Interested in a G1000 review? Let me know below 😮 Note the 530 aspect ratio is a little off…my bad….I resized the pop out panel in error. Normally full screen.
Just stumbled onto your chanel amazing stuff. Love the straight to the point approach. And Yes would love a G1000 review. Do you know if the G1000 are compatible with Xbox X?
If prices are no issues then its great, but for smaller cost a basic button and dial box with a Raspberry pi screen will do same job.. If your budget start to ramp up into the 1000s then I think it will be cheaper to fly in RL 😉 btw there's no lag because its a pop out screen, and the buttons are mapped to do the same as mouse clicking on the virtual cockpit.
I'm buying it just for use in VR. At the moment I don't know how to control the dials in VR other than with my mouse which is impossible so I just can't use them.
Wish manufacturers made VR ready hardware, I.e same hardware as normal, but with no screens. I’d buy a G1000 bezel with all the dials and switches and no screen in a heartbeat.
Thanks for the review. I Fly Many more aircraft with G1000 than GNS530/430 so am more interested in that. I'm looking at a standalone panel that hopefully would be hot switchable from PFD to MFD - that would make it a much more economical prospect I think. I look forward to your review when/if you get the G1000.
Very nice. I think the unit would work also in VR with just reaching out where the knobs and buttons are. Don't need the screen to be showing. So a VR model would be cheaper :-) Did beta test these two and I see you still had a floating aviator ground man standing in the corner behind te fence. I have to check that with the final release.
I looked into buying this last year and asked Flightsimbuilder about it. They said for VR it works fine without the HDMi cable plugged in. Actually the developer told me uses it mainly in VR.
Looks like it has almost identical functionality to my own DIY one I made using mobiflight. Only mine looks better and more accurate. Incidentally there's no reason why it couldn't be hot swappable, both for the 530/430 and COM/NAV1 and 2.
Looks really interesting for a reasonable price. The only thing I found irritating were the black bars on the left and right sides of the screen in 530 mode. I could not really tell if the aspect ratio of the display was correct or not. In the 430 the aspect ratio definitely seemed off. Could you elaborate on that?
Aspect ratio definitely too tall on both. On the other hand, instant integration into the sim without 3rd party utilities… that’s a gigantic selling point. Will probably shell out.
Hello Mark! It's a great review, huge thanks for going into the details. Would you know if the GNS530 unit can be purchased anywhere in Europe? I was only able to find it on the official site - US based.
This looks great Mark, I'm definitely going to get one this year. A couple of questions. In VR I wouldn't want the screen connected at all. My PC is several feet away from my cockpit and I'd need to run probably a 5 metre HDMi cable across my carpet to the back of the PC to use it. I'll be in VR anyway so I don't care, I just want the functionality of the buttons. I did ask flightsimbuilder last year if it worked without the HDMi cable plugged in and they said yes, the cable was entirely optional. Do you mind testing that if you haven't already? Also, I'm wondering if you don't use the HDMi whether you don't need the power supply either and it will work via USB only like my other peripherals?
Thank you for this video. I have a question, though…When using the supplied stand and Blu Tack adhesive, can you press the buttons without grabbing it from behind? I see your other fingers going behind the panel when pushing buttons.
This is amazing! I especially love the ability to swap between 530 and 430. Does it have RAIM and WAAS or is that depend on the sim airplane? I'm just doing my IFR rating right now and my Cherokee has 2x G430 with WAAS (and 2 new G5) I I need to learn them before I start burning money in the air!
Thanks so much for this.. I bought GNS 530 some weeks ago, but i could not been able to make it work... i reach to 7:11 (Alt + Enter to fullscreen mode), then tried to push the knob but nothing happens,... when i rotate the outter knob display shows volume bar... so i guess usb cable is working but MSFS controls not.. what could it be? i have downloaded the launcher v1.5 and flashed firmware (as launcher needed it) successfuly, before with launcher 1.2 same happened.. thanks so much..
Hello and thanks for your video. Does the GNS530 only work correctly with default airplanes? Then it would unfortunately be of no interest to me. I would like to use it with the Milviz Porter, the Airosoft Twotter and the Kodiak.
I have an Rx580 and I'm having trouble aligning the monitors like you did in the video. my 3 monitors alone they align very well forming the windshield, but when I connect the 4th screen to my Garmin it joins the windshield, I can't separate it to use G1000.
