Bodo_Mueller

Hi there, I already mentioned this in the general forum. I am a L1011 TriStar enthusiast and would love to see an important option to the avionics, the Tape Engine Gauges. This airline option was used by several airlines and was independent from production year and version. They were installed at ATA, Eastern Airlines, LTU, TWA, Saudia and some more. It should be possible to fly a livery with authentic avionics. For instance, LTU and Eastern never bought L1011-500 with roundes gauges. I can provide AOM pages from a Saudia manual if you need reference details to model them. I hope you take this into consideration. Would appreciate that.

Hi there, why did'nt you model the tape engine gauges? Several airlines used them also on the -500 like LTU, TWA, Saudia and more. Now you have to fly certain liveries with unrealistic avionics.

The picture is just an example. The equipment of tapes has nothing to do with early or late or the variant. It was an airline option regardless of the production year. So you can put the tapes on any variant. LTU bought their -500 from 1981 to 1983 and they all had tapes. So it is not quite true what you say. inibuilds should be more flexible here to provide authentic combination of liveries and their avionics. Here is one from an LTU -500:

Hi there, in the current development preview there are only rounded engine gauges shown. Do you also model the tape engine gauges which where used at LTU, Eastern, Saudia and ATA?