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Compromises The following is a list of all compromises made in relationship to the actual aircraft, for purposes of cost, feasibility, and availability. Nav Frequency selectors added to the Radio Tuning Panel: Because there is no HF communications system in MSFS (yet), the left and right HF selectors have been replaced with nav1 and nav2 selectors. These will probably be removed once the CDU is installed since their is no separate nav selector in the actual 777. Slightly large switches used on the center pedestal: The switches I used on the center pedestal have basically the proper width proportions, but their height is a few millimeters larger than switches in the actual aircraft. This may pose problems for those persons who want to engrave or letter their panels. Dummy panels used for Rudder Trim Indicator, and stand by instruments: Initially, the rudder trim indicator and stand by instruments will simply be dummy insets. Check out the backlighting page to see what these panels will look like. Single layered paneling used: For anyone who has seen photos of a Boeing instrument panel, you'll see that the panels are bi-layered with notches in the corners of the top layer. Buttons are connected to the bottom layer, while openings and engravements are made in the top layer. I may do this near the completion of the initial sim, but not in the meantime. Inoperable digital readouts: I will not be using LED indicators
initially, instead, the on-off switches will be used to toggle the corresponding panels in
Microsoft Flight Simulator. In other words, the Radio Tuning Panel On-Off switch turns on
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