OTBUs GTN GPS Replacements for Older Eyes
This is a series of mods that replaces GNS530/430 GPS units with a PMS50 GTN650 in selected aircraft. I want to give a shout-out to JayDee, without whose 'JDs PMSGTN750 on Others' mod mine would not be possible. Thanks JayDee, for paving the way!
JayDee's mod is great, but for older eyes like mine, a GTN750 in a GNS530 bezel can be hard to read. I found the GTN650 much easier to read in that bezel, and so created a series of mods that replace the GNS530 with GTN650. Another thing I like versus the GTN750 in the GNS530 bezel: the map area is in widescreen aspect ratio with not much vertical space, which isn't ideal if you use Track Up map orientation. The GTN650 in a GNS530 bezel presents a square(ish) map with more vertical headroom.
The GTN650 replacement pack currently includes 43 replacement mods. Thanks to JayDee for granting permission to use his work in my WBSim C172 mod, which makes the GPS/NAV switch work correctly. Note that JayDee's mod includes GTN650s for the PMDG DC-6 and the Just Flight Avro Vulcan, so those are not included in my pack.
AIRCRAFT:
- Aero Vodochody 145
- Antonov AN-2 (MS / AT Simulations)
- Antonov AN-225 (MS / Inibuilds)
- Beech 18 (MS / Carenado)
- Beechcraft B58 Analog Baron (Black Square)
- BN2 Islander (Blackbox)
- BN2A Trislander (Blackbox)
- Boeing 307 Stratoliner (MS / Aeroplane Heaven)
- C172 Classic (MS / Asobo)
- C172 WB Sim (WB-SIM)
- C207 Stationair (MS / Carenado)
- C208 Analog Caravan (Black Square)
- CAC-25 Winjeel (Ant's Airplanes)
- Canso PBY-5A (FrenchVFR)
- Caprioni-Vizzola C22J (Mario Noriega Designs)
- Daher TBM-850 (Black Square)
- DC-3 (MS / Aeroplane Heaven) (see Special Note below)
- DHC-2 Beaver (MS / Blackbird)
- F-86F-30 Sabre (Shrike)
- Fokker F28 (JustFlight)
- Ford Trimotor (MS / Aeroplane Heaven)
- Horten Ho-229 (Rara-Avis Sims)
- JRF-6 Goose (Big Radials)
- Latecoere 631 (MS / BlueMesh)
- Messerschmitt BF-109 (FlyingIron)
- Misubishi Heavy Industries MU-2 (MS / Inibuilds)
- Nardi FN-333 Navia (Mario Noriega Designs)
- P-38 Lightning (FlyingIron)
- Paddle Wheeler (GotFriends)
- Shorts Regional - all variants (Blackbox)
- Spartan 7W Executive (HCG)
- Spitfire Mk IX (FlyingIron)
- Tiger Moth (Ant's Airplanes)
- Transall C160R (Azurpoly)
- Van's RV-4 (deejing)
- Van's RV-7 (deejing) (submitted by @jetstreamsky, thanks!)
- Zenith 701 (SimWorksStudios)
HELICOPTERS:
- Alouette III (Taog's Hangar)
- Bell 47G (FlyInside)
- Bell 47J (MS / Inibuilds)
- CH47D (Miltech)
- Mini-500 (GotFriends)
- SA315B Lama (Taog's Hangar)
To make this addon work, you first need to have the following installed in your community folder:
- PMS GTN750: https://pms50.com/msfs/
- ZZZ JD 00 GTN750 MAIN MOD 2.3 - PMS FIX: https://flightsim.to/file/13415/jds-gtn750-on-gns530-mod
SPECIAL NOTE FOR BLACK SQUARE PRODUCTS
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The Older Eyes add-ons for the Black Square Analog Baron, Analog Caravan, and TBM-850 replace the secondary GNS-430 unit with a GTN-650. These mods should only be used when the PMS GTN-750 is selected as the primary navigation unit.
SPECIAL NOTE FOR THE DC-3
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The mod only supports the three retrofit liveries provided with the DC-3. Other retrofit liveries, whether the Bonus Pack from Aeroplane Heaven or those from 3rd parties, will need to have their panel.cfg file replaced with one that includes the GTN units. A replacement panel.cfg and installation instructions are provided in the "GTN650 mod for DC-3 Liveries" folder.
SPECIAL NOTE FOR THE ANT'S TIGER MOTH AND CAC-25 WINJEEL
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The GTN unit in the Ant's Airplanes Tiger Moth and CAC-25 Winjeel now powers on with the aircraft battery. The GPS Power clickspot in the top right corner of the bezel will not toggle power on the GTN650.
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