F406 Caravan II FSX | P3D Latest Topics

Caravan II G-LEAF

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:01:43 +0000

Does anyone still use this airplane?

Real one:

Available on my Mediafire HERE

And on AVSIM Libray soonish

Repaint request Tanzanair?

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 02:16:59 +0000

Don't know how to upload a picture of it but would love to have the Tanzanair livery for the 406. I don't know if it's because I'm on a tablet or what but I get no option to upload a pic with this. Anybody that can help I would love to be able to upload the picture for a paint request. Thanks for any help.

RVL Group's G-FIND

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 19:56:57 +0000

Anyone still fly this old bus?

My best shot at it:

🐸

Should you like it, it's available now on my Mediafire HERE

Or it'll be on AVSIM Library soon.

School bus, Alaska style N406SD

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:26:18 +0000

I've just finished painting this one:

At the time it was the 'school bus' for the Bering Straits Schools Dept. based at Unacleet, Alaska. Since then it has been moved to Woolpert Inc in an aerial survey role.

HERE is an interesting video of this aircraft by Oddball pilot. Does he remind you of the school bus driver in The Simpsons?

I've not done any screen shots as I've been very busy

On my MediaFire now or AVSIM Library soon.

F406 pitot heat

Sat, 02 Dec 2017 08:06:17 +0000

Pitot heat is not working in carenado cessna f406. Loosing ias during icing conditions. Anybody has a solution like in the 690b? Thank you very much.

Dragged out of retirement (G-SMMA)

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:48:27 +0000

For want of something to paint...

Real one:

Mine:

Available on my Mediafire now, or AVSIM later.

Maiden flight

Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:22:13 +0000

So found this F406 Caravan on a good sale at their site and along with an even better sale price on their Baron B58 jumped at both. Spent the past few days off and on configuring both including trimming to just two of the 406's liveries, one with RXP GTN750 and RXPv2 GNS530 and the other with (2) RXPv2 GNS530 gauges. Today I took my maiden flight in my GTN variant. LIke it a lot. Even though it forced me to get reacquainted with the Aspen EFD1000 that I sort of left behind in their Bonanza A36. Didn't take long. Perhaps I should revisit the Bonanza! Only ummm moment I had was that the 406 seemed to jump off the runway at rotation. Seemed too light, though Cessna twins are known for that compared to twin Pipers and Beechcrafts. The remainder of the flight was great. Recommend this if you want a GA twin with a lot of seats and considerable range.

GTN750 power.

Sat, 05 Aug 2017 17:20:52 +0000

Hi all,

I am using v4 and i cant get power to the GTN750, any ideas?

Thanks

Neil

F406 Bug/Issue List

Mon, 26 Oct 2015 23:18:20 +0000

For user awareness of what issues exist with this model.

PLEASE also report any bugs to Carenado via email as well. Don't assume that someone else already did (and even if they did, it doesn't hurt to add another voice of concern).

My list so far...

The standby attitude indicator show an approximately 4 degree nose down situation when the plane is in level flight or on the ground. This issue was previously experienced by their Navajo and Alabeo's 404. Unfortunately, the standby indicator is not adjustable, so we'll have to see if Carenado fixes it.
The vertical speed indicator (VSI) seems to show a slight, approximately 30-50 foot decent when on level ground. It's not very noticeable due to the incrementation of the reference lines on the gauge (in hundreds) but one can see that the needle rests slightly below zero on a flat surface.

These two issues have been reported to Carenado. Recieved a generic "form letter" response as follows:

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Greetings,

Thank you for your valuable feedback. We'll consider it to include as a modification on the future version we will release for the aircraft.

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-Sean

Aspen and autopilot issues

Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:16:50 +0000

Having been teased into buying this very pretty addon by all the positive forum comments, I am hitting the frustration barrier pretty quickly! Never bought the A36, so I am struggling with the Aspen handling. How do you get the heading and course bugs set? managed it once with both but have been unable to locate the clickspots again. Carenado have taken their minimal documentation approach to new heights here - leaving a rather vital piece out altogether. Also at a loss as to how to get the autopilot to follow, well, anything - it just seems to go off and do its own thing! This is making an instrument departure very exciting...

But it is very pretty and doesnt seem to overtax my poor little i5 760, so its not all bad..

