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I apologize if this has been addressed in other threads. I tried a search and browsing the topic titles, but didn't come up with anything. I also understand if this is a gauge/model issue and can't be fixed. I have the freeware Douglas C-47 v2 and Basler BT-67 from Manfred Jahn (available from Sim-Outhouse.com and I think also from here). Both versions use Basler's modernized cockpit that includes an updated 6-pack, new engine indicating gauges, and a GNS530 over GNS430 stack. The stack is fully modeled in the VC and when I installed the GPS in place of the originals, the click spots appear to work fine, but the screen itself doesn't display anything but black. It is differently a different color between the on and off states (as if the unit is powering up the screen but not the computer), so I think it's trying to work. I am pretty well versed in doing panel work and use both FS Panel Studio and notepad to make edits all the time for personal preference, so I did check other aircraft I have the Mindstar installed in and don't think I missed any "ghost entries". Any suggestion on what I might be doing wrong?

I'm not sure that this is P3D v2.5 compatible. There's no mention of it in the description, only 2.0 and from my understanding, 2.5 has some fairly substantial modifications from 2.0 that probably are the source of some of your issues.

They really do nothing for you on landing, so I'd just forgo use of them. Having spoken to real world Citation II and V pilots, they very rarely have to use the speedbrakes with good planning, even when making idle-power descents will yield you vertical speeds in excess of 3000 FPM without their use.

Glad you got it worked out, but I wonder why you were under the impression that you needed to arm the "spoilers"? First, the Citation II doesn't have spoilers, it has speedbrakes. Second, even if you could arm them, they are pretty much useless on landing because they are designed to add drag only, not destroy lift, and at 100 knots, it's too slow to really be effective. Since I've started flying the S550, I have to admit that I've not yet used the speedbrakes because I've not had to descend that fast that I hit idle thrust.

FIrst - Fr. Bill, again, my mistake. I didn't see David's name in the credits for the MilViz 737 documentation and thought you were the one who did it. Second for both Bill & Narutokun - I actually do understand on a general level the kind of effort that Carenado has gone through to make a Navigraph-compliant FMS. I don't discount it one bit. What I discount is charging an additional fee to the users who've already paid for a product that was advertised to have an FMS and wasn't delivered with an FMS. If this addon covers more than just the Citation S550, then I'll happily pay the money because the "update" isn't a fix for a missing piece of the S550 by itself. I will hesitate paying for what I was led to believe was part of what I paid for in the first place as it's CLEARLY advertised on their page to be included. That is the only thing I have been negative about and it is what most of those who've responded on Facebook have expressed as well.

Here's the thing though - I already pay Navigraph for that data. Now I'm paying Carenado to add it after they (in my opinion) lied about having an FMS and not a GPS skin. What they delivered was not an FMS. It was a performance calculator (partial) with the default GPS. It wasn't capable of flying *any* RNAV procedures as FSX isn't capable of doing LPV, something that the UNS-1F is capable of doing.

Sorry, I think I got myself mixed up this morning... Anyway, you're right that Fr. Bill is the coder on the UNS-1F. My confusion was furthered by the fact that I've found that the GNS-XLS is actually more prevalent in Citation II upgrades than the UNS-1F, making the GNS a much better fit (and why I was in the process of replacing the "Universal" for my personal use before Janek did a much, much better job of it).

Don't forget too that the MilViz UNS-1F is the ISG UNS-1 repackaged as Ernie did the programming for both. Again I wonder why Carenado didn't just simply contact Ernie and license the technology for their own as the ISG FMS is already Navigraph compliant as well. As for the charge - If this is a multi-aircraft "update" to add their FMS/Navigraph to all of them for one price, then I'm okay with $10. If it's for the Cessna only, then I'll just keep using Janek's package as I have been. Carenado did not advertise the FMS in the Citation as a "lite" FMS. They called it "fully functional". That they delivered what is 95% a mask of the FSX default GPS using its internal database (which can't be updated properly due to its design), to me, is false advertising. To then rectify that situation and expect me to pay for it, it unethical on so many levels. I do hope that they clarify what they're releasing in short order, or they will find that this "update" will likely blow up in their face.

Typically, if you have that kind of wobble, you're either too slow, too heavy, or both. If you're above 75% payload, don't go much above FL330 until you burn off some of your fuel and make sure you're keeping your speed up. BTW, I've talked to a couple of real world Citation pilots and they say that the real thing is fairly sensitive to weight and the real AP does tend to hunt quite a bit when heavy.

SimBrief has a Citation II profile and it seems to be pretty good. If you're a member (free) of FlightAware.com, they have a flight planner for the United States that also includes a Citation II profile and will give you a pretty accurate fuel loading as well.

I don't agree that PMDG wrecked this segment of the market. Carenado wrecked it for themselves when they failed to produce a Citation II that matched the functionality and fidelity of an aircraft released 5 years ago.

Add to that the Sperry Multi-window not working at all. Yes, right now it shows the "Altitude Alert", but it's a mutli-mode window and I find it sad that Bill & the team at Eaglesoft were able to program it to work right on their 5+ year old plane but Carenado can't even get it to work right in a single mode. If you're going to include the gauge and show videos of it, then you need to make it work right.

Yeah, Carenado made a bit of a goof when they did the CFG. The C25A is the Cessna CItationJet CJ2, not the Citation II.

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Yep. Showing through the USB Headset, but I've also tested it set to the XFi (speaker output) and gotten the same result.