I couldn't locate the place to VR shut-off for the VR sound, But I Did see a plug on the left side of the headset That i believe it to be the audio headset plug that the headset's line is plugged into., Can I plug My headphones into this plug so i can use My Headphones with the headset ??, Thanks again.
Hello Mark. What is the name of the stand do fix it on top of the honeycomb quadrant? I want to order the G530, but what is the stand name? The plastic one?
Hi Marc I,ve installed flightsimbuilder launchrr and clicked thé Microsoft store…..opens and is on steam version. i disunstallled thé app restarted m’y pc. Reinstalled thé app but cannot click on thé Microsoft store……stays on steam version!?! How can I change …any idéa. Thx in d’avance Marc
Loved the Intro Mark you missed your true calling. I'm slightly confused. If each unit requires its own power plug, USB Port and HDMI/Display port, how do you do all that from a single Graphics card? Love the principle just don't see how I could run the units. I'm referring to the FlightSimBuilder section of your presentation Mark. They had at least 5 screens showing, 3 monitors plus 2 1000's. My system only has 1 Display Port and 1 HDMI outputs on my graphics card. How does that work.
Most graphic cards today support 4 monitors, a few more. Typical is 3 x DP ports & 1 x HDMI. They may have been using a ‘’splitter’’ for some monitors such as a TripleHead2Go or similar.
I run mine from a USB>VGA hardware adaptor, using usb driver adaptor software. That may work for you. Easily found on amazon or other electronics retailers.
Mark: Does popping out 'any' window (even/particularly the VFR map) have a severe impact on FPS for you? It still does for me on 13900K/4090 at 4K TAA with Frame Generation whether moved to a secondary screen or even just left in place. Closing the 'popout' instantly restores FPS. The WASM mapping for the 530/430/1000 would utilise the large amount of spare CPU capacity and hopefully would have no impact on FPS as long as popping out the window doesn't. A G1000 review would be much appreciated!
@@SimHangerFS Yes, I did notice that Mark. Would you be willing to popout the VFR map to both your main screen and also move it to a secondary. I'm running 4K main and 1080p secondary and just can't work out what is causing the almost halving of frame rate on even the most powerful machine. An artifact of MSFS, or what? It's genuinely got me stumped and I'm retired after a lifetime in the computer industry! Frame Generation offsets the loss, but such a simple popout shouldn't have such an effect if your 430/530 gives maybe 15% loss.
@@SimHangerFS EDIT: I tried the popout windows (VFR map and G1000) again today for the first time since before Xmas, and with very latest video driver. They have negligible effect on frame rate now. MSFS updates must have fixed it. Pity the buttons at the bottom of the G1000 don't popout as well for use on a secondary screen. FS Traffic looks good as well.
Hi, not sure if your still having trouble but I have just purchased one after watching this review. I use pop-outs and originally I had the same performance impact. I'm leaving my fix here for you and other people in the hope that maybe someone else is searching for a fix method. (NOTE: This fix is for Nvidia Cards ONLY) Go into your Nvidia Control Panel and select 'Set up G-SYNC, G-SYNC Compatible'' and make sure that 'Enable G-Sync is enabled but the most important thing is to make sure that the option is selected for 'Enable for windowed and full screen mode'. Then make sure V-Sync is 'OFF' in both FS2020 and also in the Nvidia Control Panel Settings, also in Nvidia settings and FS2020 make sure you don't have any limits on the FPS/Refresh Rate. Give everything a nice restart and boot up the SIM. Now if that G-Sync windowed option wasn't selected this should fix the FPS issue. Hope it helps anyone and good luck.
Well, it certainly works in X-plane. In MFSF 2020 I seem to have it stuck on the 430 and can't figure out why. For some reason I can't seem to popout the 530 screen where as the 430 is fine. I can drag the 430 screen over as directed, and all the controls work, but it's controlling the 530 in the sim. The 430 screen is unchanged unless I use the sim controls. I'm sure it's because I can't seem to replace the new display with the 530. Also, I uninstalled the flightsimbuilder app and when I restarted everything it still works, meaning the device controls the 530 but shows the 430. Any ideas on how why I can't popout my 530?
Sorry Mark, ignore that rambling post from above. Turns out that when I tried to popout that 530 screen, it did actually work, but it was just a tiny box down in my bottom left-hand corner of the screen and I never saw it. All is good now. I did discover, as you mentioned, that if you swap from the 430 to the 530 you pretty much need to restart everything. I also noticed a small red light on the left side of the screen (not sure if you have it on yours) that was solid red. I'm thinking that was telling me there was some fault with the USB connection because it went away after I rebooted and restarted the sim. Anyway, thanks again for all the time you put into this.
