1 hour ago, Alvega said:

I see you are using the TDS mod, can you try without it? 

Good idea.

What I found when not using any mods was:

-- the FD does come on whenever the AP is turned on (didn't with the original TDS mod).
-- When HDG was pushed on, the heading bug did not move and sync with the plane's heading as it did (at least for me) with the TDS mod.
-- When HDG was pushed on, the FD still "turned" in the wrong direction as in my post above. 

It would be good if someone who is not using any mods could check these findings.

Al 

Edited July 9, 2025Jul 9 by ark

1 hour ago, ark said:

Good idea.

What I found when not using any mods was:

-- the FD does come on whenever the AP is turned on (didn't with the original TDS mod).
-- When HDG was pushed on, the heading bug did not move and sync with the plane's heading as it did (at least for me) with the TDS mod.
-- When HDG was pushed on, the FD still "turned" in the wrong direction as in my post above. 

It would be good if someone who is not using any mods could check these findings.

Al 

Just tried it (no mods) and had no issues. The FD turned the right direction when I turned the heading knob.

15 minutes ago, Alvega said:

Just tried it (no mods) and had no issues. The FD turned the right direction when I turned the heading knob.

Interesting.
My FD test was to load onto the runway, set the heading bug off to the side about 30 degrees, then turn on the AP and then push HDG. Was that about what you tried?

What version of the sim are you using? I am not using a FS2024 Beta.

 

 

Edited July 9, 2025Jul 9 by ark

1 hour ago, ark said:

Interesting.
My FD test was to load onto the runway, set the heading bug off to the side about 30 degrees, then turn on the AP and then push HDG. Was that about what you tried?

What version of the sim are you using? I am not using a FS2024 Beta.

 

 

Nope, I tried it as it should normally be used, turned On the AP after taking off, then HDG On and then then turned the HDG knob.

I'm on SU3 beta. 

1 hour ago, Alvega said:

Nope, I tried it as it should normally be used, turned On the AP after taking off, then HDG On and then then turned the HDG knob.

I'm on SU3 beta. 

OK, agree. Why the FD doesn't work correctly on the runway I don't know. When I try a different plane with the same test the FD does work correctly, but as you point out, there is no reason to use the FD on the runway anyway. So that was not a good test. 

I did find out that when using the TDS mod, if I turn on the AP HDG using a button through FSUIPC7, the HDG bug does not sync to the current plane heading, which is useful when flying IFR since there are times when in NAV you like to preset the HDG bug for an upcoming turn using HDG. Why clicking directly on the AP HDG button does sync the heading bug to the plane's heading when using the TDS mod I don't know. I don't have that problem using the TDS GTNs in other planes.

Thanks for the help.

Al

Edited July 9, 2025Jul 9 by ark

8 hours ago, ark said:

OK, agree. Why the FD doesn't work correctly on the runway I don't know. When I try a different plane with the same test the FD does work correctly, but as you point out, there is no reason to use the FD on the runway anyway. So that was not a good test. 

I did find out that when using the TDS mod, if I turn on the AP HDG using a button through FSUIPC7, the HDG bug does not sync to the current plane heading, which is useful when flying IFR since there are times when in NAV you like to preset the HDG bug for an upcoming turn using HDG. Why clicking directly on the AP HDG button does sync the heading bug to the plane's heading when using the TDS mod I don't know. I don't have that problem using the TDS GTNs in other planes.

Thanks for the help.

Al

Hello,

After further investigation, we have determined this to be a recent TDS GTNXi bug.
It will be fixed in the next version, which we hope to release very soon.

1 hour ago, tiberiu11 said:

Hello,

After further investigation, we have determined this to be a recent TDS GTNXi bug.
It will be fixed in the next version, which we hope to release very soon.

Great info, thanks very much.

Al

One more GTNXi panel variant.. stealing the NAV2 radio from the C185.

Credit for the original GTNXi mod goes to@marcfsx.

Download here:  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/icmm6c666u3gaz0tlr2hd/marcfsx-tdsgtnxi-integration-pa28-v4.zip?rlkey=z6qtnhid4qtp2wqbkt6xryaas&st=1i8jc8f6&dl=0

On 6/30/2025 at 3:33 PM, Luis Hernandez said:

I understand there were four planes. One was the CAP-4 Paulistinha (the Brazilian version of the Cub), another one is this Dakota, and another one is yet to come. But which is the other one?

On 6/30/2025 at 6:10 PM, Tuskin38 said:

The Cessna 185f was the first one they released.

I gave all three of them a try. For the price I paid ($0), I liked them a lot. Too bad there aren't yet any PMS50 mods for these planes. I hope to be wrong.

There's a mod out to add the GTN pms50 to the 2024 Dakota. Works perfectly.

https://flightsim.to/file/93736/2024-pms50-gtn-gps-replacements-for-older-eyes

You also need the mod https://flightsim.to/file/13415/jds-gtn750-on-gns530-mod, 

Both are required for the mods to work. Sorry I wasn't more clear. The folder in the above that's required is called  "ZZZ JD 00 GTN750    MAIN MOD 2.1" - REQUIRED for all the other folders to work!

23 hours ago, mikegrr said:

There's a mod out to add the GTN pms50 to the 2024 Dakota. Works perfectly.

https://flightsim.to/file/93736/2024-pms50-gtn-gps-replacements-for-older-eyes

Does it replace the whole gns gauge, or only the screen?

4 hours ago, Bert Pieke said:

Does it replace the whole gns gauge, or only the screen?

It replaces just the screen...no bezel replacement.

1 hour ago, flyblueskies said:

It replaces just the screen...no bezel replacement.

Not worth it, in my opinion. We need one that replaces the bezel too, like marcfsx did for the TDS. This one breaks immersion for me. 

2 hours ago, Alvega said:

We need one that replaces the bezel too, like marcfsx did for the TDS

Agreed...I wonder if @marcfsx could develop one for the PMS50 version...

Edited July 14, 2025Jul 14 by flyblueskies