Engine cutoff

Mon, 24 Apr 2017 04:53:03 +0000

Purchased this great looking plane a couple months ago. I've been really busy so I've only recently started putting it through it's paces.

Despite ensuring everything is up to snuff with there being fuel on board, not at max power, and coming off the condition lever a bit, within ten minutes of takeoff, both engines just quit. I cannot restart them. It usually finishes with a spectacularly fiery crash where both my passengers (a group of old folks headed home to San Diego from Laughlin) and I, being able to exit the flight to reload and try again.

The problem seems to be happening regardless of how I control the airplane, either AP or manual. Hell, I even had my buddy Manuel come over to give it some Latin flair. Always the end result, disappointed old folks.

As you can imagine, with me being the nice guy that I am, I just want to get these folks home safely. After having blown their Social Security checks at the penny slots.

I have checked through the cfg file and have found no obvious signs of issues. Has anyone else had these problems? Anyone come up with a fix?

Thanks,

Matt

AKA Bionic Pilot

If you add both a GTN750 and an RXP GNS530..

Sun, 18 Sep 2016 22:01:45 +0000

.. beware, because the GNS will likely be selected as the "Active navigation device" when loading up the the airplane.

You can mouse over the memory card slot and Tooltips will tell you, or, when powering up the GTN, you will

notice that the HSI does not deflect properly when on the test page.

In that case, pop up the GNS and right click on the right hand memory card slot to toggle the device setting.

GTN750 pops up then defaults back to the GNS530

Mon, 15 Aug 2016 12:18:05 +0000

Very strange as I have configured the F406 for the GTN750, but when loaded the GTN screen appears for a second in the panel then goes right back to the GNS530. Any ideas what is going on? Thanks!

Jim Parish

P3D crashing - WX_Gauge_3D_CF406.dll

Sun, 17 Jul 2016 21:35:11 +0000

Hi, I'm using Air Hauler 2, and whenever I try do the checkout in this aircraft P3Dv3 is crashing with the following:

Faulting application name: Prepar3D.exe, version: 3.2.3.16769, time stamp: 0x56df48ce
Faulting module name: WX_Gauge_3D_CF406.dll, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x561803e7
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00002d7c
Faulting process id: 0x1e54
Faulting application start time: 0x01d1e06f5568f3f7
Faulting application path: D:\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v3\Prepar3D.exe
Faulting module path: D:\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v3\Gauges\WX_Gauge_3D_CF406.dll
Report Id: dbe9c4e0-4c62-11e6-9da9-305a3a4c825b
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

anyone have any ideas?

Edit: forgot to add that I can fly this aircraft no problem directly though P3D, but with AH2 you click the button and it'll load the aircraft for you, P3D launches and I get to the flight select menu which already has the airport/fuel/aircraft selected so you just need to click "fly now" or whatever it is. Then it attempts to load and then CTDs "Prepar2d has encountered a problem..."

I've also posted this in the AH2 support forum too

F406 Worth It?

Thu, 29 Oct 2015 09:07:41 +0000

I watched David Womacks video review of this aircraft and in his opinion he thinks its on par with Real Air.

I did not buy the Turbine Duke for P3D 2.5 and was waiting for v3 to be released. Would this Carenaod be a good plane to purchase and use while we await Real Air?

I haven't bought a Carenado in almost 2 years now due to continual bugs in the systems etc but this one peaked my interest due to his video review.

Thanks for any input.

Problems with the F406 Caravan II Weather Radar

Sun, 19 Jun 2016 12:54:22 +0000

Hello Pilots & Carenado Experts!

I own amongst to other aircrafts, the fabulous Carenado F406 Caravan II. It is a very fine aircraft and my favorite plane. Furthermore, I bought the Flight1 GTN 750 and have it successful integrated (F1GTN750F406II.exe) into the F406. Everything is working fine, SimStarter NG, ASN, the F406 including the GTN 750 and all my fantastic sceneries and tools but ...

... the included Weather Radar of the F406 does not work!

I can press every button, turn the controller, especially to the ON Position, but the display remains blank. The device is definitely without function!

There is nothing that I have changed to the plane, except the GTN 750 integration. By the way, I only fly with my Oculus Rift DK2, so I use only the VC and no 2D gauges!

