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Daher TBM family ↗Simulator documentation

TBM 850 · Black Square · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024

Why the flap lever also selects 850 mode

Black Square documents a gated fourth flap-lever position that becomes available with the flaps retracted. Selecting 850 mode changes the power available for climb and cruise, allowing torque above the instrument’s 100-percent reference. The guide distinguishes that mode from the torque limiter used outside it. This unusual shared control is one of the details separating the 850 cockpit from later TBM generations.

Black Square TBM 850 User Guide (2024) · PDF p.62 · torque limiter and 850 mode

SourceTBM 850 manual ↗Black Square / Just Flight
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Daher TBM family ↗Simulator documentation

TBM 850 · Black Square · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024

Heat and intake airflow affect the simulated engine

The inertial separator redirects intake air to remove particles, with a corresponding performance cost. The developer also models foreign-object damage, residual engine heat after shutdown and bleed-air valve failures that can restrict available power. Those systems can change what the pilot sees during a turnaround or climb, while the tablet provides visualisations of the engine and its condition.

Black Square TBM 850 User Guide (2024) · PDF pp.61–63 · engine simulation

SourceTBM 850 manual ↗Black Square / Just Flight
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Daher TBM family ↗Simulator documentation

TBM 850 · Black Square · MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024

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 TBM 850 · PDF p.9; introduction and feature overview

SourceTBM 850 manual ↗Black Square / Just Flight
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Daher TBM family ↗Simulator documentation

TBM 900 · Hot Start · X-Plane 11

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 TBM 900 · X-Plane 11 · Product description; persistence, maintenance and highlighted features; checked 2026-09-12

SourceTBM 900 product ↗Hot Start / X-Aviation
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Daher TBM family ↗Research-based aircraft background

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.

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SourceSOCATA TBM ↗Wikipedia contributors
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