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Thank you Buck I'll try that tonight if I get a chance.

Thank you I'll put it on a stickie note.

Thank you for your thoughtful reply I’ll implement this soon.

I’ve not heard of it before but I’ll check into it seems like something I could use. Thank you.

Good evening everybody. I am an instrument, rated commercial pilot, and new to flight simulation. With some help that I have received on this form, I am up and running, currently flying the Maule M7-235, with a Garmin 430, which stimulates my personal airplane pretty well. My main goal for this system is to practice my IFR techniques and approaches to airports that I fly to, but also explore places I have not been. It is a long way from controlling the sim, to the controls of the airplane. The simulator is quite a bit more touchy, which leads to one of my questions. Can somebody help me adjust the sensitivity of the controls? Specifically, I would like to reduce the elevator sensitivity/authority. I would also like to be able to start approaches from in the air. I know that I could use the world map to start in the air someplace, but is there a way that I could enter a fix/waypoint and start there? This way I could start on the actual approach plate and save some time. Also, is there a way that I could use the keyboard to program the GPS? Using the mouse and dragging the knobs around is fairly tedious. Similarly, is there a way that I could zoom in on just the radio so that it fills the screen? I’ve discovered that I could right click and move around the cockpit, and scroll to the zoom in which is helpful, I was just wondering if there’s a better way. Finally, I have not been able to find a way to turn off the “suggestion tags“ that show up every time that you roll the cursor over something in the cockpit. Often the pop-ups get in the way. As before, I am grateful for your help and patience. Bill.

Bingo. That Maule fits the bill and has the right avionics. Bonus I am also seaplane rated so that's some extra fun. I downloaded it last night. I did not have much time to test it, maybe 10 minutes but enough to confirm its ground handling, takeoff and landing characteristics are appropriately difficult I'll look into the Archer next. Thanks for the help, Bill

Thank you. I have a computer savvy friend I'll get him to help if I need it and go for the Maule. So the Maule on the video is not the Maule in the Marketplace?

Is this the same Maule that's in the in sim Marketplace? If so it looks like it will also work for me. If I understand correctly it can be toggled between a 430 and a 650 which would be awesome. This is nearly my plane so it should transfer well to my knowledge:

Thank you both. Is it possible to add a 430 +/- and HSI to an existing plane? I saw there is a 430 in the FS store and I downloaded it but it does not seem to do anything. In retrospect I think its an update for existing sim planes that has an older 430 version... An Archer would work well. High performance retractable with a constant speed prop is close enough if it has the right avionics, and an autopilot is nice. Do I just Google 'Piper Archer II from Carenado' and download it somehow from there? Would it then show up in my airplane catalog on FS? Jgf, my work computer where I am now won't let me look at that V tail but I'll check when I get home. With the right avionics it may be a good choice. I see FS store has a Maule, but with what looks like a Garmin 650. I may be able to make that work also. Finally, is there a way to input flight plans with IFR waypoints? in the 'World' option all I see is starting and ending airports. I assume the 430 or 650 in the panel of these planes would have that functionality? Sorry to ask so many questions but this is all new for my 59 year old brain, I'm a physician and commercial pilot, not a computer person. I appreciate your patience, Bill.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I am grateful for the chance to participate in your forum, and I would like to ask for some help. I am a commercial pilot, single engine land, single engine sea, high performance and tail wheel endorsed, instrument. I recently bought a computer system to use Microsoft flight simulator, primarily for the practice of instrument, approach techniques, and in route navigation. The planes I fly are a 1960 Bonanza, with steam gauges, and HSI, and a Garmin 430. I also fly a Maule, with a Garmin 430 and a CDI. I would very much like to find the airplanes that simulate these as well. Looking through the menu, very few of the planes have steam gauges, and none that I can find are paired with a 430. Being able to practice with these items specifically, especially with an HSI, would be very valuable. I would like to be able to input flight plans, just like I would for real cross country IFR flying, and then fly the approach using the 430 and the HSI. The type of airplane is not critical, but I’d like something that emulates the Maule and the Bonanza. I am not computer savvy. It was all I could do to get this thing set up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance, Bill.