Hi Mav,
I've played around with this UAV a bit.
I've stumbled upon this image
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--auaTG9wXRY/Vklk-o0yp-I/AAAAAAAAAEM/i2160fejHHc/s1600/HUD.JPGReworked your HUD trying to somewhat mimic it
I've also added keys to turn laser on and off, as well as toggle IR filters. To make it work one might have to modify
MQ-9-JSBSim-set.xml and MQ-9-JSBSim2-set.xml
1. Hud section (changed order, added white)
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<hud>
<path n="1">Aircraft/MQ-9/HUD.xml</path>
<visibility n="1">true</visibility>
<palette>
<color n="0">
<alpha type="float">0.85</alpha>
<antialiased type="bool">true</antialiased>
<brightness type="float">0.85</brightness>
<transparent type="bool">true</transparent>
<red type="float">0.38</red>
<green type="float">1.0</green>
<blue type="float">0.22</blue>
</color>
<color n="1">
<alpha type="float">0.85</alpha>
<antialiased type="bool">true</antialiased>
<brightness type="float">0.85</brightness>
<transparent type="bool">true</transparent>
<red type="float">1.0</red>
<green type="float">1.0</green>
<blue type="float">1.0</blue>
</color>
<color n="2">
<alpha type="float">0.85</alpha>
<antialiased type="bool">true</antialiased>
<brightness type="float">0.85</brightness>
<transparent type="bool">true</transparent>
<red type="float">1.0</red>
<green type="float">0.2</green>
<blue type="float">0.0</blue>
</color>
</palette>
</hud>
2. Help section (added keys description)
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<help>
<title>General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper</title>
<key>
<name>1/2/3/4/5/6</name>
<desc>Select station</desc>
</key>
<key>
<name>d</name>
<desc>Deselect all stations</desc>
</key>
<key>
<name>Ctrl-O</name>
<desc>Toggle IR ON/OFF</desc>
</key>
<key>
<name>Ctrl-L</name>
<desc>Toggle Laser ON/OFF</desc>
</key>
<key>
<name>f</name>
<desc>Release selected station</desc>
</key>
<line>MQ-9 > Autostart</line>
<line>MQ-9 > Select Livery</line>
<line>Move sensors with RMB in Sensor View</line>
<line>HUD will follow view</line>
<line>Parking brake is on</line>
</help>
3. Keyboard input section (keys to toggle Laser and Infrared ON/OFF
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<key n="12">
<name>Ctrl-l</name>
<desc>LaserArm</desc>
<binding>
<command>property-toggle</command>
<property>/controls/armament/laserarm</property>
</binding>
</key>
<key n="15">
<name>Ctrl-O</name>
<desc>Toggle IR</desc>
<binding>
<command>property-toggle</command>
<property>/sim/rendering/als-filters/use-filtering</property>
</binding>
<binding>
<command>property-toggle</command>
<property>/sim/rendering/als-filters/use-IR-vision</property>
</binding>
<binding>
<command>property-toggle</command>
<property>/sim/hud/current-color</property>
</binding>
</key>
4. Controls to toggle laser on and off
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<controls>
<armament>
<masterarm type="bool">false</masterarm>
<laserarm type="bool">false</laserarm>
</armament>
<engines>
<run1 type="bool">true</run1>
<start1 type="bool">false</start1>
<abort1 type="bool">false</abort1>
</engines>
<gear>
<brake-parking type="double">1</brake-parking>
</gear>
</controls>
Please give it a go and see if you like it
Kind regards,
Skydive