Ok, I know nothing about editing panels and gauges, nor do I want to learn because overall I'm very happy with the cockpit except for the following thing:I would like the GPS (shift + 3) and Top-down View (shift + ]) to come up on my screen in a certain location and size every time. Is this possible? If so, please provide a newbie step-by-step method. Thanks!

Are you familiar with editing a PANEL.CFG?You can modify the GPS position for a specific aircraft by editing its PANEL.CFGhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc526956.aspxOpen PANEL.CFG and go to the window section that describes the GPSit should look a bit like this...[Window00]size_mm=640,480 position=6...Edit the "position" property.If there isn't one the window may use a "window_pos=" property.If so I would deleted it and replace it with a "position" property.position=4 ...for example will center the GPSfrom the SDK0 = upper-left corner1 = upper-middle side2 = upper-right corner3 = middle-left side4 = middle5 = middle-right side6 = lower-left corner7 = lower-middle side8 = lower-right cornerUnfortunately I don

Under Window02 (GPS) I changed size_mm=478, 378 to 200, 175. I ran FS9 and opened the GPS and it looked huge. The actual size on my monitor was about the same as previously, but the graphics of the GPS seemed stretched so I could only see about 1/4 of the area I should be seeing. Not sure if that makes sense.So I changed it back to default. I then saw another line that said window_size=0.400, 0.460 so I changed that to .200, .230 and it did the same thing (I didn't fully shut down FS9 in between though).

Post the [Window02] section here if you like...FYI ...you don't need to shut-down FS between panel edits...just reload the aircraft.

Here's what it is default. I'd like to make it about half the size. Location is fine in the lower right side.[Window02]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=456,378position=8visible=0ident=GPS_PANELwindow_size= 0.400, 0.460window_pos= 0.600, 0.550gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0,456,378

Just a guess...but worth a try...Also, read the link above for a description of what each property does.

[Window02]Background_color=0,0,0 size_mm=228,189position=8visible=0ident=GPS_PANELwindow_size= 0.200, 0.230window_pos= 0.600, 0.550gauge00=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0,228,189

Thanks. I actually got it to work based on the above link which was really helpful.I had to keep size_mm at the original value, but change window_size 50% just as you suggested.So does anybody know about the top-down view? I guess that's handled differently since it's not an instrument. If not, I guess I just re-size, drag and drop manually for the rest of my existance.