Beechcraft D18S Panel

                                 For the MS FS2004 Beechcraft D18S

                                              By Milton Shupe, Scott Thomas, and André Folkers

                             (With the invaluable help of Nick Pike on the xml gauge programming!)

The D18 is a relatively simple and straight forward panel. Much like the qualities that contributed to making the

D18 such a classic, and why so many are still flying today! We recommend that you read over all the Documents

included in the package, and familiarize yourself with all the Panel Documents and jpegs.

Special Thanks!

We would like to extend a special thanks to the following folks whose great help and contribution to this,

 and all of our panel projects:

·       Nick Pike for his gauges and invaluable help with (Scott’s) gauge programming

·       Dai Griffiths for all of his help getting (Scott) started into gauge making!

·       Arne Bartels and Bill Leaming for all the help they offer the freeware community

·       Dan Baisley for use of his King DME. A very nice vintage DME gauge

·       FPDA for their Gear Wind Gauge. Yep, It’s an oldie but goodie!

·       Al J Sibley for taking the cockpit photos,  that we saw fit to forget to take, and allowing use of them! LOL!

·       North Carolina Aviation Museum in Asheboro, North Carolina for allowing us to photograph their C45

·       Confederate Air Force, New Mexico Wing, Hobbs, NM,  for allowing us to photograph their Beech 18

·       Fantasy of Flight in Lakeland, Fla, whose Beech 18 panel is the basis of this panel

 The main instrument panel (pilots panel)

Main Panel Details

LOWER PANEL

L2 AUTOPILOT

HEADING SELECTOR

RADIO COMPASS

EMERGENCY PROP FEATHER

ICONS

Popup Panel Details

ECU Popup

Some notes on some of the ECU instruments and their functions

·      The Oil Shutter levers are inoperative at this time

·      The small ECU visible on the main panel, “swaps” with the Large ECU when selected via the icon

·      The Throttle and Mixture levers may be selected individually or in pairs. But not the Prop Levers. The click spot for moving both of any of these levers is located between each pair

Radio Popup

Electrical Popup

The BeechD18S VC panel

 All the gauge functions on the D18S VC Panel are the same and in the same location as the 2D Panel, unless otherwise noted.

VC ECU

·     General Notes

·       The start system requires both battery switches be on to function.  It is recommended that the Right engine be started first as the pilot cannot really hear the right engine too well once the left engine is started!

·       When starting using CTRL+E, the start switches wont move. Only the Mag switches and main power switches.

·       Interior Light Switch  is a cabin light in the VC Only, and may also be used to brighten the Day VC panel lighting.

·       The levers and knobs on the pedestal are clickable, and move with their associated function

·       Radio Compass: Directional Indicator for ADF 1 and either ADF 2 or NAV 1. There is no Nav 2 on this aircraft.

·       DME: Reads Nav 1. Can be switched to read Knots or Minutes. (Thanks to Dan Baisley!)

·       The Park Brake light may be clicked to set the Parking Brake