On 9/11/2020 at 9:24 AM, snglecoil said:

Kinda funny because in real life the GTN's touchscreens are a pain to use in turbulence the way the GNS/G1000s are a pain to use in turbulence in the sim.

That has not been my experience.  In fact just the opposite.  The physical units IRL are not difficult in rough air.  I just ground my pinky finger on the panel to stabilize my hand and then my index finger is my friend.

57 minutes ago, fppilot said:

That has not been my experience.  In fact just the opposite.  The physical units IRL are not difficult in rough air.  I just ground my pinky finger on the panel to stabilize my hand and then my index finger is my friend.

Agreed.  That's my experience with the 650.  I mean it wasn't severe turbulence or anything.

650/750 the most easiest and intuitive GPS units I  have ever used IRL

1 hour ago, fppilot said:

That has not been my experience.  In fact just the opposite.  The physical units IRL are not difficult in rough air.  I just ground my pinky finger on the panel to stabilize my hand and then my index finger is my friend.

I like the workflow of the GTNs for sure. I just find the tiny touch screen letters in the 650 hard to punch in turbulence. Worth the trouble though.

18 minutes ago, snglecoil said:

I like the workflow of the GTNs for sure. I just find the tiny touch screen letters in the 650 hard to punch in turbulence. Worth the trouble though.

Would you prefer dials like on 430/530 ? I actually witness people broke gns knob in turbulence so badly that we had to take unit to avionic shop after! 

19 minutes ago, sd_flyer said:

Would you prefer dials like on 430/530 ? I actually witness people broke gns knob in turbulence so badly that we had to take unit to avionic shop after! 

No what I’d like is to be allowed to have a difference in opinion based on my own experience. 

25 minutes ago, snglecoil said:

No what I’d like is to be allowed to have a difference in opinion based on my own experience. 

Fair enough 

And FWIW, it is really a moot point as one can use the input knobs on the GTN in lieu of touchscreen if desired ....so win/win really.

Disregarding personal preference touch screen is well accepted trend in aviation industry. B787, A320, Space X Dragon and etc all have touch screen avionics and obviously it works quite well for majority in air and in space 🙂

12 hours ago, Piper5299X said:

 There are other options besides RXP. 

The flight 1 one isn’t a good option though. Inferior product to the RXP one but us beggars can’t be choosers either.

I have found sort of a workaround for the GPS units in MSFS 2020. I use Aivlasoft  EFB, and discovered that inputing something into the EFB like a direct to, or approach, couples it into the G 1000 and G 530. I also select an approach in EFB, and the same thing happens. It even sets the Nav radio frequencies, so they don't have to be dialed in. I use Simbrief to make my FP, use the Simbrief downloader to load it into EFB and MSFS 2020, and that takes care of the FP part of it. THen anything else, FB handles. Works like a charm, and I don't have to turn any dials to program in waypoints or fixes. 

36 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

I have found sort of a workaround for the GPS units in MSFS 2020. I use Aivlasoft  EFB,

This looks interesting - I am not familiar with the product.  I can understand using it with Simbrief - has anyone tried coupling it with the Navigraph DB?

Disregard

Edited February 8, 20215 yr by CaptainNick

check out this:

GTN750 BETA (pms50.com)

is really good and database is from Navigraph

I have been use it.

Edited April 30, 20215 yr by jadamian
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2 hours ago, jadamian said:

check out this:

GTN750 BETA (pms50.com)

is really good and database is from Navigraph

I have been use it.

Hello,

I am testing it

Could be a good alternative and premium version is free for the moment

Edited April 30, 20215 yr by af1134