Cessna Caravan family

The tablet saves avionics selections and allows several radio/GPS arrangements. The manual explains which selected GPS can drive the HSI and autopilot, including a limitation when the Working Title GNS 530 occupies NAV2. Confirming a changed arrangement reconfigures the avionics and disengages the autopilot.

Caravan Professional guide 2026 · PDF p.79

A live tablet schematic shows powered connections, inactive equipment and circuit paths. This gives the simmer a visual way to follow the electrical model as aircraft switches and equipment change state. It complements the analogue cockpit with a diagram of what the simulation is doing.

Caravan Professional guide 2026 · PDF p.93

Black Square's Caravan Professional is a standalone aircraft, distinct from its earlier Analog Caravan expansion. The manual describes wheeled, cargo and amphibious configurations, a new exterior and cabin model, sounds and interactive aircraft features. Its analogue cockpit and systems form a different product from both the bundled glass-cockpit Grand Caravan and an instrument-panel replacement for it.

Black Square Caravan Professional · PDF p.8; introduction and configurations

The DGS package includes the Caravan 675 and Grand Caravan, each with passenger and cargo arrangements. Its expansion adds plain and amphibious floats, landplane options and a G1000 choice in the configurable panel. Instrument presets and an in-sim livery editor let the cockpit and exterior be personalised. The gathered store page lists version 1.2.2, dated June 2023.

Designated X-Plane.org store · gathered 10 September 2026

Thranda's Caravan development includes configurable avionics and changes to its X-Plane flight model. The published history records trim balance, propeller drag, G1000 pitch-button behaviour, landing-gear springiness and stall-warning calibration changes. The changes are identified by release number.

C208 DGS; XP12 added v1.2 February 2023 · Version history; v1.2 and later XP12 tuning

Horne prepared in a FlightSafety simulator before moving to the real Grand Caravan. The sessions introduced its glass cockpit and approach work, but the aircraft itself still made an impression: reaching the flight deck meant climbing a ladder, and the cockpit had the scale of a much larger working machine. The demonstration aircraft carried a cargo pod and TKS equipment. Flying close to its maximum weight, he found that the ailerons and rudder asked for deliberate effort.

Thomas A. Horne

Hitchen approached the Grand Caravan EX with the expectations of a piston pilot and some apprehension about its size and turbine engine. Wilson took care of departure before handing over for airwork. The controls initially seemed heavy, and Hitchen repeatedly overshot headings as he adjusted to an aircraft with more momentum than his usual mount. Familiarity softened that first impression: he came to find it responsive once he understood how much input it wanted.

Steve Hitchen