Cessna Caravan 208b Training Manual Pdf
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This switch actually only affects a few of the annunciators (such as windshield anti-ice, De-Ice Pressure, etc.). The big red warnings will remain big and red (and bright!) at night. ? Though there are a few more of the annunciators that should also be able to dim (such as the FUEL LOW lights), so we're adding that for the next update.
That is intentional that it's not adjustable by the panel lighting knobs (the screen brightness does its own thing in the real unit), but it should still be readable. I'm definitely able to read the AP screen just fine at night here on my end. Is it too bright or too dim for you? And are you using X-Plane 11 or 12? The lighting has changed quite a bit in X-Plane 12.
Not directly. When we first released our Caravan X-Plane didn't have an axis for the emergency power lever. Now in X-Plane 12 it does "Backup throttle", which will accomplish basically the same functionality. Though you won't see the 3D emergency power lever moving in the cockpit, because it's hooked up to a custom dataref. You can manipulate it with the mouse, though.
Oooh, that's a good question; I'm not sure. But if Laminar are making improvements to the weather radar that's definitely something we're interested in! I don't have an answer for now, but I like this idea.
Some of the options and configurations from the popup menu already save. These are things like the tundra tires, the cargo pod, etc. But we don't save things like aircraft and systems configurations, or simulated things like oil level, engine health, etc. I'm afraid that's a bit out of scope for our planes, but it's definitely something SimCoders has done with their Reality Expansion Packs for several of our planes.
I checked, and I don't think the turn rate or HSI Arc mode are simulated. Same with the CRS sync; that's one that has come up before, but X-Plane doesn't seem to have a command for it. It'd be handy, for sure. I did however make a change to our internal files to make sure the distances display tenths of a mile. ?
I'll have to check about the electric trim in the Caravan. When we first released this plane X-Plane didn't make a distinction between electric and manual trim, so we allowed the trim commands to still work when there's no power, simulating the manual trim wheel. But now that X-Plane makes the distinction, I'll check.
Joe, I've been flying the Caravan on xp11 for about a year. It's one of my favorite AC to fly. Recently I've add ElGato's StreamDeck and StreamDeck+ to my sim to replace screen/mouse clicks with button and encoder hardware. Its been an enjoyable challenge. The Caravan is the first plane that has stumped me. I've been able to emulate the switch positions as displayed on the screen. For instance: "Start", "Off", and "Motor" for the 3 position starter switch using the [09] element of the thranda/switches/Switch[400] array. But I haven't been able to identify the Datarefs and Commands that will interact with the model. To start the plane for instance I have to click the starter and battery switches with a mouse. Can you point me to the correct Datarefs/Commands?
With the View option in XP called 'show instrument descriptions' that will tell you the correct data ref or command to use when you mouse over over that toggle switch. In this case you will use a command to toggle the Starter switch. I have assigned the two commands to one encoder and it works well.
I've been building my own custom switch panels and quadrants to match the C208 and using MSFS2020 but now want to move over to Xplane 12. I haven't bought the caravan addon yet because I want to make sure I can configure/latch all the switches (the ones that are operational in the sim), in particular the start panel to match and work as it would in the real aircraft to help with my training and currency.
all of these swithes can be addressed (only for the starter-switch with three positions (Off, High and Motor) I used a FlyWithLua-script). Other possibility is, if you have a three position-switch and to address the outer positions to up and down, so that you can "move" the swith through all three positions.
Is there any way to save the specific interior configuration such that the exact same saved interior and payload appears when the aircraft is reloaded another time? (i.e. last row of seats removed, 500 lbs of cargo, etc)
Yep sure is, open the Thranda Menu/Weight & Balance, set up the configuration you want and hit "Save Configuration". Now, the next time you you want to use the Caravan open the Thranda Menu/Weight & Balance and hit "Load" and your Saved Configuration will appear. Be aware that when you update with the SkunkCrafts Updater you will lose your Saved Configuration and have to redo the process.
I've seen a few questions and requests in this thread that I would like to repeat and add to. Including skydiving operations with weight and balance shifts when the "self-loading cargo" exits would be great. I have my start panel fully integrated with the simulator via FlyWithLua. I added the BUS for the external power with the dataref "sim/cockpit2/electrical/GPU_generator_on." I don't have detection for flight and movement yet, but it shows the 28v on the voltmeter. On the sides of my RS kitbox with a printed panel, I have a rotary switch for the voltmeter, a push button for the Governor test, and two test buttons for Fire and Annunciator. I plan to keep adding as I go. The build of my panel with the full LUA script is here: -script-for-the-thranda-cessna-208-on-xplane-12.
It doesn't look like the two buses for the avionics are coded into the sim. The Avionics Bus Tie switch is coded, as is the Standby power switch. Does anyone know if this functionality is coded in, or am i just missing something?
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