November 29, 201114 yr http://www.avsim.com/pages/1111/Carenado/337.html When Pigs Fly . Ray Marshall .
December 4, 201114 yr Hi Ray,As I mentioned in the feedback thread its an excellent well-written review.I have been flying the heck out of it since picking it up a few weeks ago and have noticed a couple bugs (maybe peculiar to me but I think pointed out elsewhere?):1-It took me a couple flights to notice but changing the COM1 frequency on the Collins box does not change the frequency selected on the GNS 530 GPS. I was trucking along on VATSIM and wondering about the lack of chatter on UNICOM when I noticed this. In order to get on the right frequency the GNS 530 had to be changed. Shouldn't these be slaved together?2-I notice the GNS 530 physical display does not look very sharp in the cockpit by comparison to the rest of the panel (the housing and buttons are great-its the display). Since I can bring it up with Shift-1 its not a huge issue.Other than that its a great model. And even on my middle-aged system it runs perfect as far as frame impact goes.CheersTedp.s. Awaiting that POH! AVSIM Staff ReviewerBush Is Good!
December 4, 201114 yr Author Hi Ray,As I mentioned in the feedback thread its an excellent well-written review.I have been flying the heck out of it since picking it up a few weeks ago and have noticed a couple bugs (maybe peculiar to me but I think pointed out elsewhere?):1-It took me a couple flights to notice but changing the COM1 frequency on the Collins box does not change the frequency selected on the GNS 530 GPS. I was trucking along on VATSIM and wondering about the lack of chatter on UNICOM when I noticed this. In order to get on the right frequency the GNS 530 had to be changed. Shouldn't these be slaved together?2-I notice the GNS 530 physical display does not look very sharp in the cockpit by comparison to the rest of the panel (the housing and buttons are great-its the display). Since I can bring it up with Shift-1 its not a huge issue.Other than that its a great model. And even on my middle-aged system it runs perfect as far as frame impact goes.CheersTedp.s. Awaiting that POH!Can you just mouse click on the face of the GPS to bring it up and take it back down?Ray When Pigs Fly . Ray Marshall .
December 6, 201114 yr 1-It took me a couple flights to notice but changing the COM1 frequency on the Collins box does not change the frequency selected on the GNS 530 GPS. I was trucking along on VATSIM and wondering about the lack of chatter on UNICOM when I noticed this. In order to get on the right frequency the GNS 530 had to be changed. Shouldn't these be slaved together?The Collins radio is COM2, the GPS is COM1. Bert
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