Worked through two "Six Pack" flight screen variations for programming practice.
The six-pack creen design is intended to be a simple, clean flight instrument layout. Preping instrument photos in PhotoShop for use as background images.
I didn't care for the standard six-pack screen that comes as part of the MGL default as it gives up its screen real estate to fit a moving map display. I find the default layout performs both flight and navigaton poorly, hence the custom design.
The first design attempt did not use constructions rectangles from the Drawing Primative. Sizing and layout suffered to a point. However with the addition of 200 x 200 pixel backgrounds, the background size drives the layout.
Second design effort boxed each instrument into a square, with smaller MAP and RPM in gauges in the box intersections. That really doesnt' work out as I'd hoped, so a second Explorer screen is in order to support the primary.
Each CHT and EGT sensor can be represented as squares that change color depending on caurtion or warning settings, which might be and idea for an unobtrusive addition.
