This package includes both the GNS 430 and GNS 530 units.
SimFlyer’s unique proprietary methods of compiling our code and images (our exclusive FRF Technology) keeps the gauges extremely smooth and very Frame Rate Friendly!
While considered a “Gaming Product” the units look and respond much like their real-world counterparts. At SimFlyer, our main focus is to provide our customers with “well balanced gaming add-ons” that are both user friendly and as realistic as feasibly possible within a “gaming capacity.”
With SimFlyer products there are almost unlimited configuration possibilities. You can mix-and-match any gauges in the SimFlyer product line, giving you virtually unlimited possible configurations.
Good product. Looks very much like the real thing and easy to install if you read the instructions. Easier if you have working knowledge of panels and how to read them. You have to turn on the GPS by pressing the comm volume button. You can even stack the 530 over the 430 if you want a second GPS to use comm2 and nav2 radios.
Unfortunately the GNS430 cursor lags behind the scroll when trying to select a procedure from a long list (i.e., DFW), and sometimes there is no scroll at all (observed if the airport's approaches have been edited), so you may have a hard time trying to select a certain procedure if the cursor is off-screen.
The 530 does not give you a distance from track indication (it did appear in one instance on vloc, but I wasn't able to get it to come back). Neither offers terrain info. Mostly aesthetic (very good aesthetic), but a slight downgrade from the standard GPS500 for practicality because of those lost features and issues. I think the 530 is better, and it also has TCAS.