March 23, 200917 yr Has anyone swapped the default GPS with the RXP GNS430 into the Carenado Arrow? Maybe the 530 unit would work better... | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
March 31, 200917 yr Ryan,I spent some time fiddling with the panel last night, and it turns out that the way the VC is modeled, it's difficult to swap out the avionics. I don't have the RXP stuff, but I do have the SimFlyer GNS 530 & 430, and tried to install them...the space where the original GPS is installed is too small for the GNS530 to look realistic.The GNS430 does fit nicely in the #2 NAVCOMM slot, though, right above the existing transponder and below the #1 NAVCOMM. I tried to put the GNS430 in place of the #1 NAVCOMM but if it's sized correctly, the VC model breaks up the lines of the faceplate, and if you size it to fit, it looks squashed. Best Regards, Kurt "Yoda" Kalbfleisch Pinner, Middx, UK Beta tester for PMDG J41, NGX, and GFO, Flight1 Super King Air B200, Flight1 Cessna Citation Mustang, Flight1 Cessna 182, Flight1 Cessna 177B, Aeroworx B200
April 1, 200917 yr I've got it in the Nav/Com 2 spot. I have the weather radar in where the default GPS is too. Tired of Streetlights everywhere? Try MSFS DarkStreets today!
April 2, 200917 yr Has anyone swapped the default GPS with the RXP GNS430 into the Carenado Arrow? Maybe the 530 unit would work better...The GNS530 fits perfectly as a replacement for the Carenado GPS. Just adjust the hight a bit. Bert
April 2, 200917 yr The GNS530 fits perfectly as a replacement for the Carenado GPS. Just adjust the hight a bit...or was that height? :(ps. A picture is worth a thousand words.. Bert
April 3, 200917 yr Author That looks real nice Bert! Maybe I'll get the 530w | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
April 3, 200917 yr ..or was that height? :(ps. A picture is worth a thousand words..Well Bert..the edit's in your panel cfg even more... :( Rob
April 4, 200917 yr That looks real nice Bert! Maybe I'll get the 530wIf you do, here are the settings://gauge14=FsGpsCarenado2!gps_500, 274, 3 ,155,130...//gauge24=PArrow!Toggle_GPS, 285,14,113,84gauge25=rxpGNS!GNS530, 274,12,153,112 Bert
April 4, 200917 yr I tried to put the GNS430 in place of the #1 NAVCOMM but if it's sized correctly, the VC model breaks up the lines of the faceplate, and if you size it to fit, it looks squashed.That's what I suspected. The radiostack is almost an exact copy of the stacks in their Cessna U206G and Mooney M20J; these also show these lines.As for a third party GNS530 in the place of the Carenado GPS; it somehow looks silly because of the width. It looks squashed vertically. In real life a Garmin 530 is as wide as the rest of the radio's in the stack.If I get this bird I'll just remove the GPS altogether, just as I did with the GPS in the Mooney :( Cheers, Bert AMD Ryzen 5900X, 32 GB RAM, RTX 3080 Ti, Windows 11 Home 64 bit, MSFS 2024
April 6, 200917 yr Author If I get this bird I'll just remove the GPS altogether, just as I did with the GPS in the Mooney :(hehe I don't have the RXP unit yet but I actually removed the default gns from the VC, and increased the size of the 2D popup...looks much better now | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
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