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I don't usually post much, but I figured I'd share a few differences I've found between Carenado's offering and the real airplane. First thing I noticed was the IAS feature on the GFC unit acts very similar to an autothrottle in the sim as it moves the power lever to set the speed. In the actual aircraft the IAS mode is used to have the autopilot hold a constant airspeed climb by varying the aircrafts pitch, there is no automation to the power lever in the actual aircraft at all (all pilot controlled). Others have mentioned the sensitivity of the pitch trim. The actual aircraft's pitch trim is pretty sensitive, it only takes a "bump" or two of trim to hold the nose, it's not a push-and-hold like other aircraft. As for the performance, at 11,000 and 80% power its burning about 17.1 gal/hr and giving me roughly 187 KTAS which is about what I normally see in reality. All said, I own several other Carenado aircraft with varying degrees of satisfaction and I'm plesantly suprised by this one, but I'm still only half way through my first flight with it. They hit pretty well in my wheelhouse with this one as this is an airplane I fly in reality. -Ryan

HI all, With all the talk here about RXP integration, I decided to give it a shot. I was able to replace the 400 with the RXP 430 (I know, apples and oranges...) much in the same manner as in the A36. With a bit of adjusting the alignment, it seems to play nicely. Being that the actual 3D gauge is a 400, you're not going to get the left knob and radio controls, however if you hover your mouse over where they ought to be you can get to those functions. As for it driving the Avidyne and EFIS, it behaves the same as the Aspen display in the A36 (i.e. the CDI will display and the autopilot will fly the RXP course and you'll get an accurate distance counter, but nothing else registers). Hope this answers a few questions -Ryan

Ryan,RE: Issue number 2, The clickspot to activate the cursor once in the AUX page is fairly small (I found it almost entirely by accident), it is located between the selection knob and the mount screw in the lower right hand corner (Think Reality XP style, just opposite side).Hope this helps,Ryan

Excellent, I'll keep an eye out for the patch. Thanks.

I've noticed this as well. When climbing to altitude the I seem to be able to set the RPM to whatever value I'd like within the normal operating range, once I level off however and the aircraft establishes it's cruise speed the RPM seems to stay fixed at whatever value I set in climb regardless of prop lever position. The other strange RPM setting I've noticed in this aircraft is that it will not idle on the ground below 1000-1100 RPM. I understand this could be a calibration issue, so to double check I've used the F1 command to set the throttle position to idle with 0% showing on the tooltip. Most all manufacturers for the aircraft I fly in real life call for a ground idle of no lower than 1000 RPM, so I could understand the thought process behind that number, however almost every aircraft I've flown has to have the throttle increased slightly from its physical idle stop in order to obtain that 1000 RPM.