Hello, I have problems with the GNS 530 and the Honeycomb Bravo. When I move a knob or button, the GNS 530 moves and I cannot use the device's own buttons. Does anyone know how to correct this small inconvenience?
Like other hardware, you can use it in VR but you need to learn some muscle memory about where the knobs/dials are. Not primarily aimed for VR use really, but its do-able.
Interested in a G1000 review? Let me know below 😮 Note the 530 aspect ratio is a little off…my bad….I resized the pop out panel in error. Normally full screen.
yes absolutely
Yes please! I'm about to start flying one in real life.
Just stumbled onto your chanel amazing stuff. Love the straight to the point approach. And Yes would love a G1000 review. Do you know if the G1000 are compatible with Xbox X?
@@gerrardallamjewrad unfortunately it is not compatible. Perhaps in the future post WASM implementation
Nice video, and definitely interested in a G1000 setup, with PFD, audio panel and MFD!
Looks great - If they ever make a backlit GNS 530 unit I'll throw money at them for one! I've been pestering Realsimgear for a backlit 530 for years!
Thanks for the help. I use the GNS 530
Hilarious intro, good to hear you're feeling good today 🙂
If prices are no issues then its great, but for smaller cost a basic button and dial box with a Raspberry pi screen will do same job.. If your budget start to ramp up into the 1000s then I think it will be cheaper to fly in RL 😉 btw there's no lag because its a pop out screen, and the buttons are mapped to do the same as mouse clicking on the virtual cockpit.
Seems interesting these panels. I am considering it
😂😂👍 ..great intro .
Unit is not for me as im mainly VR ..but it looks a great piece of kit.
Great airports too! 👍
this is probably my next big challenge... would love to figure out a way to integrate VR with tactile devices such as nav and radios, etc.
I'm buying it just for use in VR. At the moment I don't know how to control the dials in VR other than with my mouse which is impossible so I just can't use them.
Wish manufacturers made VR ready hardware, I.e same hardware as normal, but with no screens. I’d buy a G1000 bezel with all the dials and switches and no screen in a heartbeat.
Liked that intro 😁😂. As always, a great video!
Thanks for the review. I Fly Many more aircraft with G1000 than GNS530/430 so am more interested in that. I'm looking at a standalone panel that hopefully would be hot switchable from PFD to MFD - that would make it a much more economical prospect I think. I look forward to your review when/if you get the G1000.
Very nice, But I'll stick to my old iPad running Airmanager with a home built knobster for much much cheaper. thanks
Very nice. I think the unit would work also in VR with just reaching out where the knobs and buttons are. Don't need the screen to be showing. So a VR model would be cheaper :-) Did beta test these two and I see you still had a floating aviator ground man standing in the corner behind te fence. I have to check that with the final release.
Maybe when we get better quality passthrough these devices may be more useful in VR.
I looked into buying this last year and asked Flightsimbuilder about it. They said for VR it works fine without the HDMi cable plugged in. Actually the developer told me uses it mainly in VR.
@@kevinbrook7033 Thanks mate. I’ll have to check it again. Cheers.
Lol love to see the g1000 in action
Very nice and thanks for your hard work mark !!!
Nice. Still not fullscreen left and right side black band. For the price has to be expected
Drag and re-size the window on the left or right before dropping it into the display.
For the price those are fantastic
My next purchase has been found!!!
Spot on Video Thank You
Definitely interested in G1000 in MFD & PFD.
Looks like it has almost identical functionality to my own DIY one I made using mobiflight. Only mine looks better and more accurate.
Incidentally there's no reason why it couldn't be hot swappable, both for the 530/430 and COM/NAV1 and 2.
Looks really interesting for a reasonable price. The only thing I found irritating were the black bars on the left and right sides of the screen in 530 mode. I could not really tell if the aspect ratio of the display was correct or not. In the 430 the aspect ratio definitely seemed off. Could you elaborate on that?
The aspect ratio seemed right to me, there was a band on left hand side on the 530. My camera angle may be partly to blame.
Aspect ratio definitely too tall on both. On the other hand, instant integration into the sim without 3rd party utilities… that’s a gigantic selling point. Will probably shell out.
Looking at another video I don’t see the black bars in the left and right.
