To see a real G1000 simulator
http://www.frasca.com/web_pages/broc...20brochure.htm

Have not checked price and options, but as soon as I win the
lottery...

"Mark Hansen" wrote in message
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| On 10/13/06 05:57, akiley wrote:
| The best I could do with the CD yoke and pedals was to
get aileron to
| bank only. The plane does not turn with aileron only.
The pedals
| cause it to turn, so I can use the both together. The
throttle works.
| I think the track up mode is messed up to where the
heading doesn't
| align with you track.
|
| I used CH's manager that aloud me to map the functions
on my yoke, but
| it took a lot of messing around.
|
| Have you hit the Menu button two times on the G1000?
You get all sort
| of options as to where the aircraft is placed at
startup. I now,
| disconnect my joystick by setting it to off mode in the
manager. If
| you don't have a similar manager, just physically unplug
your yoke or
| joystick. When unplugged, all the items on the
Menu/Menu page can be
| set. You can have your aircraft autopilot on the
flightplan you have
| activated, or just manually put in headings, airspeed,
altitude etc.
|
| Too bad Garmin couldn't get a very rough flight sim
going by just
| getting controls to work in a very basic manner. But
Garmin is much
| better than other companies. I tried to get Bendix to
make a KLN94 GPS
| only sim. They claimed they were working on it 3 years
ago, but it
| never happened. Akiley
|
| They completed it, but couldn't get approval from King to
distribute
| it, so they had to put it on the shelf. Too bad, I would
really like
| to see that simulator too.
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| Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
| Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
| Sacramento, CA