Jota Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 Does anyone know where they look and they obtained the radars minimum altitudes in the navigraph charts for this plane? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobW05 Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 If that was your question: Radar altitude is not modelled in this aircraft. You have to stick to barometric minimuns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfjoubert Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 11 hours ago, RobW05 said: If that was your question: Radar altitude is not modelled in this aircraft. You have to stick to barometric minimuns. Out of curiosity: Is radar altitude not part of the real world plane, or is it just not modelled in this version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobW05 Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) The real TBM 900 has it, it's just not modelled. It would be a question for Toto or Goran if they may implement it with a future update. Anyway, it's not a big thing as baro minimums work too. The only downside is that it's Laminar default code which means we are limited to < 10000 ft. Not enough if you want to visit Aspen or Telluride. Edited June 19, 2019 by RobW05 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jf17 Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 Actually there is a radio altimeter. It's the green number that appears on the PFD when you are <2500 feet above ground level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobW05 Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 18 minutes ago, Jf17 said: Actually there is a radio altimeter. It's the green number that appears on the PFD when you are <2500 feet above ground level. Really? I never noticed that. But still you can't set minimums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andydigital Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 Yes you can set minimums, I do it regularly in the HS TBM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobW05 Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Andydigital said: Yes you can set minimums, I do it regularly in the HS TBM. You can set barometric minimums, but the question was about radio altimeter minimums (decision height). Edited June 19, 2019 by RobW05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jota Posted June 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 2 hours ago, RobW05 said: Puede establecer mínimos barométricos, pero la pregunta era acerca de los mínimos de radioaltímetro (altura de decisión). I was referring to that, General Aviation usually uses the barometric, but now I wonder if it is implemented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobW05 Posted June 19, 2019 Report Share Posted June 19, 2019 (edited) Just to clarify again, you can set a decision altitude (height above mean sea level) in the Hotstart TBM, but you can't set a decision height (height above ground level). AFAIK the latter would be required for CAT II approaches, for which the TBM 900 is not certified anyway. So IRL it would add bit of safety but that's about it, in Sim it doesn't really matter. Edited June 19, 2019 by RobW05 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff64 Posted June 23, 2019 Report Share Posted June 23, 2019 I concur. Irl for cat1 approaches, only barometric minimums is used. As the tbm is not approved for cat2, radar minimums is not used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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