The Caravan w/ PT6-114A has 675hp and ours was written in with Oper/Specs in our manual at 8950 MGTOW. Otherwise it was 8500lbs. That was so nice of the Administrator to allow another 450lbs. That was with or without the POD. At 8950 /sea level it climbed moderately. But of course at high density altitudes it really suffered. A good VFR plane but I didn't care too much for IFR/in ice in the 208. The flight in the 402 are likely high altitude departures. It's likely very close to the P58 Baron with IO-520's at 325hp. The Baron makes good power so I'm hoping the 402 performs close to that.