With regards to the issue you found about not seeing the gauges easily on-screen, it’s annoying that you have to keep moving the camera to see them, then jump back to look “out the window”.
For that problem, I’ve been working on another project, to display custom gauges on a separate monitor, or even on another PC.
I’m planning to use the SimConnectHelper as an alternative method of communicating with the FS, so it has a practical use, rather than just used for a tutorial.