Agree! I got a right seat ride in one as a passenger about 10 years ago in Belize on a vacation. Coming from the smaller single engine Cessnas, up to the 210 in size that I had experienced in the past as a pilot, I was surprised how spacious the 208 was. Very cool.
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The Caravanâs prop is most efficient at 1900RPM. The governor will run that all day long no issues. Passenger carrying operations will pull the prop back in cruise for decreased noise in the cabin at the slight expense of endurance/performance- avoiding 1800RPM on approach as the prop frequency at that speed can mask nav radio reception.
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Again, thank you so much. Iâm a great fan of this plane. Yo have no idea how great it is to be able to ask this kind of questions to a pro. Im bookmarking all your tips 
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No problem I donât mind the questions- this is actually a decent way for me to keep up on my systems knowledge.
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Itâs a configuration/calibration bug then, because the only way to get into beta on a 0-100% throttle is to use the reverse button and push the throttle (physical game controller one) partway into the reverse range.
If I pull my throttle all the way back, the plane should be making minimal forward power, and when I hold my reverse button and push the throttle forward, it should start making reverse power, not less forward power. Having to hold the reverse button and manage the throttle âbackwardsâ to taxi is ridiculous, let alone having to keep my hand on there while doing other stuff because the plane canât idle without holding the reverse button.
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About the throttle detent, what is the best approach to do this with the xbox controller? Iâm not getting it right or functionalâŠ
the thing is you just cant replicate every throttle with your material.
there is no bug here, a have on my throttle, a non pushable buton, you press it and it stays in place. That button is dedicated to hold reverrse, i use it when the C208 is on the ground, then a can precisely control the amount of reverse using the throttle axis.
Its either you use one of thos trick or you get yourself a throttle with reverse integrated
Wrong.
Just make the bottom of beta the bottom of the throttle. There. Replicated.
So little piece of trivia- BETA isnât a Greek character in a physics calculation it stands for Beyond Effective Thrust Angle (referring to prop blade angle). Anyway itâs prohibited to be used in flight so having the bottom of BETA being at 0 on a throttle axis would probably not be a good idea.
The key binding youâll probably want to set is THROTTLE PREVIOUS DETENT. Just push this button once to go BETA, then again to select full reverse. Wiggle the throttle to pop it forward back into idle before hitting 25 knots and then taxi going in and out of beta as desired.
In the real aircraft itâs not really a scalar axis when you leave BETA to select reverse. Thereâs not much to control itâs mostly just an ON/OFF situation.
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Nope, thatâs not how it works Iâm afraid. IDLE on your throttle should be IDLE on the C208 and it produces thrust. BETA is « below » the IDLE detent so itâs either your throttle mechanically simulate that or you use keybinding but MSFS has to be realistic.
Of course the best option should be to offer throttle calibration on the EFB like inibuild does
The Cirrus Sr22 is a plane that I love, IRL it has a free castering nose wheel and you steer using differential braking. But in MSFS to make life easier for people without rudder pedal, they chose to link the nose wheel steering with the rudderâŠâŠto me that decision complete break the immersion and makes the plane unusable. Iâm waiting to develop a mod to bring back differential braking and free castering wheel on the SR22
Please donât chose to repeat the story on the C208
I heard the signal in the cessna caravan, three short one long two short. What does it mean?
The Voice output (Taws) from the Garmin 1000 is audible before the battery switch is on
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This thing want to go as a mad man on idle, i have 3 throttle inputs, throttle, mixture and prop, with prop and throttle on idle/low this monster already wantâs to move. Is this normal?
This is accurate to real life. Usually you have to put the prop in beta when taxiing to avoid riding tht the brakes.
Much better modeled physics!!!
Also, 208 drops like a rock when idle at altitude. Fully Loaded 208 in real life will easily give you -1700 to -2000fpm if you idle it and keep 130kts+
Much more accurate compared to msfs2020 where it would glide forever.
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Iâm still having trouble dealing with the throttle range with this plane on the honeycomb bravo. I can assign âThrottle Decreaseâ to the reverse region on the bravo and that brings the planes throttle just to the Beta range, which has itâs advantages in taxi like you said, but I canât get it to reverse thrust.
So then if I instead assign that same bravo region to âPrevious Throttle Detentâ it goes to 100% reverse thrust right away, which is nice for landing but terrible for taxiing. Anyone found a solution?
You donât use reverse for taxi or under 25 knots give or take. Beta, brakes, idle and youâll be fine. Itâs OK to use the brakes guys. Thatâs what theyâre for. Just donât ride them forever. Use light to moderate braking for 5-10 seconds then let them rest for a bit. You start picking up too much speed repeat. If youâre in beta on a normal paved surface this technique should be more than sufficient.
Also check that the condition lever is in low idle for start and taxi guys. Push to high condition when taking the runway. If youâre in high condition at idle during taxi⊠yeah thatâs gonna require a lot of braking.
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I couldnât put my finger on what was missing until yesterday, the two vertical fins on the elevator of the amphibian. I am getting little to no response from the water rudders as well and the engine will never fully shutdown.
Thanks for bringing my baby back!!!
What mapping have you used to feather the prop with the Honeycomb Bravo?
When I bind Bravo lever to Propellor 1 Axis without ticking off Invert Axis, and the detent to Hold Propellor Reverse Thrust, the lever in-game will go into feather detent, but then the lever is in reverse to my Bravo lever (hi is lo, lo is hi). When I tick off Invert Axis the lever moves in sync with my movement of the Bravo lever, but then detent to feather does nothing.
I havenât tested any other aircraft with G1000 yet, but in the caravan the aircraft icon on the map is now a âflying saucerâ. I was in contact with Working Title on discord and Matt answered this⊠Anyone else have this question?
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I have seen this behavior in all the G1000NXI aircraft I have tried in 2024
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