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TBM out of control on takeoff


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On the takeoff roll, the TBM immediately went out of control and began a nose dive into the runway while accelerating extremely quickly. Lost complete control and paused before it actually crashed and burned. Then, got a new airframe and started up on the same runway and the speed tape was registering 45 KIAS while standing still. Weird things going on. I've attached the logs. I rarely have a completely trouble free flight on the TBM. Getting close to giving up on this plane. I have an excellent PC build and have no trouble whatsoever with stock X-Plane equipment. Any help appreciated.

TBM900_Log.txt Log.txt

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Sounds like you've definitely got something conclicting somewhere; suspect the only way you're going to get to the bottom of it is a clean install. I had a quick look at your logs - I see you've got some plugins (always a good place to start) - also see that you're running it off of a drive linked to OneDrive; personally I wouldn't do that given what I've seen in the past with the way many of these types of services can create conflicts with file locks at inopportune times.

 

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CJ - Thanks for suggestions. I seem to have solved the problem. First, it turned out to be an X-Plane issue as it repeated with a stock SF-50 Jet. I followed the standard X-Plane troubleshooting sequence (which I only just discovered in a video on their support tab). I removed all plug-ins and custom scenery and still had the problem. Next removed all preferences and that solved it. Added back plug-ins, custom scenery and then preferences one at a time - basic flight controls, graphics settings, etc. So far, it has not recurred. Last step is flight control curves then should be good to go.

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Excellent news! (I know how frustrating things like this are).

I recall the time where I had a PC brought in for repair; modem wasn't working.

Being the logical/pragmatic person that I am my approach was to see if the fault moved when I moved the modem to another PC. It went something like this:

1. Move modem to another PC and test. Modem works OK - so fault not the modem.

2. Install new modem in same slot in orignal PC. Modem works OK - so fault not the PC

3. Install original modem in original PC and test. Modem works - so "shake head and move on to next problem on next PC ..."

Southern's law of computing says that Murphy was an optimist ... and a very wise man!

 

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CJ - Yes. You have to quickly learn the art of troubleshooting to fly this plane. It is the most finicky plane I've run across in any sim. I had one normal flight after fixing this control problem and already another gremlin has shown up. Yesterday, the pitch control stopped working. I tried restarting X-Plane, recalibrating the Yoke, checked the AP Trims switch several times, checked the maintenance status of everything. Finally had to go to a new airframe which solved the problem. My plan has been to get really comfortable flying the TBM, then start using it with Pilots Edge. At this point, I don't trust it enough to use on Pilots Edge where you don't want equipment problems when your focused on learning ATC and airspace skills. Thanks.

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To be honest, my issues have mostly been "own goals" (with a few exceptions).

One thing that some other kind folks helped me discover is what's under the Flight -> Edit Failures Menu; if you haven't already, you might like to see if random failures have been programmed and/or just hit "fix all systems".

I'd be interested to hear if this is the source of any of your problems.

 

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