Meet Daher TBM family
The TBM programme began as a collaboration between SOCATA and Mooney and continued under Daher. The low-wing airframe carries one nose-mounted turboprop and a pressurised cabin. Successive versions developed the engines, aerodynamics, avionics and pilot interface.
The analogue-panel TBM 850, glass-cockpit TBM 900 and TBM 930 occupy different points in that progression. They are especially useful to compare in simulation because developers model different panel generations and levels of persistent system behaviour. A manual for one should remain attached to that version.
In your simulator
Systems, equipment and documentation for each developer’s aircraft.
TBM 930
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Edition / package Standard
TBM 930
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Edition / package Standard
TBM 850
Black Square
An analogue-panel TBM with detailed supporting systems
Black Square's TBM 850 pairs EFS40 electronic flight instruments with conventional panel equipment and selectable navigation installations. The manual describes persistent failures, generator and governor behaviour, fuel systems and environmental controls. Its cockpit is a useful counterpoint to the fully integrated glass displays of later TBM variants.
Black Square / Just Flight · TBM 850 manual ↗Black Square TBM 850 · PDF p.9; introduction and feature overview
TBM 900
Hot Start
Multiple persistent airframes and a maintenance manager
Hot Start's TBM 900 retains switch, fuel and aircraft-condition state between flights. The published model includes component wear, a maintenance manager and separately tracked airframes. Its G1000-based cockpit adds synthetic vision, engine and system pages, while the PT6, electrical and environmental systems have custom models. The reviewed product page still specifies X-Plane 11; its advertised future X-Plane 12 update is a separate statement.
Hot Start / X-Aviation · TBM 900 product ↗Hot Start TBM 900 · X-Plane 11 · Product description; persistence, maintenance and highlighted features; checked 2026-09-12
The reviewed product page specifies X-Plane 11. A planned X-Plane 12 update is not counted as a released version.
Pilot perspectives
Pilot Report: Daher’s New TBM 930
A 2016 real-aircraft pilot report. Publisher access restrictions may apply.
Manuals & resources
Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Manual
Microsoft Flight Simulator aircraft manualsMicrosoft / aircraft developers TBM 850 manualBlack Square / Just Flight X-Plane aircraft and avionics manualsLaminar ResearchAircraft background
SOCATA TBMWikipedia contributors · Research background · Wikipedia revision 1363498428 · retrieved 2026-09-12Resource
MSFS 2024 FAQ and edition aircraft inventoryMicrosoft MSFS 2020 FAQ and edition aircraft inventoryMicrosoft TBM 900 productHot Start / X-AviationDocumented interfaces
Source-documented identifiers. Documentation does not prove that every add-on populates a value correctly.
L:var_PilotCws
Pilot CWS button; aircraft-specific behavior.
- Units
- Boolean
- Access
- hardware control input; explicit readback contract unknown
Archived manual revision
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