No option for G430 to be the primary GPS for most Blacksquare aircraft in the avionics selection.
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Hello All,
Is there a reason why the G430 STILL isn't an option to be used as the primary GPS? The G530 can be selected, but the G430 can only be selected as the secondary GPS option on most of Blacksquare's aircraft. If I want to only use the G430, I'm forced to use the KNS 81 as the GPS source (It was fun to learn and master, but I'm fed up with it now).
Maybe I'm missing something in the manuals, a post about this already exists, programming limitations or its already being worked on. If those are the case then I sincerely apologize. I would really love to see the G430 as a primary GPS option, so I can use the KX 155 as a secondary without the use of the KNS 81.
Yes, I'm aware that the G530 is the better version of the two, but I appreciate and prefer how compact the G430 is when flying irl and GA in the sim. Maybe this is a niche complaint, who knows. I just wish it was an option.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post!
-aeronautorbust -
Hello All,
Is there a reason why the G430 STILL isn't an option to be used as the primary GPS? The G530 can be selected, but the G430 can only be selected as the secondary GPS option on most of Blacksquare's aircraft. If I want to only use the G430, I'm forced to use the KNS 81 as the GPS source (It was fun to learn and master, but I'm fed up with it now).
Maybe I'm missing something in the manuals, a post about this already exists, programming limitations or its already being worked on. If those are the case then I sincerely apologize. I would really love to see the G430 as a primary GPS option, so I can use the KX 155 as a secondary without the use of the KNS 81.
Yes, I'm aware that the G530 is the better version of the two, but I appreciate and prefer how compact the G430 is when flying irl and GA in the sim. Maybe this is a niche complaint, who knows. I just wish it was an option.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post!
-aeronautorbust@aeronautorbust said in No option for G430 to be the primary GPS for most Blacksquare aircraft in the avionics selection.:
Is there a reason why the G430 STILL isn't an option to be used as the primary GPS?
Indeed, there is! As you might have noticed, both the TDS and PMS50 GTN 650's can also operate as the primary source of navigation when no primary GPS is selected. I asked Working Title to provide the same functionality a long time ago, and I was politely told that this would be too difficult. I then proceeded to modify their code to create my own solution for this, and I can confirm that it was very dirty, difficult, and inconsistent.
Just as recently as Flight Sim Expo this year (July), I spoke with a WT representative about this again, and referred to it as my most wanted feature. Perhaps the day will still come for this functionality, but in the meantime, we will both be patiently waiting.
