June 13, 201411 yr Hi, I'm a real life pilot who will be training (in a month or two) on a glass panel Bonanza that has a G500, 530W, and 430W - exactly the same avionics as the Malibu JetProp. I'd like to find out how accurate the avionics are - if I train with them, are they close enough to real functionality that the training will carry over? I've always (real life) flown steam gauges, glass avionics are new to me, and I'm trying to find a way to learn them without having to rent time on the plane - at $200 / hour, if the JetProp is usable for training, I can save a bundle. Last and not least - I'm VFR only, so I don't need to learn anything related to approaches, etc. Just basic functionality - using the comms, pulling up airport info on a map, etc. Thanks! Scott
June 13, 201411 yr Scott, my opinion... PFD pretty much like the real thing MFD bare bones map only.. Bert
July 15, 201411 yr Hi, I'm a real life pilot who will be training (in a month or two) on a glass panel Bonanza that has a G500, 530W, and 430W - exactly the same avionics as the Malibu JetProp. I'd like to find out how accurate the avionics are - if I train with them, are they close enough to real functionality that the training will carry over? I know this is a bit old, but hopefully the information will still help. To add to what Bert says, the 430 and 530 are also not going to be very good representations of the RW units. However, the JetProp does support integration of the RXP (Reality XP) 430 and 530 which are based on Garmin's own trainer. The pair will run you around $100, but you'll basically have full functionality in each of these if you go this route. See: http://www.reality-xp.com/flightsim/gns530/index.html The vendor has basically stopped actively supporting these, but help is readily available from the community for most issues. Only works in FSX, not P3D. Scott
August 4, 201411 yr Your best bet would be to use an actual G1000 trainer if you're looking for true functionality. Since your life isn't dependent on it with the game you'll get an overall 'feel' of using it... although I get frustrated a bit with the dials.
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