http://www.reality-xp.com/products/WX5/index.htmAny initial reports? You'll have to wait for tomorrow to hear mine!Best,sg

Hi, my initial report - it

You beta testers have all the fun - where'd you get that apollo from?;)THANKS for those shots, Uwe!sg

Errr, Apollo? Apollo 13? Houston, we have a problem here...http://mitglied.lycos.de/simdream/fla.jpgWon

HummDo you want a beta tester to tell you how it is? :)Tested with Meridian/Cheyenne/PMDG737 and of course allways with AS2004. The first plane in 3d only the other in 2D. Reading the manual is a must to understand what to expect from it and how to use it. The best place was Papua and Timor were had lots of returns and had to descend avoiding the cells.Jos

How's it on the frame rates?ScottATP/CFII-KCOS

Each case is a case. But this is what I'm getting.http://www.simforums.com/forums/forum_post...p?TID=6388&PN=1Jos

As usual-a fantastic addition to reality from Reality Xp!How lucky for us simmers!http://mywebpages.comcast.net/geofa/pages/rxp-pilot.jpg

Uwe -I just gave a quick look to the manual. I would like to first use the WX500 in the F1 Meridian. Will the EZConfig Manager add the WX500 to the Meridian panel in 2D and 3D modes (where the blank multi-function device currently is), or does it simply add an icon and pop-up window? What is involved with adding it to display on the panels?(Perhaps this is better asked at the F1 or Reality boards, but since the thread is going here, thought I would ask).Thanks, Steve J.KHEF

I've replaced the Navajo's GPS with the radar and it shows up fine in the Navajo's 2D and VC views. You can run the automatic installer which adds an icon to the 2D to open the radar as a window. There was nothing tricky with manually installing it yourself into the 2D and VC panels either.

Where did they put the radar antena on that Cardinal? In a dome under the cockpit or in a big dish like the AWACS planes? LOL...In all seriousness though, in real life does this gauge simply repeat data it recieves through a standard radio transimssion, or is there a dish somewhere on the aircraft?Curious.

This unit would have to only have an small external whip antena. As this is simulating a NEXRAD uplink only (you can see that in the way the display is setup)To simulate an onboard WX radar system would be far to complex to do within the framework of FS to provide any real usage.

>This unit would have to only have an small external whip>antena. As this is simulating a NEXRAD uplink only (you can>see that in the way the display is setup)But if this is the case shouldn't NEXRAD data be displayed on the Garmin ? Clearly the box above includes knobs and switches that relate to onboard weather radar.Michael J.

>This unit would have to only have an small external whip>antena. As this is simulating a NEXRAD uplink only (you can>see that in the way the display is setup)>>To simulate an onboard WX radar system would be far to complex>to do within the framework of FS to provide any real usage.It simulates an on-board radar system with an antenna dish that transmits and receives a radio signal with antenna tilt controls, gain controls, and mode controls. Not an internet uplink. They managed to tap into the 3D wx cloud generation engine to turn that into radar display data.

>It simulates an on-board radar system with an antenna dish>that transmits and receives a radio signal with antenna tilt>controls, gain controls, and mode controls. Not an internet>uplink. Ok, thanks Kevin for your clarification. Something didn't sound right to me ...Michael J.