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Any info on Analog Caravan updates?

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  • Black SquareB Black Square

    You can expect it within one week! I'm glad there are folks out there who are still excited about my Caravan, so thanks for asking.

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    @Black-Square said in Any info on Analog Caravan updates?:

    You can expect it within one week! I'm glad there are folks out there who are still excited about my Caravan, so thanks for asking.

    Some of us didn't spend a few months hassling you about the AP wackiness just so we could stop flying it 😁

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      Buzz
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      Any news?

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        Bueller...... Bueller.......

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          I had told Just Flight that I was going to release the update last week, but then we had a major hurricane in Florida, which necessitated some long days at the airport for me. Assuming I can dodge any more hurricanes and tornados this week, you will have your update.

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          • Black SquareB Black Square

            I had told Just Flight that I was going to release the update last week, but then we had a major hurricane in Florida, which necessitated some long days at the airport for me. Assuming I can dodge any more hurricanes and tornados this week, you will have your update.

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            @Black-Square Perfectly valid reason, I understand fully, and patiently await the update.

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            • Black SquareB Black Square

              I had told Just Flight that I was going to release the update last week, but then we had a major hurricane in Florida, which necessitated some long days at the airport for me. Assuming I can dodge any more hurricanes and tornados this week, you will have your update.

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              @Black-Square we’re happy to hear you’re doing okay! Hopefully didn’t have any major property damage on your end, I heard that not even your area could entirely escape it.

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                Love the Caravan. I fly these "older" Black Square aircraft simply because the Duke is so much more refined and complete. I am looking forward to a new Caravan update.

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                • Black SquareB Black Square

                  I had told Just Flight that I was going to release the update last week, but then we had a major hurricane in Florida, which necessitated some long days at the airport for me. Assuming I can dodge any more hurricanes and tornados this week, you will have your update.

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                  @Black-Square Hope all is well.. I feel for you all. Best wishes.

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                    I didn't know about the Caravan update and look forward to it, but look after you and yours first Nick. We can wait.

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                      Of course Nick, you realise that once this out that the wailing and gnashing of teeth begins with the KingAir? Oh, to be a dev... :-)

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                        I updated the King Air before I left for some travel over the weekend, actually! I wasn't expecting to get to it so soon, but it just sort of happened one night while I was at my desk. I have submitted both updates to Just Flight, and we are just sorting through some logistics right now on both. Don't expect too much of these updates compared to the recent TBM update, as these are older aircraft not built on my current technology, but they should have some nice quality of life improvements.

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                          Thank you!

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                            Thanks for your answer and the update.

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                              You are a complete hero :-)

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                                So far I'm loving the 0.1.5 update. AP issues seem to be completely cleared up, I also noticed the AP VS setting matches up properly with the actual vertical speed reading from the instrument, whereas before there was a 300-400ft./min discrepancy between the two. Wasn't sure if the AP Baro setting now "works" or not (i.e. will changing it change the altitude the AP recognizes itself flying at?) ... Click sounds with the GTN750 are great. I noticed the Aux Fuel Pump now makes noise when engaged. One minor issue (not even sure if this has anything to do with the update) I noticed the altimeter backing placard suddenly just rotated like 45-degrees off center mid-flight (after having passed 10,000ft on a climb to 15,000 ft. It never returned to a straight position that flight anyway.... But, having hand-flown the plane and run it on AP for an hour just now, overall whatever other subtle changes you made make it seem to fly more predictably and steadily and really this is the best Cessna Caravan ever for any flightsim! Great work! Bravo!!

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                                  I noticed that the Heading Bug knob in the Caravan doesn't turn on the HSI; bug still moves as normal.

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                                    You're speaking of the center of the altimeter's face with the large "ALT" text? That is actually part of the 10,000 foot needle, and will rotate to completely cover the crosshatch flag at around 16,000ft. I just checked it on my end, and it seems to be functioning as expected.

                                    I also just checked the HSI knobs (good timing for your message), and they also seem to be functioning as expected.

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                                    • Black SquareB Black Square

                                      You're speaking of the center of the altimeter's face with the large "ALT" text? That is actually part of the 10,000 foot needle, and will rotate to completely cover the crosshatch flag at around 16,000ft. I just checked it on my end, and it seems to be functioning as expected.

                                      I also just checked the HSI knobs (good timing for your message), and they also seem to be functioning as expected.

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                                      @Black-Square Ah, I wasn't even aware of the function of the crosshatch-pattern on the altimeter face, learned something here: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23881/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-crosshatch-marking-on-altimeters

                                      Regarding the HSI, in my 0.1.5 test-flight I did use the heading bug knob (functional, knob rotates and bug moves around the HSI), didn't touch the course indicator (yellow) knob of the HSI, but I assume it probably works too(?)

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                                        Interesting. I loaded up the Caravan today, both the Default Green I use and the Default Red just in case there's panel shenanigans, and in both cases the knob worked. It's a lot slower than I remember it being (and as we all know here by now, my memory is infallible 😉); the heading knob seems to rotate 1:1 with the heading bug, whereas the HSI course knob rotates a lot faster than the CDI, so it's possible I just didn't notice it yesterday.

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