Today, Black Square released its highly anticipated Cessna Caravan for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020.
It’s available on Just Flight’s store in different versions. Passenger and Amphibian & Cargo for €37.95 each, while a bundle is available for €55.95.
Unlike the previous Analog Caravan, which was just a panel applied to the default aircraft, this is a full package with its own internal and external models by Black Square, independent from the default version.
Each aircraft comes with 12 hot-swappable radios and avionics configurations, and over 100 available failures that can be triggered manually or depend on ongoing wear and tear.
Below, you can check out a new trailer released to celebrate the release of the Caravan.
Here’s a look at the official features included in the bundle of the Caravan Professional:
- IMPROVED – 145+ page Operating Manual with your complete guide to flying the Black Square Caravan Professional, including systems guide, tutorials, operating limitations, performance tables and electrical schematics.
- NEW – Tablet Interface for configuring options, payload settings, failure management, and real-time visualisers for engines, electrical schematics and environmental systems.
- NEW – 12 hot-swappable radios, configurable via tablet interface. Includes PMS & TDS.
- IMPROVED – 100+ random, scheduled or performance-triggered failures, settable via the tablet, including engine damage, compatible with third party UIs and instructor stations.
- IMPROVED – Fully simulated environmental control for heating, air conditioning, ventilation and ram air cooling. Cool things off by opening a door, or watch the aircraft heat up in the sun. Monitor via the new tablet interface.
- Completely simulated electrical system, with 80+ circuit breakers and failures.
- IMPROVED – Turboprop dynamics, including (ITT, TRQ, Ng, FF, FP), hot starts, residual heat, exhaust back pressure, P2.5 HP & LP valve simulation, and fuel-oil heat exchanger.
- NEW – Turbine engine failures, such as compressor stall and surging, fuel control failure, fuel filter clogs, propeller governors and fire detection system.
- NEW – FOD damage based on surface type. Use the inertial separator to avoid engine damage. Tablet interface displays the type and intensity of FOD.
- NEW – Physics-driven propeller governor and feathering simulation and beta range from the Black Square Duke & Starship.
- NEW – KLN-90B vintage GPS. Download here.
- IMPROVED – KNS-80 RNAV now supports autopilot coupling with No-GPS configuration.
- NEW – Gyroscope physics simulation for electric and pneumatic gyroscopes with precession and partial failures, based on a coupled quadrature oscillator.
- NEW – Magnetic compass effects, including fields from onboard circuits.
- NEW – Functional exterior elements (interactive in MSFS 2024) and control locks: chocks, pitot covers, engine covers, rudder lock and ground power cart. Pitot flags blow in the wind.
- NEW – Performance tables reflect fine-tuned aerodynamic and engine cruise performance.
- NEW – Fuel imbalance and inadvertent cross-feeding based on terrain and acceleration.
- NEW – Voltage-based light dimming, an immediately recognisable effect to night-time pilots.
- NEW – Strobe light system causes realistic distracting flashes in clouds.
- Mathematically accurate VOR and ADF signal attenuation and noise degradation.
- Physics based instrument needles bounce and respond to aerodynamic forces.
- Improper engine management will slowly damage engines to failure.
- State saving for fuel, radio selection, radio frequency memory, cabin aesthetics etc.
- Crew/Passenger oxygen depletes according to pressure altitude and passenger occupancy.
- Ultra-custom dynamic registration number system for livery creators.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is currently available for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5. If you’d like to hear more about the simulator, you can watch our latest interview with Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 is currently available for PC and Xbox Series X|S.
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