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If you have a tool like Spad.Next or Axis and Ohs you can configure it fairly easily but those tools cost money. For myself I have flaps on the HC Bravo working pretty well using Spad.next - split the throttle axis into three zones corresponding - 0, Approach and Landing Flaps with the switch at the bottom of the axis triggering 60deg flaps when enabled. A similar thing is probably quite doable with a FlyWithLua script as well - one that reads the axis position and when it changes sends the corresponding value to the afm/cj/controls/flaps dataref - but it's not something I've done myself

The issue is with the OpenGPWS plug-in used by the G500 and there's a fixed version of the plugin that you can install in an aircraft as a workaround in this post

That's brilliant Thanks for looking into that and thanks for the updated version of the file ! -- Edit -- Just updated my full file to match the format and remove tabs and it's working perfectly in the 525

I've spotted a possible issue with the Nav radios in the 525 not picking up nav aids that are defined in the \Custom Data\user_nav.dat file It seems to be happening with NDB, VOR, DME and ILS created in the file but I've created a example file that just adds an NDB at Bodmin Airfield (EGLA) on 395KHz If I load a plane on Runway 13 I can see the NDB station just to the right of the runway and planes like the default C172 correctly pick up and display the beacon on their ADF displays. However the CJ525 doesn't seem to pick up the beacon. I've believe I've created the user_nav.dat according to the NavXP1200 spec - XP is certainly happy enough that it's showing the beacon within the sim and some planes can pick it up - but if there's something I've missed out to make it compatible with the CJ525 or the spec I'm using is out of date I'd very much like to know how to fix the data. user_nav.dat

Cheers - I'll give that a try

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