated
backwards, as well as the digital readouts for those two gauges. A quick check affirmed
what Gérard had said, and worse, since these VORs were the gauges from the Microsoft
FSX Cessna 172 aircraft, they rotated backwards on that airplane, too!

I have replaced the "bad" gauges on the FSX panel with a different VOR set and now they work
fine. I also took this opportunity to replace the pop-up switch panel. We now have lighted push-
button switches mounted at the top of the main instrument panel to control the lights.

OK - Here we go: Failure to follow the procedure below may prevent the satisfactory
upgrade of your FSX aircraft panel. But the steps are very simple, so charge ahead without worry.

UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS
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Unfortunately there are two different files in existence with the identical
FSX aircraft in it, so this is the easiest way to proceed:

The two basic steps required to upgrade your FSX panel are:

1. DELETE THE OLD AIRCRAFT in your Airplanes subdirectory.

2. INSTALL THE NEW AIRCRAFT using the link in the next line.

   Download the new aircraft file here.

Do nothing with that file until after you have deleted the old FSX aircraft folder from your computer!

Note: If you already know how to delete an aircraft folder, you should delete either the "Learner" or Nav-Trainer" aircraft
folder in the "Airplanes" subdirectory then unzip the "learnfsx.zip" file that you just downloaded and proceed from there.

Here's how to locate and delete your old FSX aircraft on your computer if you don't otherwise know.

(If you're not comfortable inside your computer, I advise printing the instructions below to follow the steps more easily.)

Here is an instruction sheet to print:

You will use Windows Explorer to locate the aircraft folder that you must delete.

With Flight simulator Closed and using Windows Explorer,

• Scroll to and click on Drive "C"

• Then scroll to and click on "Program Files"

• Then scroll to and click on "Microsoft Games"

• Then scroll to and click on "Flight Simulator X"

• Then scroll to and click on "SimObjects"

• Then scroll to and click on "Airplanes"

• Then scroll to and click on "Learner" or "Nav_Trainer" (Whichever of those aircraft is on your airplane list.)

• Then right-click that folder and select delete.

It is not necessary to delete the gauges.

Now you can go to the file that you just downloaded, its name is learnfsx.zip if you have forgotten, and unzip it. Read the readme file for the last few instructions instructions.

Thanks, Gérard Trocmé and to all who have enjoyed the navigation tutorial.