I think the big holdup is the GTN integration. Everyone is dead in the water until that is sorted with the new G3X.
Don’t think that’s a problem. New G3X is integrated with the GTN in //42 Fox aircraft so it’s possible.
Yup but SWS has yet to get to it, it seems. I’ve also seen little to nothing about it on the TDS discord. Any other aircraft have the GTN integrated with the G3X yet?
The FSReborn Sting S4 has the new G3X with PMS50 GTN integration. Have not flown it much yet, but I think it worked pretty well. TDS is still on the ToDo list though.
Freeware everywhere that throws GTN’s and updated G3X’s into just about everything. How hard can it be? I think even the freeware RV7 has it and doesn’t torque-twist constantly nor skippy tire syndrome. I have all SWS aircraft except the PC and the 14 is in most need of some updating.
Hopefully they get that relentless glare layer off the screens when they update.
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Lol, skippy tyre syndrome. That’s a succinct way to sum up take off in the SWS RV14.
Have any of you guys actually flown an RV-3 to 14? The landing gear on all of these RV’s is made from spring steel & mounted at a rearward angle, they are very springy & the skippy tyre thing is dead accurate especially so on the tail dragger & made more evident on fast or hard landings. I’m not sure if the tri-gear versions are the same but I’d imagine so as it’s basically the same main gear. SWS have done a pretty good job of modelling the RV & flight characteristics feel pretty close to me, the roll rate is slower than what I remember but my experience was in an RV-6 & the 14 has longer wings, square stab & a taller fin as well as different flap set-up but I’d think they would be fairly close. The freeware RV-7 & RV-4 are very good examples of the early RV feel, they are a great little airtcraft to fly.
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Very interesting, thanks for the info!
The freeware RV4 is the best modeled aerobatic aircraft in the sim. It’ s the only one that can tumble out of vertical stalls and recover without ever totally confusing the sim. True 120kt snap rolls that trip the stall buzzer, it actually stalls one wing in the snap.
The 14 can land dead bang on the number and skip-and hard. Not bounce slightly with the gear spring-wobbling in the air and settling back in. Several aircraft do it without proper reason and it’s always exactly the same no matter the different configurations or weight. Once it’s ‘connected’, you can see there’s compliance enough in the gear it shouldn’t happen. It’ some dynamic of tire friction/tire hardness. It punches you up with more force than it had coming down when the tires in the FM begin to spin on contact. Doesn’t do it with a tiny bit of toe brake. The trike is a bit sensitive, but I can still easily set it down even doing it 1-2-3 wheels in sequence for the sake of doing it.
It should be there, but about 50% less than it does now
good news about the G3X on the RV-14
the PC version will undergo some major changes due to how differently structured the new G3X Touch is -the Xbox version is not affected as much. So, the PC version of the RV-14 shipped with the GTN750 embedded and the GNS530 was an option, selectable through the livery screen. That approach meant that if the GTN750 updated more often than the RV, users would need to mod the plane themselves, or be stuck with the old version.
This means that the GTN will no longer be bundled with the aircraft as it can no longer be embedded -the plane will use the GNS530 as its default navigator. A positive side effect is that we can now use the Working Title GNS530 in place of the old one, as the G3X can finally communicate with it! The GTN750 option will still be available to PC users, but they will need to install a mod in their community folder and restart their simulator, as is the case with other planes using the new Working Title G3X.
The next big change is that we will need to bring in code changes from our newer RVs into the 14, so that everything is done to the same coding standard. Finally, the ESI500 standby instrument will be updated from XML to JavaScript in the near future. This instrument is also used in the Kodiaks, and we want to make sure that the legacy XML avionics are put to rest before the end of the year.
All said, we believe the RV-14 will be updated to a much higher standard. The RV-14 will probably be done within August as well, September being the worst-case scenario.
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Today we launched an update for our entire Van’s Line, all three aircraft were successfully updated, and we are now distributing the updates to dealers.
In the RV-14, in addition to implementing support for Working Title’s G3X, we made some changes to the cockpit, so as not to go into too much detail and make it a long text, I will leave the complete changelog below with some images representing the changes. PS* I think you’ll like the changes we made to the aerobatic smoke system.
-Added WT G3X support.
-Redid GTN support
-Modified seat materials per RV-8 paradigm and applied color swatches for customization (Image 1)
-Corrected cockpit materials
-Added detail maps (image 2)
-Click spots to show/hide pilots
-Added trim switch on joystick
-Added 10 minutes’ supply of aerobatic smoke (image 3), controllable from the joystick buttons. Color will be adjustable in the future via tablet.
-Preparations for SWS tablet (Image 4)
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Hi, I upgraded from the MS Store but don’t see version with the PMS GTN, every version about 5 that I load does not have the GTN. GTN is installed and I can use it in other aircraft. Maybe I missed something. I appreciate any help with this.
If you bought from the Marketplace, you have to get the GTN files from the SWS website. The way Marketplace handles files they can’t include optional add-ons like that; they’re only included if you by direct from SWS’s website or other web retailers.
You’ll find them under “Free Extras” here:
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I installed the update today but have no avionics, black G3X and white GNS530 instead of my normal 750. Restarted sim, same thing. Any thoughts?
Yesterday it was ok.
Whenever I had white glass is when I had made errors in the panel.cfg, trying to integrate a particular GPS that was not natively supported.
I wouldn’t know the first thing about .cfg files, never touched one.
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It wouldn’t hurt to do a remove, and reinstall. Other than the Hobbs meter I don’t think it has any state saving so you won’t be losing anything.
One thing I noticed was it spawns on the ramp with full flaps. I’m pretty sure I didn’t leave them down from the last flight, and it isn’t remembering that.
How are you finding crosswind landings? It requires a hell of a lot of rudder even with a 10kt crosswind. I must confess I have not looked at its POH so I don’t know what it’s rated for.
Yeah I’ll try that, seems a little too coincidental that’s all, immediately after an update. I tried cold and dark and runway spawn. And yes crosswinds are a challenge in this light weight craft, particularly in the tail dragger.
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If you don’t already have it, consider taking a look at ActiveSky. You will feel an immediate difference on the ground. Asobo have this baked in gusting wind pattern, even when there are no configured gusts. You’ve almost experienced that when on take off roll, and you find your plane lurching from one side of the centre line to the other. ActiveSky implements gusts in a more believable way, and overhauls how wind is simulated. I don’t fly without it now.
It won’t magically make the RV-14 or any of their other RV’s have better ground handling though. As far as I can see they aren’t using any of those features, let alone the more recent SU15 additions.
Do you have the old RV-14 GTN add-on folder in your Community folder still? The filename for the GTN integration changed with the patch. Realized I had 2 after the install and manually deleted the old one.
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