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I don't even really want a year, I'd just like an open discussion of what the current state of the model is, which milestones have been hit, which haven't and what the roadmap is. But the devs seem extremely resistant to providing that.

It looks like you're using the Orbx True Earth GB scenery, if that is the case there's a bug in the version of OpenGPWS that the G500 uses that is triggered by this scenery and causes X-Plane to crash when the G500 tries to read the scenery files. There's a post on this problem here https://forums.x-pilot.com/forums/topic/29253-opengpws-fix-for-orbx-true-earth-gb-north-with-x-plane-12/ which includes a link to an updated version of the plugin that should resolve the problem along with instructions on where it needs to go.

Is the confusion mainly about step 6 ?

The lever between Throttle and Mixture is the Carb Heat. It seems a REALLY odd place to put it but for some reason Beechcraft thought it should go there.

Thanks, that does the trick for NAV radio in the Original version. Unfortunately in the G5 and G500 versions I'm seeing the flip side of the GTN 650 bezel control issues with the Home and Direct To buttons working but not the volume control even with the headphones plugged in but disabling and re-enabling the GTN 650 in the menu is a workaround for NAV.

Had a chance to retry the ILS approach and after double-checking I disabled ALT properly the AP followed the Glideslope so that one was user error, sorry. I have spotted another possible issue with the GTN though - if the plane loads with the GTN 650 in the cockpit, the 650's NAV radio is disabled till I turn off the 650 in the menu switching to the default X-Plane GNS430 and then reload the GTN

Cheers I'll give the ILS another try as soon as I get a chance

Just taking the Sundowner v2.5 out for a spin and I'm liking it a lot. I'm about 10kts slower than the PoH numbers but that might be weight and weather related so I'm not worrying about that. I have spotted an issues with the GTN 650 in the Original version (it might also be present in the G5 and G500 but I haven't properly tested those yet). Even with the "Use Simulator GPS Commands" option for the 650 turned on the Home and Direct buttons on the bezel in the 3D cockpit aren't controlling the GPS. If you pop out the GPS into it's own window the buttons work but not in the cockpit. Additionally I just tried and ILS 15 approach into EGBB using Nav 2 and the aftyer switching to CDI mode and select VOR2 Glidleslope on the Autopilot wasn't being detected and tracked (lateral guidance was working and the course indicator was showing the glide slope correctly) but it's entirely possible there was user error there so I need to test further.

There's a known bug with older version of the OpenGPWS plug-in that causes a crash when you load a plane that uses that plugin with the XP12 version of the OrbX True Earth UK Scenery Installed. Fortunately there is a fix so if you apply the updated version of the OpenGPWS plugin from this post it should get the plane back up and working again, (though a new version of the installer loading the corrected plug-in by default would be preferable) -- Edit -- If you have the RSG G500 Avionics plug-in, you'll need to reapply the OpenGPWS fix after installing the G500 in the Sundowner Directory as that reinstalls the old version

I'm not expect anything soon including information on how the development is going

Just started up the 737-300 or the first time in a couple of weeks after upgrading to XP12.1.0b5 and all functions are disabled because Gizmo can't validate the license. 0:20:58.778 G64: warn: We have received:[lss.xa.validation] msg:[8599407] param:[701981200] 0:20:58.778 G64: debug: IXEG: ----Beginning License Check Sequence---- 0:20:58.778 G64: debug: IXEG: defaulting IXEG license to OFF before activation checks 0:20:58.779 G64: debug: IXEG: Staging kill functions in case license invalid.... 0:20:58.779 G64: debug: IXEG: Verifying Level 2 backup before initiating checks..... 0:20:58.779 G64: debug: IXEG: Level 2 backup ready and standing by, Beginning license checks 0:20:58.779 G64: debug: IXEG: --------------------------------------------------------------- 0:20:58.779 G64: debug: IXEG: Checking for valid license via Level 1..... 0:20:58.779 G64: debug: IXEG: Level-1 license check good. Requesting Level-2 check.... 0:20:58.779 G64: debug: IXEG: Performing Level-2 check 0:20:58.779 G64: debug: IXEG: Level-2 check FAILED 0:20:58.779 G64: debug: IXEG: Killing critical functions, kill set [1] 0:20:58.779 G64: debug: IXEG: Killing critical functions, kill set [2] 0:20:58.779 G64: debug: IXEG: Level-1 PASS / Level-2 FAIL. License invalid 0:20:58.779 G64: core: Run: [OnFirstFrame] 0:20:58.779 G64: debug: INIT SYSTEMS For comparison I've tested with a 12.0.09rc-5 (the last release version) and license validation was successful. At first glance there looks to be a possible issue with current XP12.1.0 betas that needs looking into ? (I'm also seeing a similar issue with the LES DC-3)

The TEGB bug is triggered even if you aren't in the region, I think it's caused when the G500 reads the data from a wide area around your current location (perhaps 1000NM or maybe the entire globe ?) which includes the scenery.

There was a new release version of OpenGPWS posted to the main Github repostory yesterday with the fix included and pasting the contents of that into the plugins\OpenGPWS folder of the aircraft I've been testing has stopped them crashing. https://github.com/skiselkov/opengpws/releases It may well be that there are other issues that will be caused by doing this so it's only a very temporary fix to get the planes up and running again until a patched version of the G500 can be released.

I'm afraid I'm not workign from hope today so I haven't been able grab any load data but I'll trry to grab that this evening However I did notice on the FlyJSim discord there was mention that their Q4XP was also crashing with the XP12 TE GB North and one of their devs have confirmed that it's an issue with OpenGPWS which has now been fixed in the source. It might be a coincidence that two products both using OpenGPWS are crashing with the same scenery but I do wonder if it's worth looking at.

I've run into an odd problem with the new XP12 version of the OrbX True Earth GB North and the RSG G500 which is resulting in XP12 crashing when the G500 is enabled. I first spotted the issue when starting a flight in the HSF EC130 with the RSG G500 plugin installed with the GTN 650 and 750 enabled with direct route between EGTC and EGVA entered (neither airport is in the TB GB North region). Shortly after turning on the avionics the sim CTDed. I've been able to replicate the issue in a clean copy of XP12 12.0.9 with no scenery other than Global Scenery and Airports plus XP12 TE GB North and no plugins other than Gizmo using the HSF EC130, the Torquesim BN-2B Piston Islander and the default C172 G500. The process is simply to load the aircraft at EGTC, enable the battery and avionics (if the G500 doesn't start with battery) and wait. The sim will freeze and then CTD within approximately a minute. I've tried the same steps without the XP12 TE GB North scenery and with the XP1 TW GB North Scenery rather than the XP12 version and in both cases the sim was fine after serveral minutes. I've attached log files for the 3 aircraft I tested with the XP12 TE GB North scenery as well as logs for the C172 G500 with no TE Scenery and with the XP11 TE GB North scenery. Additionally a scenery_pacs.ini files shows what was loaded when the TE scenery was enabled. Log - XP12 TE Islander.txt Log - XP11 TE C172.txt Log - no TE C172.txt Log - XP12 TE C172.txt Log - XP12 TE EC130.txt XP12 TE scenery_packs.ini no TE scenery_packs.ini