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Guides and notes on instrument panels, second monitors and cockpit setups for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
How to use a tablet or phone as an instrument panel in MSFS 2024
A tablet or phone next to the keyboard can show your aircraft's instruments. Three ways to do it, what each one costs, and how to set up the one that needs nothing installed on the tablet.
MSFS 2024 pop-outs: the frame rate cost, and the screens that won't pop out
Every pop-out is one more window the sim keeps drawing, and some screens, like the A320neo's and the 737 MAX's, don't pop out at all. What we measured, and how to copy the screens instead.
Air Manager alternatives for MSFS 2024 instrument panels (2026)
Air Manager draws the instruments, but leaves you hours of setup for every aircraft. PanelSight, Pop Out Panel Manager, fsmapper and GlassOut compared: what each one does, what it needs, and who it is for.
Why you can't pop out steam gauges in MSFS 2024, and what works instead
Only the sim's glass displays pop out; the round dials are part of the 3D cockpit. Why that is, the tools that draw steam gauges on a second monitor instead, and which aircraft PanelSight covers.
Turning cockpit knobs in MSFS 2024 without fighting the mouse
The wheel zooms when you meant to tune the radio, and no setting makes it stop. What actually helps, and why the answer for most people is a screen they already own.
3 ways to get an instrument panel on a second monitor in MSFS 2024
The sim's built-in pop-out windows, a panel manager paired with a pop-out manager, or a panel that builds itself — what each one can actually put on your second screen, and what it costs you.
Release notes
PanelSight 1.4.2: More of the Vision Jet's cockpit
The Cirrus Vision Jet gets its gear handle, flaps selector, power lever and BARO knob. Plus fixes for hotkeys, instruments after a panel switch and the E-Jet MCDU.
PanelSight 1.4.1: The FSS E-Jets, a whole family of airliners
A whole family of airliners: the FSS E-Jets, all six models, with every screen, the glareshield, the overhead and the pedestal. And a MIDI button box, such as an Intech BU16, now works as a hotkey.
PanelSight 1.4.0: Hotkeys that change every screen at once
Hotkeys: press one button on your yoke, throttle or keyboard, and every screen changes at once, in any aircraft. The Guimbal Cabri G2 gets its own panel, and the mouse wheel turns both parts of a double knob.
PanelSight 1.3.8: The Bell UH-1H Iroquois and the Socata Rallye
The Bell UH-1H Iroquois gets its own panel, and the Socata Rallye MS 893 gets an experimental one. If another program blocks a glass screen, the others now stay on the panel on every aircraft, and the blocked one comes back without a restart.
PanelSight 1.3.6: The F/A-18E Super Hornet
The F/A-18E Super Hornet gets its own panel, with its five screens and its standby instruments. Airliners keep the screens PanelSight found when another program holds the rest, and the Twin Otter gets its GNS 530 back.
PanelSight 1.3.5: The first helicopters, and a new layout editor
The first helicopters, the Airbus H125 and the Bell 407, get their own panels. The layout editor now lines up, sizes and spaces several instruments at once, and the Fenix A320 gets its transponder panel and AUTO BRK keys.
PanelSight 1.3.4: The Fenix A320, plus the DA40 XLS and the PC-24
The Fenix A320 V3 gets its own panel: its screens, the FCU, the EFIS and radio panels, and working MCDU keypads. The COWS DA40 XLS and the Pilatus PC-24 are new too, and the Cessna 172 gets cockpit controls for your layouts.
PanelSight 1.3.2: The ES-30, a new DC-3 panel, and layouts on the main screen
With the Heart Aerospace ES-30, every general aviation airplane and airliner in MSFS 2024 Standard is supported. The DC-3 gets a twin-engine panel. Your own layouts can now go on the main screen, and a new Sim rate instrument shows when the sim runs faster or slower.
PanelSight 1.3.1: The Airbus A310, and an overlay that stays off
The Airbus A310 gets its own panel. The overlay now stays off when you turn it off, and Settings is easier to read.
PanelSight 1.3.0: Your phone or tablet as an extra screen
A phone, tablet or another computer's browser can now be an extra PanelSight screen. Also new: the Airbus A321LR, A330 and Beluga XL.
PanelSight 1.2.2: The Boeing 747-8 arrives
The Boeing 747-8 arrives with its own panel. The Bonanza G36 gets its standby instruments, and the mouse wheel over a panel no longer reaches the cockpit.
PanelSight 1.2.1: Direct copy by default on NVIDIA graphics cards
Automatic now uses Direct copy on NVIDIA graphics cards. Knob dials are one size on every screen, and tablets keep their panels after a reboot.
PanelSight 1.2.0: Glass screens without pop-outs, and the first airliners
PanelSight 1.2.0 can copy glass screens straight from the sim, with no pop-outs, and adds the A320neo, 737 MAX 8 and Extra 330LT. The installer is now 7 MB.
PanelSight 1.1.4: Ten more aircraft, and 3D dials that use less CPU
PanelSight 1.1.4 adds panels for ten aircraft, including the Twin Otter, the Grumman Goose and two Pitts, and redraws its round dials to use 25% less CPU.
PanelSight 1.1.3: The classic Cessna 172, added from a user's recording
PanelSight 1.1.3 adds the classic, steam-gauge Cessna 172, built from a recording a user sent us, plus the KAP 140, KR 87 and KT 76C units.
PanelSight 1.1.1: Help us support your aircraft
PanelSight 1.1.1 tells you when your aircraft is not supported yet and lets you send it to us. Also: Ctrl three times for Settings, real flap angles.
PanelSight 1.1.0: Choose what each extra monitor shows
PanelSight 1.1.0 adds custom layouts: choose, for each aircraft, what every extra monitor shows, or build your own. Also new bezels, and fixes for the Vision Jet and Twin Otter.
PanelSight 1.0.13: New autopilot panels, and knobs made for touch
PanelSight 1.0.13 adds autopilot controls for the Vision Jet, XCub, NXCub, Draco X, TBM 930, King Air 350i and PC-12 NGX, a KX 155 radio for three aircraft, and larger touch targets.
PanelSight 1.0.12: A better Settings window, and pop-outs you can bring back
PanelSight 1.0.12 revamps the Settings window, adds a button to re-open closed pop-outs, renames screen positions to Glass 1, 2 and 3, and fixes several touchscreen problems.
PanelSight 1.0.11: Knobs rebuilt for touchscreens, and knobs on the gauges
PanelSight 1.0.11 revamps knobs on touchscreens with step buttons and a click sound, adds knobs to the altimeter, CDI and heading indicator, and fixes the GNS 430/530 range and CLR keys.