The gauge requires crashes to be turned off in MSFS 2020 due to unpredictable things happening while new location scenery is loading.

 

Because the gauge includes arrestor stopping and catapult take offs, external plug ins from other carrier mods are not required (Just the carriers). If you wish to continue to use external arrestor and catapult then turn off either or both in the gauge menus.

 

The arrestors work on any flat surface, not just hard decks but you can turn off arrestor function if you want to land normally.

 

To use the catapult launch place parking prakes on and full throttle until you hear the catapult attach sound and if displayed the catapult ICON will turn Amber to indicate launch is ready. Release parking brake to get catapulted. You can cancel catapult launch by lowering the throttle.

 

Now don't expect re-location to a NEW carrier harddeck to work first press 100% of the time. I have massively improved the relocation code to check for stability before releasing the SLEW now. But this still depends on individual system speed. If something odd happens during the relocation then just press the [S6] Relocation button again.

 

You can set the starting approach speed and time of day in the menus as well as the volume for the added sound FX for landing, catapult ready and launch.

 

The force applied to stop and catapult the aircraft is also ajustible in the menus.

Here we have one in a series of approaches Gauges. Well they aren't really gauges, more utilities. The "gauge" is designed to open up your flight simulation experience by gettingyou to try out flying at other carrier locations.

 

There are 116 carrier approaches and 116 hard deck relocations programmed around the globe.

 

Select a location from the list press [S6] and off you go.

 

The distance is hard coded in the and unfortunatly can't be made custom due to the fact gauges can not access airport data. Starting point were all hand placed so not too long for light aircraft and not to close for jets. I tried to strike a balance. The grid location can be edited for each, but wouldn't recommed it as they would get lost if a gauge needed update.

     Menu Item Index (0 to 12)

     0 = Menu Closed

     1 = Version & Info

     2 = Random Heading

     3 = Pau se On Start

     4 = Time Of Day

     5 = Airspeed

     6 = Altitude Offset

     7 = Arrestor On/Off

     8 = Catapuilt  On/Off

     9 = Hard Deck Force (Stop and Start)

   10 = Sound FX Volume

   11 = Light and Dark Theme

   12 = Brightness Control

 

     If Menu Preview Mode is Active (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

 

 

     Variable used when editing Global or individual Brightness (0-1)

     0 - Global Brightness

     1 - Individual Brightness

 

 

SIMCONNECT Vars Used:

(PLANE HEADING DEGREES TRUE)

(GENERAL ENG THROTTLE LEVER POSITION:1)

(SIM ON GROUND)

(BRAKE PARKING INDICATOR)

(VELOCITY BODY Z)

(AIRSPEED TRUE)

(SURFACE TYPE)

(RADIO HEIGHT)

(NAV DME:1,Nautical miles)

(AIRSPEED INDICATED)

(Indicated Altitude,feet)

(GEAR LEFT POSITION,percent)

(Attitude indicator bank degrees,radians)

(TAILHOOK POSITION)

(FLAPS HANDLE PERCENT,percent)

1.2.001 -

     1) Left Dial Acceleration

     2) Right dial changes Time of Day

     3) Light and Dark Theme

1.2.000 - Massivly improved harddeck starting, A LOT less likely plane will fall through Harddeck now or bounce in the air.         

1.1.002 - Improved Altitude Offset Menu GFX and Time of Day Menu GFX and Controls

1.1.001 - Added New SPAD 0.9.15.x Brightness controls

1.1.000 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.15 Compatibility (Convert "PRESS" to "PRESSSHORT") Fixes short and long press both firing on long press.

1.0.004 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.13 Compatibility (Author ID)

1.0.003 - If NAV:1 has carrier glide slope then glide slope is indicated on gauge now.

1.0.002 - Physics improvements and added Parking Brake Status ICON

1.0.001 - Public 1st Release

1.0.000 - Pre-Release Beta

0.0.xxx - Beta Versions