Now to my Questions:

1. Is there really a full weather Radar integrated or is it only compatible and I have to/must buy this WR tool?

2. Is there someone else with this problem?

3. Is there a solution to get the device run?

I use for example the following Addons/Specs:

Windows 10 Pro 64Bit

AMD FX8370

MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GD5T OC (newest driver)

16 GByte RAM

FSX Steam Edition (everything on a 500GB SSD)

Carenado F406 Caravan II

Active Sky Next (via Steam)

Flight1 GTN 750

SimStarterNG

FlyInside (for my Oculus Rift DK2)

..and much more

I dont use DirectX 10, only DirectX9 settings (because the Rift DK2). I have a zipped File with some INI´s and CFG´s but I dont know, how I could upload it inside this thread?

I hope someone can/would help me!

Best wishes from EDHK,

Marco

P.S.: Sorry for my bad english but school is over since a lot of years!

Can't find a manual

Sun, 17 Apr 2016 15:31:05 +0000

Just purchased this aircraft from JustFlight to have something "smaller" n the hanger next to the Dash 8.

Only I can't find a manual.

It would be nice to have one and I can't imagine such a product is delivered without one.

Any help as to where it usually is installed or available would be welcomed.

Maarten Otto

Soundset for Carenado Cessna F406 Caravan II (FSX)

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 23:50:30 +0000

http://secure.simmarket.com/synchro-soft-reims-cessna-f406-caravan-ii-soundset-fsx.phtml

Taxi Speed

Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:57:24 +0000

I love the aircraft but it taxis like a Jack rabbit with the throttles at idle. Have tried the LUA DynamicFriction but doesn't seem to have any affect. Anyone have any ideas.

Thanks

Roger

gtn 750

Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:46:31 +0000

hi I need some help.

I install the f 406 and the gtn 750 my problem is that the 750 will not pop out by clicking on the side of the unit.

I also have small window showing on the upper left corner with the word stack. is there something I'm doing wrong.

I will appreciate if some one will guide me in the right direction.

Where are you taking your 406?

Tue, 24 Nov 2015 22:41:59 +0000

I've been doing some admittedly unrealistic routes from KAUS to various places in North Texas (KACT, KADS, KTKI) and some flights between MHRO and MZBZ. Average length is about 130 miles.

F406 - sensitive steering ... any tips?

Thu, 26 Nov 2015 23:04:29 +0000

I'm finding low to moderate speed steering is VERY sensitive in F406 -- relative to all the other Twin Turbo props I use. Roll out to power on take-off and the aircraft will wander across the runway in some cases I'm full rudder just to keep it pointed in the right direction (even with low winds).

I've tried, gradual power, rapid power, different rpm and prop settings, but aircraft will wander around until I hit about 80KTS.

Taxi is extremely difficult.

Any tips?

Cheers, Rob.

EDIT: the inertia also seems off, I'm able to taxi at a good speed with feather and throttle at min ... have to apply brakes always.

1986 Cessna F406 POH

Sat, 31 Oct 2015 15:26:01 +0000

692 pages.

Have fun:

https://www.redskyventures.org/doc/cessna-poh/Cessna_Caravan_II-F406-POH-1986.pdf

P.S. They have almost each and every Cessna manual available

Air-Taxi Europe repaint request

Tue, 10 Nov 2015 03:43:44 +0000

A nice looking real world F406 I'm looking to purchase this Carenado aircraft and would like the Air-Taxi Europe repaint to fly around in. Thank you

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch==Air-Taxi%20Europe&distinct_entry=true

And one from Norway:

http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=F406-0015&distinct_entry=true

IAS mode on the autopilot

Tue, 03 Nov 2015 22:53:35 +0000

I think this topic deserves its own thread..

First of all, the IAS push button selection is broken, it does not set the target speed properly.

Carenado recognizes this and say it will be fixed.

Secondly, the UP/DOWN rocker switch is confused...

If you operate the rocker switch with the mouse wheel, in the popup autopilot,

it works the way I would expect it to operate. Mouse wheel up = nose down.

However, if you just click on the UP and DOWN sections of the switch, it operates

in the opposite mode... UP = nose down, DOWN = nose up.

Likewise, in the VC, it is left click / right click (no mouse wheel :mad: ) and

again UP is nose down, etc..

Do we any RW pilots out there who can chime in on this?

I am not sure that Carenado is convinced that this thing is broken..