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Cessna CH-1 Skyhook · CowanSim · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Use cockpit interaction for unbound features
Some custom features require mouse click spots rather than a default hardware binding.
CowanSim MSFS guide · PDF page 10; no undocumented events inferred
Cessna CH-1 Skyhook · CowanSim · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Open doors while moving around the aircraft
The click spots work in cockpit view, including when moving outside from that view.
CowanSim MSFS guide · PDF page 13
Cessna CH-1 Skyhook · CowanSim · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Change options after the helicopter loads
Persistence restores the previous flight’s settings. Change passenger and object weights in the loaded flight’s Weight and Balance window.
CowanSim MSFS guide · PDF page 14
Cessna CH-1 Skyhook
The CH-1 brought Cessna's familiar light-aircraft styling into a helicopter programme. It used a front-mounted piston engine and a two-blade main rotor; the Army evaluated the design as the YH-41 Seneca. Although the design achieved altitude milestones, it did not become a commercial or military success comparable with Cessna's fixed-wing range.
1955: Landing Atop Pikes Peak
Historical report citing the October 1955 Army Aviation account and Steve Remington
The Cessna CH-1 Helicopter: A Record Setter, Fifty-Plus Years Later
Programme engineer’s memoir, preserved in the 21 June 2009 web archive
The Helicopter!
Pilot and operator’s quoted recollections, preserved in the 13 February 2010 web archive
208 B Grand Caravan EX · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024
Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manuals
Cessna 208 B Grand Caravan EX · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020
Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manuals
Cessna Caravan family · Black Square · Black Square · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Avionics choices persist between flights
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
Cessna Caravan family · Black Square · Black Square · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
Watch the electrical system respond
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
Cessna Caravan family · Black Square · Black Square · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
A standalone Caravan with several working configurations
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