Those who want the Beta Indicator on the panel might check JayDee’s modification TBM 850 – Unrestricted Beta in Flight & Beta Indicator on Annunciator Panel over at FS.to. Lots of thanks to JayDee for saving other pilots a lot of time – another of his great contributions to our hobby.

That is generous.  Unfortunately it won't work with the preferred interior mod.  But I think it's just a few config lines.

Here's the mod I'm talking about....everyone should have it

https://flightsim.to/file/62477/black-square-tbm-850-enhanced-cockpit

2 hours ago, ryanbatc said:

That is generous.  Unfortunately it won't work with the preferred interior mod. 

Won't won't work?

 

Edited October 24, 20232 yr by ark

1 minute ago, ark said:

Won't won't work?

 

JayDee's little mod that adds an annuciator light BETA with the mod I linked

7 minutes ago, ryanbatc said:

JayDee's little mod that adds an annuciator light BETA with the mod I linked

 

Ryan,

I have been trying to determine if that interior mod was working on my system. I had previously directly modified the *.flt files to get the Beta display, so don't know if that is a factor.  The author of the interior mod mentioned that the color of the RMI needles were originally reversed and his mod fixed that. But I found the single RMI needle to be yellow, and the double RMI needle to be green, with or without the interior mod. What RMI needle colors do you see with the interior mod?

Thanks,

Al

Edited October 24, 20232 yr by ark

43 minutes ago, ark said:

 

Ryan,

I have been trying to determine if that interior mod was working on my system. I had previously directly modified the *.flt files to get the Beta display, so don't know if that is a factor.  The author of the interior mod mentioned that the color of the RMI needles were originally reversed and his mod fixed that. But I found the single RMI needle to be yellow, and the double RMI needle to be green, with or without the interior mod. What RMI needle colors do you see with the interior mod?

Thanks,

Al

I'm not at the PC right now.  Check out this cool comparison picture site to see.  It's mostly font changes etc

 

In the comparison images posted above, the KI-229 RMI's single needle is yellow and the double needle is green. I looked at some real KI-229 RMIs on line, and the single needle is green and the double needle yellow (plus there are some other variations). Maybe that's what the interior mode fixes, but I couldn't get it to work, maybe because I had modified the *.flt files for the Beta display. But I don't understand why the flt file Beta mod would impact the RMI needle color mod.

Al

Edited October 25, 20232 yr by ark

1 hour ago, ark said:

In the comparison images posted above, the KI-229 RMI's single needle is yellow and the double needle is green. I looked at some real KI-229 RMIs on line, and the single needle is green and the double needle yellow (plus there are some other variations). Maybe that's what the interior mode fixes, but I couldn't get it to work, maybe because I had modified the *.flt files for the Beta display. But I don't understand why the flt file Beta mod would impact the RMI needle color mod.

Al

You are correct about the needle colors being reversed in the BS 850 from what the actual unit shows. The interior mod did not fix that color error. The easiest way to see if you have the interior mod installed correctly is to look at the copilot's radio altimeter in image #3. You can't miss the difference there. All the other changes are far more subtle, at least to me.

Edited October 25, 20232 yr by air-ick

It seemed like some were reporting some torque and temp issues in the 1.1 version. Has black square indicated a response to these issues and any timeline on 1.2? 

4 hours ago, Purr said:

It seemed like some were reporting some torque and temp issues in the 1.1 version. Has black square indicated a response to these issues and any timeline on 1.2? 

Check the JustFLight forums.  The developer has mentioned some fixes for 1.2.  No mention of release time frame.

Greetings all, I’ve just purchased this plane and am most impressed with most aspects of it. However, I’m a little confused/disappointed with the climb performance. I’m barely able to climb to FL200. By the time i arrive at this altitude I’m barely getting 200fpm on the VS indicator, am I missing something? I would have expected far better climb performance from this plane.

Edited October 31, 20232 yr by mattdee

3 minutes ago, mattdee said:

Greetings all, I’ve just purchased this plane and am most impressed with most aspects of it. However, I’m a little confused/disappointed with the climb performance. I’m barely able to climb to FL200. By the time i arrive at this altitude I’m barely getting 200fpm on the VS indicator, am I missing something? I would have expected far better climb performance from this plane.

Are you in 850 mode?  (Move the flap lever forward)

Climb speed is around 135-140 kias.

850 mode? It must be quite obvious that I haven’t read the POH as yet, so is there a forward position on the flaps lever?

1 minute ago, mattdee said:

850 mode? It must be quite obvious that I haven’t read the POH as yet, so is there a forward position on the flaps lever?

You engage the 850 HP/120% torque mode by moving the flap lever forward after flaps are retracted.

The 850 position has nothing to do with flaps and I assume they did that to physically lock out engaging it with flaps extended. 

Note that 850 mode is not permitted during takeoff and landing.

Many thanks for this Glenn, it is a wonderful plane to fly