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Guides and notes on instrument panels, second monitors and cockpit setups for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
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 1.1.0: 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.