Carenado F406 Caravan II

[SeanTK]

UPDATE: RELEASED!

Coming soon...the Reims F406 Caravan II. Looks great!

https://www.facebook.com/Carenado/posts/885684141508401


Looks like there is/was at least one in New Zealand:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Vincent- ... 00b9102518

[cowpatz]

Looks great alright. They make a fantastic visual model.

[Lindstrim]

Does look good
Also I think Air2there has one online.

[Naki]

I think the Air to There one was the same one. (edit: Vincent had two 406s - one which ended up at Kiwi Air) Kiwi Air has one..ZK-XLA

[SeanTK]

FYI...I asked about GTN integration and was told that it will have an install option for the Flight1 GTN750. It will also have the Aspen PFD (like the A36) as standard, so this will be a very nice, modern cockpit without having "too much" glass (aka, G1000). I'm really excited about this. A rugged, non-pressurized (yes, either put a mask on or stay down low) twin-turboprop. Also, the latest screens don't show it, but there are older images out there that look lake a baggage pod on the belly will be a visual option.

If they get it right, this will be an absolutely fantastic all-weather instrument platform. So far I have seen a French livery, a Hellenic Coast Guard livery, a couple of US liveries, and an unknown but extremely nice looking and modern-looking red/black livery. Hopefully they'll all be included.
I think we're still a couple weeks out yet since we haven't seen night cockpit shots, and those are usually indicative of the one week countdown, but I think this will actually be an instant purchase for me. I like the Alabeo 404, but this takes things to the next level while remaining in a class of it's own (not quite a king air, but not a heavy piston either).

I'm looking forward to flying it this winter in some cold, sloppy weather in the Northern Hemisphere!

[SeanTK]

New shots are up at their website, featuring more exterior daylight shots (love the green and yellow livery!) as well as shots of the completed VC instruments (with the Aspen like the A36) and cockpit night lighting. I suspect that we are only days away!

[SeanTK]

RELEASED!

[NBL5370]

This a lovely aircraft which I just purchased and am now flying back from the Cessna factory in the USA back to Wellington to put into our Virtual Hangar. GTN 750 works great although had a bit of fun getting it to load but then found that you have to run an exe in the F406 folder as well. Hopefully we can get our painter to paint a texture in the Noble Air colours.

[Sonnyj]

Now that is a top notch idea....Wished i had thought of it earlier. 'Making the ferry trip to NZ from the sales departments' origin airport.'

Take a couple of days to plan the flight/s and stopovers, wait for the weather if VFR and away!

Didn't do it, gonna do it. That is take my payware craft back to retailer for a check up and then do a proper ferry flight back to my hangar in NZ.

[Naki]

Only one problem.... your Caravan was made in France by Reims not in the US by Cessnna

[Sonnyj]

Listen all about from oddball pilot.

Go to the video part way down the page.

http://oddballpilot.com/2012/03/aircraf ... aravan-ii/

[NBL5370]

Only one problem.... your Caravan was made in France by Reims not in the US by Cessnna

Yes that is so true however they actually delivered it to the cessna factory in the states for me to take delivery

[1061147]

Hey lads, I brought this the other day and I am loving it! please is there an NZ livery anywhere??