TCA Aircraft Testing Department. Small single & twin prop aircraft test report. Date of Report: 1 JUL 98 Tested by: MARCO PACAGNELLA TCA #2459 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION A: (Original FSFS aircraft details.) a) Aircraft name: Cessna C 208 Bag b) Aircraft registration: PJ-THO c) Aircraft Filename: TDM-CARA.ZIP/Tdmc208b.ZIP + TDMCAR2.ZIP (FS98 Update) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION B: (FS98 only aircraft file details.) a) Aircraft Filename: b) Aircraft name: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION C: (Criteria Tested) 1) Endurance (range) NM: 650 nm 2) Take-off distance(metres): 360 m Landing distance(metres): 200 m 3) Rotation speed (Vr) (KIAS): a)Educated guess: 70 KIAS b)Calculated: 77 KIAS 4) Climb: Best climb speed (KIAS/fpm): 1000 fpm 5) Overspeed clacker(at cruise altitude) Mach number or KIAS: not found ! 6) Behavior under AP: (OK/Not OK) a) Speed AP. OK b) Altitude AP. OK c) Heading AP. OK d) NAV1 AP. OK e) Back course AP. OK f) Approach AP. OK g) Autoland. NO 7) Speed @ 80% power at cruise altitudes (Mach number or KIAS): 165 8) Power setting, economic cruise speed: 78% at 160 KIAS 9) Stall speed (KIAS). a) 100% fuel: Clean 72 KIAS dirty 53 KIAS b) 30% fuel: Clean 65 KIAS dirty 46 KIAS 10) Approach speed at 30% fuel (KIAS): 70 KIAS 11) Turns AP ON - (OK/Not OK): a) Level turns. OK b) Climbing turns. OK c) Descending turns. OK 12) Turns AP OFF - (OK/Not OK): a) Level turns. OK b) Climbing turns. OK c) Descending turns. OK 13) Landing speed (KIAS): a) 30% fuel: 62 b) 15% fuel: 60 14) Take-off with some engines out of service: Do not shut down the only engine available ! :-)) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SECTION D: NOTES/COMMENTS: 1) Good, it is a very nice plane to fly to little airfields. the good manuvrability let you fly her in very difficult approaches. 2) In the zip TDM-CARA.ZIP there are 3 caravans: normal, bag (this), and float. In TDM-CARA2.ZIP there are air files for FS98 users for all three models. It is turbune so the default panel (cessna S) is not good to see engines parameters. I suggest a turbine single panel, or the original one (link at static dep).