Does anyone know a good 707 panel with a modern Autopilot (Alt hold, VS, IAS/MAch hold) and a nav/gps switch?im having no luckLiam

Liam, check them out, perhaps you will find what you are looking for:http://www.simviation.com/hjg/Good Luck.

Sorry, no. A very good freeware 707 panel by George Carty is on the Historic Jetliner Group's website (www.simviation.com/hjg). In fact, George has developed different panels for different series of 707, all with instrument of their time. So you get an Inertial Navigation System and an autopilot of its time, which may not be as functional as the default autopilot, with no bells and whistles such as autothrottle. If you just want a standard four-engine panel with standard items, you'd do worse than to use the default 747 panel. However, to me it's more fun learning how they were flown back in the 60s and 70s.;)

Hmmm, i have treid the HJG panel for the E3D, and i have tried to mod it, to use an AP gauge i downloaded, with no success, even so, if i did, i still have no ideas how to add nav/gps :/Cheers tho guys :)Liam

Helio Estrela has a very nice modern 707 panel. Go to flightsim.com and search for: Helio Estrela 707 Panel is for FS2002 but works fine in FS2004. Be sure to get the fix file (he707v1x.zip) too. Paul Golding also has a nice modern 707 panel for FS2002 that works fine in FS2004. It is also at flightsim.com as file pg7072k2.zip These may also be here on avsim, I haven't checked. --Jim

In theory if you have a "classic" panel you will at least have to replace the rate of climb gauge with TCAS as for any a/c over 5,700kg it is obligatory now!!vololiberista

Sorry to say this folks,But most of the panels out there are provided with the older Sperry 77 AP and not the newer Bendix ones. Of course, several panels have supported the following use, but flying a classic airliner with modern navigation, even as to comply with modern standards, is unfeasible and it won't reflect the operations of these aircraft back in their golden days. A good exception for this includes the Tinmouse 737-200 panel, of which a fix from FlightSim.com allows users to use the modern Adv Sperry 177 AP. But in my case, I don't fly with AP activated at all while flying classic airliners. Dave.

You can make one using Paul Goldings' panel pg7072k2.zip and Jorge 'eko' Salas CPT Toggles and Switches cptts12.zip. Also, Richard Probst Rp733pn2.zip has a gps/nav switch that works great. You will find some of the switches on the overhead are not compatible with FS9, swap them out, add the gps toggle and your set. I have used this panel since FS2002 to present with all HJG 707's and it works fine. It's the best out there. Give it a try. Don Nelson

You can make one using Paul Goldings' panel pg7072k2.zip and Jorge 'eko' Salas CPT Toggles and Switches cptts12.zip. Also, Richard Probst Rp733pn2.zip has a gps/nav switch that works great. You will find some of the switches on the overhead are not compatible with FS9, swap them out, add the gps toggle and your set. I have used this panel since FS2002 to present with all HJG 707's and it works fine. It's the best out there. Give it a try. Don Nelson

Can't you just use the default nav/gps switches? And would using the default 737 autopilot work? Just replace the Bendix with the Sperry 177(?) and tweak the autopilot cfg files