On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:47:17 -0700, Jay Honeck
wrote:

The Garmin GPS units are recreated with complete accuracy

No, they aren't.

Yes, 'fraid they are.

During the last 8 months I have been working with the FAA to get my
3rd class reinstated, so of course I have not been able to fly.
However, I have been using FS2004 and FSX to see if it these flight
sims would, at a minimum, help keep me from forgetting some of the
basic procedures.
Since my recent experience has been in Piper Archer III aircraft, I
wanted a sim aircraft that was as identical to that as possible. After
looking around the 'net for a while I ran across an Archer III that
incorporates the Garmin 430 trainer for the GPS in the sim. This
aircraft is only available for the FS2004 version, so I have abandoned
FSX altogether.
So far, the sim GPS seems to be as functional as the 430's in the real
Archers I have flown. But I have yet to fly enough to fully try out
all the capabilities of the 430s.