Microsoft FSX Real-Life Weather

The Garmin GPS units are recreated with complete accuracy

No, they aren't.

Yes, 'fraid they are.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder 56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote in news:1193168888.248907.85890
@v23g2000prn.googlegroups.com:

The Garmin GPS units are recreated with complete accuracy

No, they aren't.

Yes, 'fraid they are.


No, they aren't


Bertie

On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:48:08 -0700, Jay Honeck wrote:

Yes, 'fraid they are.

Sorta yes and no...

The RXP Garmin 430/530 for Flight Sim can't be upgraded with WAAS software,
topographic map databases/terrain awareness or the datalink receiver for
NEXRAD, METARs, TAFs and lightning data.

But oddly enough, it can cross-fill if you have two of them... something
even the Garmin Trainer can't do.

--
Dallas

Dallas writes:

The RXP Garmin 430/530 for Flight Sim can't be upgraded with WAAS software,
topographic map databases/terrain awareness or the datalink receiver for
NEXRAD, METARs, TAFs and lightning data.

All the buttons work the same.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Dallas writes:

The RXP Garmin 430/530 for Flight Sim can't be upgraded with WAAS
software, topographic map databases/terrain awareness or the datalink
receiver for NEXRAD, METARs, TAFs and lightning data.

All the buttons work the same.


How would you know, fjukkwit?


Bertie

Sorry Jay, you obviously don't use the Garmin sim for approaches. It is
pathetic how bad it is. My FSX with SP1 flying the GPS 30 into IOW (your
airport) does the following. By the way I have visited your hotel and seen
Kiwi, it is nice.

Distance showing in the main NAV screen has no decimal point showing only
whole numbers, No indication of the CDI scaling to verify the proper
approach modes are active, cannot go direct to a flight plan fix either in a
regular flight plan or part of an approach without manually typing it in and
losing the rest of the flight plan or approach functionality.

And here is a very serious error. The TO/FROM flag doesn't switch in
Holding or SUSP mode. When flying past the missed approach fix it doesn't
switch into SUSP and flip the TO/FROM to FROM, it sequences directly to a
waypoint called 1500 which happens to be the initial missed approach
altitude for that approach.

You can't customize the fields on the pages, etc, etc.. It is a poor
excuse for the real thing.

Ron A.


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
The Garmin GPS units are recreated with complete accuracy

No, they aren't.

Yes, 'fraid they are.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder 56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

You can't customize the fields on the pages, etc, etc.. It is a poor
excuse for the real thing.

Interesting. This is *not* what other pilots have told me. (I don't
have a Garmin 430/530 in the panel, so can only parrot what others
have told me...)

I've heard that the Garmin 430 in the AOPA Cherokee Six is close to
perfect. Have you seen this version? (It's a freely downloadable
aircraft, but I think it only works in FS2004.)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"