Duke problems
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I recently bought the Piston duke, its a wonderful plane. However, i have noticed a few issues.
The GNS 530 and GNS 430 will not display the flight plan created in the world map,
And it recently CTD during a flight. Flight plan below.
CYQR WAINN RYLEY SAVID KIXEX LIBAT RIGIS CEZ3
I am on Xbox and was using the KX-155B and the PMS50 GTN650.
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I'm glad you've (hopefully) been able to enjoy the aircraft since making your purchase.
The GNS 530/430 not importing the world map flight plan is a known issue with the hot-swapping feature of the Working Title GNS. Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do about it as an aircraft developer, to the best of my knowledge. I have recently seen some suggestions (I believe on the Official MSFS forums) that will cause the GNS to load the flight plan. I will post them here, if I can find them. I know that loading the PMS50 GTN first, and pressing the import flight plan button, then switching to the GNS 530 should work.
As for the CTD, you are only the second report of a CTD with any of my aircraft in multiple years, with the last one being a simulator-level bug. The way I design my aircraft tends to be very resistant to CTD's, luckily. This is my first aircraft on XBOX, however, so I will pay very close attention to any further reports of CTD's on the platform.
Please stay in touch and let me know if you have any more issues!
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I got the freeware GTN750, I can import the flight plan from that and it will load on the 530/430, you don't have to use the 750, just have it in the Community folder. It will appear as an icon on your menu bar, and you can load the FP from that and it will automatically show up on the 530/430. Someone else in the forum here clued me into it.
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@lilycrose i am on xbox, so i dont have a community folder that i could access.
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@Black-Square
I recently purchased the Turbine Duke (Xbox Series X), and I must say it is absolutely superb! I’ve been having a lot of fun learning this beautiful aircraft, however unfortunately not with the GTN750 option. Using the GTN750 results in a CTD 100% of the time. No issues whatsoever with any of the other GPS options… I’ve spent hours troubleshooting and trying all of the possible suggested solutions with no success, so there’s something going on with the PMS50 GTN.Here’s a short flight I’ve tried a dozen times, with a guaranteed CTD at the same point using the GTN (no issues with any other GPS):
KSYR-RW33.SYR2 PAGER BRUIN CYOW-ART.DEANS3 RNAV Z 25
CTD approaching BRUIN from PAGER every time.
I really hope there’s something that can be done to correct this, as I was looking forward to using the GTN. But in the meantime I’ll continue enjoying the Duke with the other GPS options.
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@HarrisonD, I tried to replicate your CTD, but without success.
Using the Turbine Duke and the PMS50GTN 750…
I created a flight plan starting at KSYR, to waypoint PAGER, to waypoint BRUIN, then on to waypoint RIEBA, then on to airport KMSS (Messena Intl).
Following this via GPS, I flew right through the waypoints that are giving you problems, and then on to my destination. No CTD.
I know there are numerous variables that could play into our simulator differences, but for what it’s worth, this PMS50 GTN750 rocks (as does the Turbine Duke).
I now have 139 flights on my Turbine Duke, every single one of them using the 750. I hope you can get the hang-up with your system ironed out.
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@slkeyser
Hey, thanks! I really appreciate you trying to replicate - I was hoping someone would. I had a feeling it may be specific to my system, so it’s good to get confirmation. Must be an add-on conflict somewhere, most likely. I’ll try this same route with other aircraft using the 750 (C414, Lear 35) and see if the same thing happens in the same place. I’ll continue to troubleshoot this, but won’t let it stop me from enjoying the Duke! -
Also just make sure that your PMS50 GTN is up-to-date, as the updates are quite frequent. I have seen the occasional CTD solved in this way due to the complex interactions between all the GPS units in a single one of my aircraft
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@Black-Square
Thanks for the input! Unfortunately as I'm on the Xbox platform, this makes matters a little more complicated as I rely on the in-sim Marketplace. The version of the 750 I can use is whatever comes loaded with any given aircraft. Since it's not a separate module on Xbox, I have no way of updating it. You do bring up and interesting point though, and one that I haven't thought of before... Given the rate at which the 750 receives updates, how will these updates ever make it to Marketplace products which come with the free GTN pre-installed? I suppose it's up to individual devs?
