Hi, I was wondering if there is any kind of 3rd party Garmin with a 2D popup panel that can be used for any aircraft, like what FSX, P3D offers by default?  For P3D and X-Plane 11 I use Reality XP which is a GN750 2D popup panel that can be equipped with any aircraft.  My biggest problem with MSFS is there are a lot of cool planes that don't have a GPS which means I can't navigate worth of s***.  I never learned how to navigate using VOR's and I really suck at trying to flly VFR in planes without a GPS.  I did some searching on the web, I didn't find much but I did find this: SimFlyer – Avionics Expansion Packs for Microsoft® Flight Simulator and Prepar3D® but I'm not sure if that's what I think it is or if it's something else, the description is pretty vague so I'm not sure if the Garmins there are 2D popup panels.  If I'm wrong about the SimFlyer Garmins can anyone please tell me if there are any 2D Garmin GPS panels I can use with MSFS?

The TDS GTN xi will do what you want.  You can run it on a 2nd monitor or ipad/tablet with space desk 

6 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

The TDS GTN xi will do what you want.  You can run it on a 2nd monitor or ipad/tablet with space desk 

Awesome!  I'll look into it, thank you for the tip, I appreciate it.

I still want to know though, what is it exactly that Simflyer is selling here http://simflyer.net/content/? I don't understand what they are selling there.

You can pop out most of the built in glass screens in most cockpits. (hold RIGHT ALT key then Left Click on instrument). This feature works fine but has a substantial FPS hit. naturally if it is a steam gauge aircraft with no glass there is nothing to pop out.

Aside from the TDS 750 mentioned above,  The freeware and payware variants of the GTN750 from pms50.com also have a pop out feature that works on all aircraft.

The differences:

1. TDN750 uses the Garmin trainer so is as close to the real life unit as you can ever get, but is hence also limited in terms of currency of map updates. The current update for the Garmin trainer is as new as you are going to get
2. the payware pms50 gtn750 uses your Navigraph subscription and hence maps are up to date but is NOT the Garmin trainer
3. freeware pms50 gtn750 has most functionality but lacks maps and a few other minor features, I think it lacks weather radar for example. still it is free.

Edited March 12, 20233 yr by Glenn Fitzpatrick

7 hours ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said:

You can pop out most of the built in glass screens in most cockpits. (hold RIGHT ALT key then Left Click on instrument). This feature works fine but has a substantial FPS hit. naturally if it is a steam gauge aircraft with no glass there is nothing to pop out.

Aside from the TDS 750 mentioned above,  The freeware and payware variants of the GTN750 from pms50.com also have a pop out feature that works on all aircraft.

The differences:

1. TDN750 uses the Garmin trainer so is as close to the real life unit as you can ever get, but is hence also limited in terms of currency of map updates. The current update for the Garmin trainer is as new as you are going to get
2. the payware pms50 gtn750 uses your Navigraph subscription and hence maps are up to date but is NOT the Garmin trainer
3. freeware pms50 gtn750 has most functionality but lacks maps and a few other minor features, I think it lacks weather radar for example. still it is free.

That's so great to know there's so many options, thank you for the information, that's extremely helpful.  I think I've heard of the pms50 but I didn't realize it had a 2D panel that works on all aircraft.  I own planes like the Wing42 Boeing 247D and the OZX Grumman Goose Redux II for example that has no GPS but they are really fun to fly.  I know it's cheating but the good thing about flight simulators is that you can fly however you want to.  I do plan to learn how to navigate using VOR's and NDB's eventually but it would be awesome to be able to use GPS on all planes.