PanelSight 1.3.8: The Bell UH-1H Iroquois and the Socata Rallye

PanelSight 1.3.8 supports two more aircraft: the Bell UH-1H Iroquois helicopter and, as an experimental panel, the Socata Rallye MS 893. It also fixes the radio panels on the Boeing 737 MAX, the Airbus A330 and the Fenix A320.

The Bell UH-1H Iroquois

Before, the UH-1H from Taog's Hangar got PanelSight's basic helicopter panel. Now it has its own panel. The UH-1H has no glass screens, so PanelSight draws all of its instruments:

• Its flight instruments: airspeed, attitude, altimeter, vertical speed, radar altimeter, turn indicator, RMI, CDI and clock.
• Its engine and systems dials: rotor and engine RPM, torque, gas producer, exhaust temperature, and the fuel, oil, transmission and electrical dials.
• Its COMM, NAV and ADF radios, which you can tune from the panel with a touchscreen or a mouse. The UHF set and the IFF are not there.

If you have a second monitor or a touchscreen, the UH-1H also has a screen of its four big engine dials with the fuel, oil and transmission dials, and a screen of its RMI and CDI beside the radios.

The Socata Rallye MS 893 (experimental)

The Rallye from Aeroplane Heaven also has its own panel now: its dials, its engine meters, its flap and trim indicators, and its KX 155, KT 76A and KR 87 radios. Its optional GPS is not there yet.

This panel exists because a customer sent us a recording with Help us support this aircraft, and we built it from that recording. A recording can't show which unit a dial uses when none is printed on it, so some dials may read wrong at first. That is why PanelSight marks the panel as experimental. If a dial or a knob looks wrong, tell us on Discord or email us at support@panelsight.net.

When another program blocks a glass screen

Some PCs run other programs that connect to MSFS while you fly. One of them can block PanelSight from showing a glass screen. Version 1.3.6 fixed this on the airliners only. Now, on every aircraft:

• The other screens stay on the panel.
• A notice names the missing screen and, when it can, the program that is blocking it.
• When you close that program, the screen comes back by itself within about half a minute. You don't need to restart PanelSight.

PanelSight no longer switches to pop-outs by itself when this happens, because a blocked screen can't be popped out either. If you prefer pop-outs, you can still choose them in Settings.

Glass screens that were cut off

If your aircraft doesn't have its own panel in PanelSight yet, you still get its glass screens on a general panel. Some of those screens were cut off when they had an unexpected aspect ratio. For example, on the Joby S4, you could see less than half of the controller screen. This is now fixed and you can see the whole screen.

Airliner radio panels

• Boeing 737 MAX: the NAV display on the radio panel had been blank since 1.3.2, and it is back. The VHF 1, 2 and 3 keys now work, and the transponder knobs now turn.
• Airbus A330 and Fenix A320: the NAV key now lights up when you press it.
• Fenix A320: the radio panels now have their GLS and BFO keys. On the ECAM panel, EMER CANC is now a red key, as it is in the cockpit. Before, it showed a light that was always on and looked like a bug.

Who this is for

• If you fly the UH-1H, it now has its own dials and radios.
• If you fly the Socata Rallye, it now has its own panel. If a dial reads wrong, please tell us.
• If you fly the 737 MAX, the A330 or the Fenix A320, more of the radio panel's keys and knobs now work.
• If you run other programs that connect to MSFS, you lose only the screen that program blocks, and it comes back when you close the program.
• If your aircraft doesn't have its own panel in PanelSight yet, you now see the whole of each glass screen.

How to update

PanelSight checks for new versions by itself. When one is out, a notice appears next to the PanelSight icon in the Windows taskbar. Click the notice, then click Update now in Settings. PanelSight downloads the update, installs it and starts again on its own. You can also run the installer from the download page again.

Updating always installs the newest version, which includes everything in this release.

For every change in 1.3.8, see the changelog.