Wilco TBM850 new release

[wizzards 99]

Hi just found this article on Wilco,s new  TBM850 ,for release on the  15 june , they are promising a fully functional Garmin G1000 avionics suite (there words not mine) ,decision  which one to purchase ?

peter 

 

http://airdailyx.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/wilco-tbm850-incoming.html

 

 

[ryanbatc 12,774]

It says fully functional control unit. NOT g1000.

 

And it's Wilco.

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Best wait until it's released and watch for reviews/comparisons (that way you're able to compare it with Carenado's TBM850).

 

--Xavier

[Guest Mik75]

Wow, WAAS approaches, fully working LNAV/VNAV, that sounds promising. If they are able to deliver all that, I'll buy it!

[LeeL 272]

When it rains it pours in flightsim doesn't it.

[ryanbatc 12,774]

I'm not holding my breath lol.

[Cai Zicheng 171]

Hey, it's Wilco, who made the CRJ and Airbus Evolution.

[LeeL 272]

Hey, it's Wilco, who made the CRJ and Airbus Evolution.

 

Feelthere did the Airbuses, Wilco did the CRJ's...and you can see the difference

[pmanhart 176]

Isn't Wilco mainly a publisher?

 

I wonder if they are doing this in-house or hired someone to do it?

[Tomaz Drnovsek 440]

If you don't have unlimited amount of money... I'd stay away from Wilco.

[Reason 20]

You guys talk as if Wilco were a public enemy? I am pretty sure the demographic survey tells us that most of the forum members are grown up people (?)

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I guess some had bad experiences with them hence the apparent unease. My approach is, wait until it's out and then judge/compare to an existing product prior to buying (via forum posts/reviews) regardless of previous reputation..everybody developer has good and bad days. When looking for forum posts about it, look for balanced opinions and avoid trollish posts and excessive "complaints" (or whining).

[FloG 148]

I think it is a bit hard to be unbiassed when you have used their products. Their previous releases just did not have the quality one would expect from the money they charge you, at least not in terms of the visual model (at least their Airbus Vol.1 seems to have been quite good systems-wise, though). Besides each of their installers has messed up my dll.xml, and from what I've read on the internet, I'm not the only one who has had that issue.

And making a single prop that has just been published by another developer who seems to get at least the visual model right (which I care quite a lot about, for GA aircraft actually more than about the systems) doesn't seem like a wise move IMO - IIRC, the TBM was announced by Carenado quite some time ago.

 

So, in general, I think you are right if you say "one shall not judge a book by its cover", but after my exoerience with some of their other products I will definitely give a lot of weight to user reviews before even thinking of buying this product.

 

Regards,

Flo

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I guess for me I'm more for accuracy of systems/panel/FDM and reasonable accuracy of appearance (ie I don't mind if a few buttons in the vc are flat or of the outer model's textures aren't HD)...as I'm not one who stresses much over how the sim looks (I like fluidity and since I'm not running all the latest graphical enhancements i keep my processing ovehead low ie no CTDs or OOMs). So once it's out we'll see..until then, reserve judgement.

 

@Flog yes I had the same tie up with the dll.xml as well but was able to work around it so personally it's not a big deal for me. (Reminds me of the fs98/2000 days lol)

[fakeflyer737 991]

Junk, period. I have bought tons of there stuff and its all crap, plain and simple.Nobody is going to justify there crappy products to me anymore, forget it.