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Caravan Professional

Black Square

JUST FLIGHTBLACK SQUARECARAVAN208PROFESSIONAL

5/5 (3)


Black Square’s Caravan Professional brings you one of the most technically advanced aircraft simulations for Microsoft Flight Simulator, with 100+ possible failures, 12 hot-swappable radio configurations, Black Square’s turbine engine simulation with beta range implementation, and the most advanced cabin temperature simulations in MSFS.

Black Square’s new tablet interface lets you configure all options, manage payload, control failures, and monitor engines, electrical schematics, and environmental control systems, all from within the simulator. The failure system allows for persistent wear, MTBF, and scheduled failures for nearly every component in the aircraft. The 3D gauges are affected by physics, and can even become stuck without engine vibration, requiring a tap on the glass to free them.

Radionavigation systems are available from several eras of the C208’s history. Fly without GPS via a Bendix KNS-80 RNAV system, or with the convenience of a Garmin GTN 750/650 (PMS50 or TDS). Other radio equipment includes KX-155 radios, KLN-90B, GNS 530/430, KAP 140 Autopilot, and an RDR1150XL Weather Radar.

A 145+ page manual provides instruction on all equipment, and 42 in-game checklists with control highlighting are included for normal and emergency procedures.

This product includes ONLY the base model passenger Caravan with/without cargopod. The passenger amphibian and cargomaster are sold separately, or purchasable as part of a discounted bundle.

Key Features:

  • Tablet interface with visualizers

  • Physics-based engine simulation

  • 12 hot-swappable radios, including vintage avionics, like KLN-90B, and KNS-80 RNAV

  • 100+ Random, Scheduled, or Performance Triggered Failures

  • Improved turboprop dynamics, including hot starts, P2.5 bleed, and failures

  • Fully simulated environmental control system

  • Physics-based sound system

  • Propeller hub oil simulation

  • FOD damage based on surface type

  • Gyroscope physics simulation and magnetic compass effects

  • Instrument needle stiction and friction, and acceleration physics

  • Walkaround elements (Interactive in MSFS 2024) and control locks

  • Accurate VOR and ADF signal attenuation and noise degradation

  • Completely simulated electrical system

  • Passenger and crew oxygen system

  • Ultra-custom dynamic registration system

Checklists

Over 430 checklist items are provided for 42+ Normal, Abnormal, and Emergency procedures in textual form in the manual, and in-game, using the MSFS native checklist system with control and instrument highlighting. If it’s in the checklist, it’s settable in the aircraft!

Sounds

Black Square’s Caravan Professional features a custom sound set created by Boris Audio Works, recorded from the real aircraft. High quality engine and cockpit sounds will immerse you in the simulation. Sounds such as engine starting are not mere recordings, but instead many layered sounds, constructed based on the underlying simulation.

Flight Dynamics

The Caravan Professional features a flight model with performance to match the real world aircraft based on real Caravan pilot feedback and in-flight data. Engine and aerodynamic performance should be within 2% of POH values, though no two engines are ever the same. The flight model uses the most up to date features available in MSFS 2020 and 2024, such as the new voxel CFD aerodynamics, CFD propeller, adverse yaw and stall parameters, and flexible tire physics. Engine damage produces a rough running engine and decreased performance.

The Caravan Professional Passenger is an American single-engine, turboprop-powered utility airplane configured for passenger transport. Known for its power, endurance, and reliability, the aircraft is piloted by one or two and can seat up to 14 total, although it typically accommodates up to ten.

Based on decades of feedback from previous generations of the airframe type, the Caravan Professional Passenger features a stout, boxy fuselage and a strut-braced, high-aspect-ratio main wing. It has a fixed tricycle undercarriage, a traditional empennage, and has advanced touchscreen avionics in its cockpit. It boasts advanced digital flight controls, autopilot, and several pilot safety features like electronic stability and protection and under-speed protection.

The highly versatile Caravan Professional Passenger can operate out of a wide variety of airfields, including grass and gravel airstrips, and has excellent short-field performance. It can be configured for several types of applications ranging from passenger service to military roles. It measures 41 feet, 7 inches in length, stands 15 feet, 6 inches tall, and has a wingspan of 52 feet, 1 inch. It is powered by a turboprop engine that delivers up to 867 horsepower. The engine turns a 4-blade, constant-speed, fully-feathering propeller.

The Caravan Professional Passenger has a maximum range of 1,050 miles, a service ceiling of 25,000 feet above sea level, a climb rate of 1,275 feet per minute, and it has a maximum cruise speed of 213 mph.

Specifications


WINGSPAN52.1 ft
LENGTH41.5 ft
ENGINE675HP (503 kW) PT6A-114A Free Turbine
EMPTY WEIGHT4,071 lb (1,847 kg)
MAX WEIGHT8,785 lb (3,985 kg)
MAX ALTITUDE23,700 ft (7,223 m)
RANGE1,182 nm (2,189 km)
FUEL CAPACITY335 US gal (1,268 L)
CRUISE SPEED182 KTAS (337 kph)