Comments on: New approach-capable GPS navigator in X-Plane 10.30

By: Ben Supnik

Ben Supnik — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 17:52:13 +0000

In reply to Bob Marsh. We are investigating that now. Generally speaking, if you have a 3-d cockpit and you have mapped the existing instrument (62 pixels tall) from the 3-d panel texture to that 3-d cockpit, it's going to be hard to read in the 3-d cockpit, because the panel texture is too low res. That's not something X-Plane can work around internally. We're looking at the best compatibility options, and a user can always click on the small instrument to get the big clean popup version. We'll post guidelines once we've found the best options.

By: Bob Marsh

Bob Marsh — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 17:02:25 +0000

I look forward to the upgrade of the 430 GPS in the current aircraft in my hanger.
Are there any compatibility problems which would result from differences in the texture resolution used in existing cockpit panels and the texture resolution used for the new 430 instrument. Hopefully, the “snap-in” is meant to be truly automatic and would occur for current dual 430 cockpits also.
Good Work!

By: Dugald McCallum

Dugald McCallum — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 14:52:11 +0000

Good news – your last image appears to indicate that the fault doesn’t exist in your new GPS. If I position my aircraft at KDFW with the NAV1 frequency shown in your image, the morse ID is CAE, and the aircraft’s DME display shows 28 nm, in agreement with your image. (The default GPS, on the other hand, shows 4960 nm to the VOR station, so it’s not just in the UK that it gets this wrong; moreover, the distance doesn’t even change when I change the frequency.)

Now I’m REALLY looking forward to this one. Thank you.

By: David Belafonte

David Belafonte — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 13:59:02 +0000

In reply to David Belafonte. Excellent!

By: Philipp Münzel

Philipp Münzel — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 13:16:05 +0000

In reply to David Belafonte. I was talking about the new gps I made for 10.30.

By: David Belafonte

David Belafonte — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 12:16:33 +0000

In reply to David Belafonte. Sorry to report, for me at least, double clicking doesn't do it.

By: David Belafonte

David Belafonte — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 02:09:43 +0000

In reply to Philipp Münzel. Will give that go and report back. Thanks!

By: Philipp Münzel

Philipp Münzel — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 00:49:53 +0000

In reply to David Belafonte. If I remember correctly, the sequence for doing that is press the -D-> button twice.

By: David Belafonte

David Belafonte — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:11:52 +0000

With the current XP 430 there is no way to refresh the aircraft’s current position relative to the selected waypoint without “re-initializizing” the unit via the “Direct To” button and re-entering the waypoint. Aircraft equipped with the stock FMC, however, do allow a “one click” position refresh, allowing regular updates during the flight.

Question: Will the new 430/530 have such a “one click” refresh option?

By: Philipp Münzel

Philipp Münzel — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 12:35:31 +0000

In reply to Maxwaldorf. All of the above is supported to be flown with and also displayed correctly by the 430.