The Turn and Slip coordinator help pilots manage their turns and is one of the standard gauges found in general aircraft. I have included the AP Heading Bug in this gauge in addition to an artificial horizon and compass in the side gauge.

 

Both current heading and AP Heading Bug degrees are also shown digitally in the left side panel. There is a Green LED on the turn guide which indicates level flight when lit.

 

The left dial operates the AP Heading direction and the right dial will activate and move the menu.

If the blanking plate is used instead of the sidebar, then colour of the plate can now be changed by editing variable [FG_GLOBAL_BLANKING_COLOUR] in SPAD.neXt data monitor.

[S1] Mini Menu Preview toggle

Press [S1] while in menu to exit or toggle preview mode on/off

 

 

     Menu Item Index (0 to 8)

     0 = Menu Closed

     1 = Version & Info

     2 = Side Buttons

     3 = Aircraft Style

     4 = Glass Reflection

     5 = Background Colour

     6 = LCD - LED - Custom Colour

     7 = Brightness Control

     8 = Panel Lights Control

 

     If Menu Preview Mode is Active (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Aircraft GFX (0 - 5)

  

     Side Buttons (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Side Button Labels (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Instructions Page (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Background colour of fonts while power is off (default = "#000000")

 

     Background colour of fonts while power is on (default = "#000000")

 

     Foreground colour of fonts while power is off (default = "#000000")

 

     Foreground colour of fonts while power is on (default = "#dd0000")

 

     Foreground colour of fonts while power is on (default = "#00DD00")

 

     Background colour of fonts while power is on (default = "TRANSPARENT")

 

     Foreground colour of fonts while power is off (default = "#001100")

 

     Background colour of fonts while power is off (default = "TRANSPARENT")

 

     Side panel LED Style Index (1 - 3)

     1 = LED Style

     2 = LCD Style (Default)

     3 = Custom

 

SIMCONNECT Vars Used:

Plane heading degrees gyro,radians

Attitude indicator bank degrees,radians

Autopilot heading lock dir,degrees

Plane heading degrees gyro,degrees

Turn coordinator ball,position

SIM ON GROUND

Delta heading rate,rpm

Autopilot heading lock dir,radians

 

(not all vars used in every gauge)

 

     Variable used for dial acceleration (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Brightness value of physical FIP's. Affects all physical gauges (20-250)

 

     Variable used when editing Global or individual Brightness (0-1)

     0 - Global Brightness

     1 - Inedividual Brightness

     Text Variable used to set blanking plate colour

 

     Glass Reflection (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Toggle visibility of Mini Menu LED (0 = On, 1 = Off)

 

     Background Colour (0 to 3)

     1 = Grey panel with grey gauge face

     2 = Blue grey panel with grey gauge face

     3 = Dark grey panel with black gauge face

     4 = Dark blue panel with black gauge face.  

 

     Background Colour (Black = 0, Blue = 1 )

 

     Minimum voltage before gauge electronics turns off (-1 to 150)

     -1 = Disabled

     0 - 150 = Off Voltage Level

 

     Internal Variable - Used to store off voltage value - do not edit

  

     Night Lit Mode (Off = 0, On = 1)

 

     Shared variable for switching inHg and MB (0 to 1)

     0 = inHg

     1 = Millbars

 

  Background Colour (0 to 6)

     0 = Grey

     1 = Black Dial Face

     2 = Darker Gauge & Dial Face

     3 = Black & No Gauge GFX

     4 = Grey - Original Design

     5 = Black Dial Face - Original Design

     6 = Darker Gauge & Dial Face - Original Design

   

     Internal variable used to read current voltage

 

2.7.001 - Using New Sidebar Button and Labels Code (4 display options now also) - blank sidebar custom colour

2.7.000

     - 1) SPAD.neXt 0.9.15 Compatibility (Convert "PRESS" to "PRESSSHORT") Fixes short and long press both firing on long press.

     - 2) New gauge brightness code using SPAD brightness variables.

     - 3) Can control global or individual gauge brightness in gauge (Profile saved settings)

     - 4) Better use of button lights

2.6.000 - New Menu System

2.5.004 - New Custom Virtual Power supports ALL aircraft volt variables - See https://fipgauges.com/customfeatures.php

2.5.003 - Added sidebar blanking plate option. Added Heading Bug acceleration.

2.5.002 - Removed x-plane Ball reverse as SPAD rejecting data ref now (x-plane not supported by fipgauges.com)

2.5.001 - Virtual Power Warning added to Menu

2.5.000 - Added New Gauge Design and Panel Lighting control in Mini Menu

2.4.003 - Changed heading from gyro to magnetic

2.4.002 - Support for NEW 4 colour hue panel lights.

2.4.001 - Tweaked voltage monitoring to better support MSFS2020. Added Monitoring for Battery Bus

2.4.000 - SPAD.neXt 0.9.7.x Custom LED Foreground and Background Colours.

2.3.000 - Beta - Added reverse direction for turn ball for some xplane aircraft - [S5]

2.2.005 - Updated Menu GFX

2.2.004 - Gauge brightness control added to menu

2.2.003 - Changed Green LED to come on later. Reduced movement of gauge when on Ground.

2.2.002 - Improved GFX of planes & Added Helicopter Style

2.2.001 - PMDG 737 and 747 compatibility added [S2] toggle compatibility mode

2.2.000 - Panel Lights now controlled by local variable (FG_GLOBAL_PANEL_LIGHTS) 0=Off 1=On

2.1.000 - Resized Text to become compliant with SPAD.neXt scaling changes

2.0.000 - New colour schemes available in mini menu.

1.5.000 -  Improved graphics with shadows and transparency, Optional glass reflections.

1.4.001 - Small bug fix where HDG = "360" and not "000"

1.4.000 - SPAD Enhanced with Mini Menu, Built in Side Buttons. Electric powered indicators off

1.3.000 - Added Panel lighting

1.2.000 - Minor graphic improvements

1.1.000 - Public Release

1.0.000 - Beta Version