Is any of the Payware or even shareware working on the Garmin G1000 panel.This thing seems to be catching on .. The Cessna Skylane 2004 seems to be coming out with it, the Cirrus already has it.. the Diamond D40 has a version with this avionics.It would really be cool.. if someone is working on this... Anyone here know anything?:)

There has been a little bit of discussion about it on the RealityXP forum.Selfishly, I would prefer that someone do the Avidyne Entegra setup instead, because that's what's in the Cirrus SR20 that I fly. And also, as I tried to point out in the other forum, the Garmin displays are HUGE and high resolution, so you'd really need a dedicated display for both the PFD and MFD to really be able to read them well. I saw an article in either Private Pilot or Plane and Pilot at the store yesterday that had the largest photos I've seen so far of each Garmin display, and noted that the font size for (for example) the COM and NAV radios is quite small, and representing that accurately in an FS Gauge would make those really small once you crammed it into a panel.So then the question becomes, "how many simmers have multiple display setups that could really use these gauges in a readable fashion?" I am reasonably fanatic about this stuff, but I still only have a 17.5" monitor as my main display and a 15" one for instruments. And the vast majority of FS2004 users only have one monitor.The same argument might be made about the Avidyne Entegra displays, but they don't have as much information represented on them (especially the PFD) and the fonts used are larger, so I think it's more feasible to get a good gauge simulation of the Entegra that more than a few people could use.Don't get me wrong - I'd love to see either one "done up" by RXP or someone else - and if I knew a programmer that had the bandwidth to gin one of these up as an OpenGL display application, I'd already be working on the "high level" specification for him. Any takers? 8^) Dave Blevins

Thanks Dave,I picked up the current issue of FLYING Magazine.. it had a nice article on the G1000 Garmin... and some pictures of the Front panel of the Cessna Skylane, Diamond D40 and the Cirrus...I was drooling...and ..here you are flying a real Cirrus..At the flying school I go to... one of the student there owns a Cirrus... he has his CFI as the pilot for that aircraft for insurance. LOL :)I get to fly a lowly..Cessna 172. :(

Hi Manny,At what field is this at? This sounds like my field - KLOM.Bob

Hi Bob,Nah... This one is at 52F Roanoke, TX:)

The payware one is at www.MindstarAviation.com

Dave, as yoou know, Eaglesoft already has Avidyne Entegra EX500 in our Cirrus Series and they will soon be updated for more realistic operation and performance :-)Eaglesoft will also feature the Mindstar G1000 mentioned below:-)

the cessna i fly has that setup... love it/hate it. too much info jammed in it but i opted for it because i want to go commercial and might as well get used to it from now.otherwise, i really do not like it... it's not like the typical glass cockpit.