FSX-compatible Cessna 152 add-on with a working DME on the panel

C152 + DME in FSX: easiest path is to add a stock DME gauge to the 152 you already fly

You’re not imagining it — most of the FSX-native 152 add-ons went with the “trainer/basic fit” panel, so finding one that ships with a DME already in the stack is oddly difficult. The practical workaround (and what I’d do for IMC procedure practice) is simply to add a DME gauge to the JustFlight 152 panel.

1) Before you touch anything: make a backup

1. Go to your JustFlight 152’s panel folder:
   ...\SimObjects\Airplanes\<Your_JF_C152>\panel\

2. Make a copy of:
   panel.cfg

2) Decide how you want it presented
A. Pop-up DME (safest / least disruptive)
This keeps the existing radio stack and VC exactly as-is and just gives you a toggle-able DME window for training.

B. Embedded in an existing 2D radio stack window
This looks “more real” in 2D, but it depends on how the JustFlight panel is built and whether there’s space/a suitable window to drop it into.

3) Use the stock FSX DME gauge
FSX includes a standard Bendix/King-style DME gauge in the default gauge set. Assuming your JustFlight 152 is using normal FSX gauge calls, you can usually reference it directly from the default gauge file.

The only catch: different installs/panels sometimes reference it slightly differently, so I don’t want to give you a gauge line that’s 90% right and 10% wrong and wastes your time. If you paste your Window Titles section (and tell me whether you fly 2D panel or VC-only), I’ll tell you exactly where to add it and what window number to use.

4) Training note (so expectations match reality)
DME in FSX will behave like the real thing: it’s slant-range distance to the tuned DME/VOR/TACAN facility, not “miles to the runway threshold,” unless the procedure is actually built around a facility located appropriately. For approaches/holds and “DME fixes,” that’s exactly what you want.

A couple quick questions and I’ll give you the exact panel.cfg edit

• Which JustFlight 152 package is it exactly (and is it installed into FSX as a normal SimObjects aircraft)?
• Do you use a 2D panel at all, or VC-only?
• Are you happy with a pop-up DME window, or do you want it physically in the radio stack?
• Can you paste the [Window Titles] section from your panel.cfg (just that block)?