from manual page 12 :
HUD in VC works on the following aircraft:
· FSX Acceleration F/A-18 (preinstalled)
· FSX Acceleration CS F/A-18D (use Weapon Loader)

isn't it a typo ? shouldn't it be instead :

· FSX Acceleration F/A-18 (use Weapon Loader)
· FSX Acceleration CS F/A-18D (preinstalled)

No. It is correct. With Weapon for FSX, you get the CS_F/A-18, who's VC is aliased to the Acceleration F/A-18's VC. So if Acceleration is NOT installed, you won't get the armed CS_F/A-18. Hope that makes sense.

I also own Captain Sim X-Load which comes with the F/A-18D. I had to use the Weapon 'Loader" to add Weapon for FSX to it. Weapon for FSX did not change anything in the CS_F/A-18D folder when it was installed. So it IS done using the "Loader".

"With Weapon for FSX, you get the CS_F/A-18, who's VC is aliased to the Acceleration F/A-18's VC. So if Acceleration is NOT installed, you won't get the armed CS_F/A-18. Hope that makes sense"

Acceleration is part of my FSX version (Gold Edition). It's true I got the CS F/A-18 along with the Weapon for FSX installation. The green logo in the aircraft preview means the Weapon has been already installed. That's what I call a pre-installation which provides all the Weapon features including the VC HUD.

I did not install Weapon yet in the default F/A-18 which is already fitted with the default FSX VC HUD. To do it, I need to run the Weapon Loader. Wrong or right ?

That's the reason why I think there might be a typo page 12 of the manual talking about the Weapon VC HUD

ontheair wrote on Jul 7^th, 2012 at 1:33pm:

I did not install Weapon yet in the default F/A-18 which is already fitted with the default FSX VC HUD. To do it, I need to run the Weapon Loader. Wrong or right ?

Right. You need to use the Weapon Loader to add Weapon for FSX to the default F/A-18.

To use the Weapon VC HUD, replace the line gauge03=fa-18!MFD, 578, 579, 440, 440, 4 NOSCANLINES with gauge03=CSWeapon!hud3d, 526, 515, 550, 550, like this:

[Vcockpit01]
Background_color=0,0,0
size_mm=1024,1024

visible=1
pixel_size=1024,1024
texture=$F18_A_GAUGE1

;1 = left DDI
;2 = right DDI
;3 = center DDI

gauge00=fa-18!MFD, 450,4,440,440, 1
gauge01=fa-18!MFD, 4, 452, 440, 440, 2
gauge02=fa-18!MFD, 4,4,440,440, 3
gauge03=CSWeapon!hud3d, 526, 515, 550, 550
//gauge03=fa-18!MFD, 578, 579, 440, 440, 4 NOSCANLINES
gauge04=fa-18!UFC_WINDOW, 4, 898, 193, 58, 1
gauge05=fa-18!UFC_WINDOW, 204, 898, 193, 58, 2
gauge06=fa-18!UFC_WINDOW, 4, 960, 193, 58, 3
gauge07=fa-18!UFC_WINDOW, 204, 960, 193, 58, 4
gauge08=fa-18!UFC_WINDOW, 450, 446, 193, 58, 5
gauge09=fa-18!UFC_SCRATCHPAD, 648, 448, 264, 57
gauge10=fa-18!UFC_COM, 400, 899, 47, 58, 1
gauge11=fa-18!UFC_COM, 400, 961, 47, 58, 2