The possibility of a 2D panel?

[FLEX1978 373]

What I don't get is why PMDG keep allowing these threads to get pages long.....

[dcgator29 37]

I want to fly an airplane, not a panel.

[Irishcurse 234]

At least he didn't ask for weather radar too.

[Lawyer+Pilot 126]

At least he didn't ask for weather radar too.

Give it time, my friend. As in Top Gun, the list [of silly gripes] is long but distinguished.

[Hirdy2013 104]

Don't...................Feed..................The Troll

[january 19]

My understanding is that the FAA has mandated that with any simulator used to qualify for flight training- any gauges, instruments, switches, buttons etc shown on the display, must have a fixed location on the display. (ie panning/zooming not permitted)

That follows the logic of a real flight deck where everything on the panel is fixed- ALWAYS in the SAME spot, as expected by the pilot(s). And that is what you get with 2D presentation. 

 

Here is a 5 year old screenshot of the PMDG 747 in 2D with just about every popup available for that old lovely lady- INCLUDING the 1st officer instruments - AND triple 2D views LFwd,Fwd & RFwd - all synched into a single - 135º panorama, where you need no panning nor zooming.

 

Sadly this approach seems to be dead. Enough said.

january

 

(Turning left over English Bay, near Vancouver BC.)

 

[Gary1999 7]

Nice view....

 

 

oh wait...what view

 

there is 37621 pop up panels in the way