@@lukebraddford3287 Drag and re-size the window on the left or right before dropping it into the display.
Hello Mark! It's a great review, huge thanks for going into the details. Would you know if the GNS530 unit can be purchased anywhere in Europe? I was only able to find it on the official site - US based.
Today I would (NOT) purchase any products that were not configured out of the BOX!
any suggestion if the program cant find the gns530. Mine works fine with xplane without this plugin. but i cant get it to seem to work on msfs
Auto Configuration is the way it should be. The people that require the customer to configure are sadists'!
This looks great Mark, I'm definitely going to get one this year. A couple of questions. In VR I wouldn't want the screen connected at all. My PC is several feet away from my cockpit and I'd need to run probably a 5 metre HDMi cable across my carpet to the back of the PC to use it. I'll be in VR anyway so I don't care, I just want the functionality of the buttons.
I did ask flightsimbuilder last year if it worked without the HDMi cable plugged in and they said yes, the cable was entirely optional.
Do you mind testing that if you haven't already? Also, I'm wondering if you don't use the HDMi whether you don't need the power supply either and it will work via USB only like my other peripherals?
It works without HDMI, but needs the power cable.
@@SimHangerFS A "real" G1000 is US$50,000 each! Wow!!! Amazing video.
Thank you for this video. I have a question, though…When using the supplied stand and Blu Tack adhesive, can you press the buttons without grabbing it from behind? I see your other fingers going behind the panel when pushing buttons.
This is amazing! I especially love the ability to swap between 530 and 430. Does it have RAIM and WAAS or is that depend on the sim airplane? I'm just doing my IFR rating right now and my Cherokee has 2x G430 with WAAS (and 2 new G5) I I need to learn them before I start burning money in the air!
The units are limited by what functionality is enabled in the simulation directly.
Thanks so much for this..
I bought GNS 530 some weeks ago, but i could not been able to make it work... i reach to 7:11 (Alt + Enter to fullscreen mode), then tried to push the knob but nothing happens,... when i rotate the outter knob display shows volume bar... so i guess usb cable is working but MSFS controls not..
what could it be? i have downloaded the launcher v1.5 and flashed firmware (as launcher needed it) successfuly, before with launcher 1.2 same happened..
thanks so much..
Think its better than Realsim gears?
Can this be used in VR just without the screen? Can it be recognized and just map the buttons and knobs?
Thank you.
Yes it could
do you need to pop the window out each time or is that a one time thing ?
Pitty it has no stand alone possibility, so it could run networked in a real home cockpit environment.
Hello and thanks for your video. Does the GNS530 only work correctly with default airplanes? Then it would unfortunately be of no interest to me. I would like to use it with the Milviz Porter, the Airosoft Twotter and the Kodiak.
I have an Rx580 and I'm having trouble aligning the monitors like you did in the video. my 3 monitors alone they align very well forming the windshield, but when I connect the 4th screen to my Garmin it joins the windshield, I can't separate it to use G1000.
I couldn't locate the place to VR shut-off for the VR sound, But I Did see a plug on the left side of the headset That i believe it to be the audio headset plug that the headset's line is plugged into., Can I plug My headphones into this plug so i can use My Headphones with the headset ??, Thanks again.
Not sure what headset your referring to…perhaps your commenting on another video?
@@SimHangerFS Pimax 8KX
Hello Mark. What is the name of the stand do fix it on top of the honeycomb quadrant?
I want to order the G530, but what is the stand name? The plastic one?
It is a 3D printed stand and comes with the GNS 530
Hi Marc I,ve installed flightsimbuilder launchrr and clicked thé Microsoft store…..opens and is on steam version. i disunstallled thé app restarted m’y pc. Reinstalled thé app but cannot click on thé Microsoft store……stays on steam version!?! How can I change …any idéa. Thx in d’avance Marc
Does it work well with track IR or is it best to have a fixed front display?
Loved the Intro Mark you missed your true calling. I'm slightly confused. If each unit requires its own power plug, USB Port and HDMI/Display port, how do you do all that from a single Graphics card? Love the principle just don't see how I could run the units. I'm referring to the FlightSimBuilder section of your presentation Mark. They had at least 5 screens showing, 3 monitors plus 2 1000's. My system only has 1 Display Port and 1 HDMI outputs on my graphics card. How does that work.
