Caravan Professional

I would say enjoying is a understatement, I love it as all of your products! Did not disable aircraft stress damage to get a more “realistic” punishment, but will give it a try. Thanks for the quick replay. And a few more seconds in one of the next updates would be appreciated but I do understand it does potentially cause other issues.

@Black-Square said in Pilot and Copilot avatars: Just to clarify, all of my aircraft released for MSFS 2024 are "real native package[s]". As I have explained several times in the past, the modular aircraft file structure is entirely optional, and does not limit the available features or compatibility of the aircraft in any way. Asobo says this in almost those exact words within their documentation. As far as my aircraft are concerned, the modular file structure is a further abstraction from which they do not particularly benefit. As I understand it, large airliners benefit the most, and also other workflows for modeling aircraft, which I do not personally use. Though you are in general right as the native definition by Asobo is quite wide and not very precise, you can actually group them into some native levels. And yes your packages are native packages and I didn't deny that. But the level of native package you have selected for your projects comes with some disadvantages for the customers. Most of us will fly different liveries for VAs or even download the already very nice released ones from your house painter Ryan and Tim for example. And with your products (or every other product using this level of native like the JF ones) all these additional liveries are actually not liveries but variants of the aircraft. For each of these you have then to select and assign your control profiles again cause the sim thinks its a new aircraft variant. Minor annoyance for sure

Here Here! Brilliant and heartfelt post.

That's a really good video - I particularly enjoyed how he spent time explaining how not to pinch one's fingers in the ladder. That thing has "bitten" me on more than one occasion in the real plane.

Awesome thanks - yeah I searched on emergency and couldn't find anything other than the checklists.

Ah, Thanks. I do have the BS Analogue Caravan in there,

Thanks. I have a few other housekeeping things to take care of with Just Flight, so I will add that to the list.

Thanks for the feedback. I hope you're enjoying the aircraft, regardless of some of these things. I hope you don't mind if I answer in the form of a list, as I'm doing a lot of replies today. The KAP 140 is incapable of driving a flight director, hence the lack of one. I could add an optionally toggleable one for you, but as you might imagine, then I will receive comments that this is "unrealistic". Unfortunately, I don't plan on adding a different RMI to the Caravan, since this is the unit I have seen most commonly installed in Caravans. Also, I'm sure you also understand that I receive a lot of requests to put avionics from all my aircraft in all my other aircraft, which would be a practical impossibility. This is unfortunate, since I aim to make everyone happy. I have been told by my Caravan pilots that a lot of rudder trim is required for cruise and any power changes, and also due to fuel imbalance. As the KAP 140 does not have authority over the rudder, I think this might be mostly realistic. I'll talk to my Caravan pilots to get their opinion. I'm already working on this for v1.1. Unfortunately, there is no "click here to increase left-turning tendency" option when developing a CFD aerodynamics model, but one would think this is a solvable problem from looking at my other aircraft. Hopefully I can get this squared away for you guys by next week. Sorry it's not sooner, but Just Flight is on their way to FSWeekend in a matter of hours. Thanks again, and let me know if you have any more comments or questions! You know where to find me.

Are you familiar with the KAP 140's adjustable barometer setting? Unfortunately, I think there is actually a bug with that right now, but I will fix it very soon with v1.1.

Hmmm, better read the manual... Why HDG mode worked differently than NAV mode is still not clear to me..

Thanks got it.

I agree some more steering realism would be great. Also a realistic parking brake. As far as I remember those aren’t part of any Black Square aircraft for convenience of less-skilled users.

@RPGamerous Yes! - that helped, reinstalling it again seemed to have installed all version correctly. It also did not install the super cargo master version either which now installed. [image: 14f1bc36-083d-4811-8428-779c8d41bbe3.png]

Greetings from KPDX cargo platform ! @Black-Square What an elegant addon you’ve created! Although I've been studying the manual and the POH over the last few weeks, I’m going to need more time to process everything. During the last hour, I've been playing with the breakers, checking their effects on the schematic pages. The tablet is incredible. What a sleek design! In the next couple of hours, I'm going to assign levers, buttons, etc... but I can’t wait to replicate the first Empire Airliners flight I find on Flightaware :). Such an elegant addon! I really hope for great success with the release because it definitely deserves it.

@Derek Oh thanks, good to know!

@Black-Square just a quick thank you! My first flight completed around South East England. The Caravan feels alive and so authentic. Your work is exceptional and your talent grows with every release. The best birthday present 🥳