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FYI.....because someone will always ask..."Can you please make it so that......" The possible GPS permutations are too numerous and unwieldy with regards for asset management. For example, if you have a GN530 / GTN650 combo...do you want the 530 to be Nav1 because its the bigger screen?.....or the 650 to be Nav 1 because its the fancier piece of equipment? Do you want the 530 on top or on the bottom? If I give folks these options, then things would get out of hand quickly. The possible permutations become: 430_650 combo, 650 on top, nav 1 430_650 combo, 650 on top, nav 2 430_650 combo, 430 on top, nav 1 430_650 combo, 430 on top, nav 2 530_430 combo (current) 530_650 combo, 530 on top, 530 nav 1 530_650 combo, 530 on top, 530 nav 2 530_650 combo, 650 on top, 650 nav 1 530_650 combo, 650 on top, 650 nav 2 750_430 combo, 750 on top, 750 nav 1 750_430 combo, 750 on top, 750 nav 2 750_430 combo, 430 on top, 430 nav 1 750_430 combo, 430 on top, 430 nav 2p 650_750 combo, 750 on top, 750 nav 1 650_750 combo, 750 on top, 750 nav 2 650_750 combo, 650 on top, 650 nav 1 650_750 combo, 650 on top, 650 nav 2 of course some of these combos aren't logical or standard....but you still see the problem? This would be horrendous to handle in Blender and very very high risk of screwing up the exports. So here's what I'll be offering initially... Nav/GPS 1 is always the "bigger screen" and always on top...resulting in the following combos: 530_430 combo, 530 Nav 1, 530 on top (current GNS implementation) 530_650 combo, 530 Nav 1, 530 on top 750_430 combo, 750 Nav 1, 750 on top 750_650 combo, 750 Nav 1, 750 on top. We'll start there and see what crops up...and if I have to make adjustments based on a majority of users preference, then so be it. -TK

Anytime TK glad to help. I see we both reside in the Great State of Texas..

The easiest way is to do the pre-flight with your normal starting fuel once and the save that state (for each airframe). Then you can restore that state any time in the future, and set your payload (pax) through the X-Plane weight & balance window.

@Pivot Thx for setting this up John. I just got my windows 10 machine up and running and had no issues getting these two units up and running as you described. (.ini + "use simulator GPS commands). Can't say I'm proficient using a dual GPS setup (I defer to you guys).....just let me know if anything else is needed for the GNS units. I'll be starting the GTN variants shortly. TK

The above reference helped me understand why I develop an imbalance on the ground. The APU's fuel source is from the right main tank, and that is indeed the one that goes lower when I am sitting in the plane continuing to learn its systems after I have started the engines. If I had to pay for the gas and maintenance then this would be self correcting!

As I understand it, the engines never suspend consumption from the mains--they feed *only* from the main tanks, never directly from the aux tanks. Though the collector tanks are physically located in the aux tank, they remain functional components of the main tank system, in that they only receive fuel from the mains. As long as a main tank is below 93% full, the aux tank feeds the main tank to maintain the level at 93%. Once a main drops to 93%, the main quantity will remain constant and the aux level will drop. It will appear that the engines are burning from the aux tank, but in reality the engines are burning from the mains and that fuel is being simultaneously replaced in the main tank from the aux tank ejector xfer pumps. Regards Bob

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