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Philips

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What do real INS Nav Selectors look like?
Mar 26^th, 2008, 11:13pm

Hi, I'm trying to create better versions of the 'nav selector' switch, the one where you choose which INS will control the autopilot. Can anyone tell me what they look like in real aircraft, and where they're located?

I've been looking through airliners.net for hours and the only picture of an INS selector is on Multimedia file viewing and clickable links are available for registered members only!! You need to

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, and it's for choosing INS, TACAN, or VOR/LOC, not selecting which INS unit you want to use. (That aircraft has only one INS as far as I can see.)

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Re: What do real INS Nav Selectors look like?
Reply #1 - Mar 27^th, 2008, 9:41am

It's written in the manual. There is no "INS NAV" Selector in real life, INS units are hard-wired to autopilot channels. Autopilot 1 is connected to INS 1, A/P 2 to INS 2 and so on. This obviously applies only to aircrafts having multiple autopilot channels and multiple INS units installed.

It would be possible to simulate this by creating a custom "autopilot panel" gauge and using the INS SDK.

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Philips Forum Member Offline Posts: 5	Re: What do real INS Nav Selectors look like? Reply #2 - Mar 27^th, 2008, 3:00pm Ah, excellent, thanks for the quick reply! I'd spent so much time reading the SDK manual I'd forgotten about the main one...
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Marco Ravanello Forum Administrator Offline Posts: 309 Gender:	Re: What do real INS Nav Selectors look like? Reply #3 - Mar 27^th, 2008, 8:43pm You're welcome, if you need help....just ask!
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Philips Forum Member Offline Posts: 5	Re: What do real INS Nav Selectors look like? Reply #4 - Mar 27^th, 2008, 10:16pm Thanks, I'll probably need that - I just need to get the hang of making basic gauges from the SDK and Dai Griffith's tutorial, then I'll have another bash at the CIVA gauges...
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Philips Forum Member Offline Posts: 5	Re: What do real INS Nav Selectors look like? Reply #5 - Apr 14^th, 2008, 2:40am The gauge is basically complete now, I think - but it's made to fit a particular payware aircraft, and it uses resources taken from that payware aircraft (panel bitmaps etc), so I won't be able to distribute it until I get permission from the aircraft's developers. But watch this space...
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