Most graphic cards today support 4 monitors, a few more. Typical is 3 x DP ports & 1 x HDMI. They may have been using a ‘’splitter’’ for some monitors such as a TripleHead2Go or similar.
@@SimHangerFS Thanks for taking the time to reply Mark. Appreciate your time. Never miss when you release another CZcams post.
I run mine from a USB>VGA hardware adaptor, using usb driver adaptor software. That may work for you. Easily found on amazon or other electronics retailers.
Mark: Does popping out 'any' window (even/particularly the VFR map) have a severe impact on FPS for you? It still does for me on 13900K/4090 at 4K TAA with Frame Generation whether moved to a secondary screen or even just left in place. Closing the 'popout' instantly restores FPS. The WASM mapping for the 530/430/1000 would utilise the large amount of spare CPU capacity and hopefully would have no impact on FPS as long as popping out the window doesn't. A G1000 review would be much appreciated!
I show an fps direct comparison in the video.
@@SimHangerFS Yes, I did notice that Mark. Would you be willing to popout the VFR map to both your main screen and also move it to a secondary. I'm running 4K main and 1080p secondary and just can't work out what is causing the almost halving of frame rate on even the most powerful machine. An artifact of MSFS, or what? It's genuinely got me stumped and I'm retired after a lifetime in the computer industry! Frame Generation offsets the loss, but such a simple popout shouldn't have such an effect if your 430/530 gives maybe 15% loss.
@@SimHangerFS EDIT: I tried the popout windows (VFR map and G1000) again today for the first time since before Xmas, and with very latest video driver. They have negligible effect on frame rate now. MSFS updates must have fixed it. Pity the buttons at the bottom of the G1000 don't popout as well for use on a secondary screen. FS Traffic looks good as well.
Hi, not sure if your still having trouble but I have just purchased one after watching this review. I use pop-outs and originally I had the same performance impact. I'm leaving my fix here for you and other people in the hope that maybe someone else is searching for a fix method. (NOTE: This fix is for Nvidia Cards ONLY)
Go into your Nvidia Control Panel and select 'Set up G-SYNC, G-SYNC Compatible'' and make sure that 'Enable G-Sync is enabled but the most important thing is to make sure that the option is selected for 'Enable for windowed and full screen mode'. Then make sure V-Sync is 'OFF' in both FS2020 and also in the Nvidia Control Panel Settings, also in Nvidia settings and FS2020 make sure you don't have any limits on the FPS/Refresh Rate. Give everything a nice restart and boot up the SIM. Now if that G-Sync windowed option wasn't selected this should fix the FPS issue.
Hope it helps anyone and good luck.
Can't get it to detach on 2020 and right alt grand didn't understand cheers
Try Alt enter, your pop oyut screen is being hidden by windows
Well, it certainly works in X-plane. In MFSF 2020 I seem to have it stuck on the 430 and can't figure out why. For some reason I can't seem to popout the 530 screen where as the 430 is fine. I can drag the 430 screen over as directed, and all the controls work, but it's controlling the 530 in the sim. The 430 screen is unchanged unless I use the sim controls. I'm sure it's because I can't seem to replace the new display with the 530. Also, I uninstalled the flightsimbuilder app and when I restarted everything it still works, meaning the device controls the 530 but shows the 430. Any ideas on how why I can't popout my 530?
Sorry Mark, ignore that rambling post from above. Turns out that when I tried to popout that 530 screen, it did actually work, but it was just a tiny box down in my bottom left-hand corner of the screen and I never saw it. All is good now. I did discover, as you mentioned, that if you swap from the 430 to the 530 you pretty much need to restart everything. I also noticed a small red light on the left side of the screen (not sure if you have it on yours) that was solid red. I'm thinking that was telling me there was some fault with the USB connection because it went away after I rebooted and restarted the sim. Anyway, thanks again for all the time you put into this.
Hello, I have problems with the GNS 530 and the Honeycomb Bravo. When I move a knob or button, the GNS 530 moves and I cannot use the device's own buttons. Does anyone know how to correct this small inconvenience?
Your configs are corrupted. Uninstall FSB software and reinstall. Delete the offending Bravo profile.
"ring buttons" = RANGE buttons :)
Ring 😮🤣 my bad !
What is the oldest version of Flight Simulator you can use this with?
MSFS 2020
Does anybody know?
How would this function in VR.
Like other hardware, you can use it in VR but you need to learn some muscle memory about where the knobs/dials are. Not primarily aimed for VR use really, but its do-able.