GNS430W into Carenado Arrow?

[ryanbatc 12,820]

Has anyone swapped the default GPS with the RXP GNS430 into the Carenado Arrow? Maybe the 530 unit would work better...

[Yoda967 23]

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.

[kiwikat 506]

I've got it in the Nav/Com 2 spot. I have the weather radar in where the default GPS is too.

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

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 Pieke 7,584]

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..

[ryanbatc 12,820]

That looks real nice Bert! Maybe I'll get the 530w

[RobdeVries 28]

..or was that height? :(ps. A picture is worth a thousand words..

Well Bert..the edit's in your panel cfg even more... :( Rob

[Bert Pieke 7,584]

That looks real nice Bert! Maybe I'll get the 530w

If 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

[Rimshot 1,135]

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 :(

[ryanbatc 12,820]

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