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I think it's the same size as the TBM 850. It's tiny (no, seriously). I can't even get down the cabin without getting wedged in. The pilot door is a must for people like me. When sat in the pilot's seat, you can reach out and touch the other side of the cockpit with an out-stretched hand. The top of the panel is about eye-height. I hit the yoke with my knees, and hardly clear the bottom of the panel when operating the rudder. Officially: Cabin Height: 4 ft Cabin Width: 3 ft 11" Yeah... and this is "spacious" compared to the Meridian (I can't fly it because I can't get in it). Pro tip: be short if you want to be a pilot. The sim feels spacious vs. reality. Once seated it's OK, but getting in (especially up-front) takes some dexterity if you're 6 ft 4" tall.

I saw the range ring once last night, and it went from expanded to zero for no good reason.

OK! I ask because when flying at dusk last night, the windows on the right looked misty, but the window on the left looked clear. It cleared up after dusk. I had the AC set cool, and had kept climbing to altitude for a bit then descending again, landing occassionally (island hopping, with 70 NM legs).

Hi, If you're able to modify the texture sheet of the G1000, are you able to read the whole area, darken it, and write it back, to implement dimming? Just a thought.

Hi, Do the windows mist at all?

According to the POH, the green arc for Ng is 51 to 104%. Red line is 104%.

You're not accidentally moving the gear lever before exiting the sim? I haven't even tried that to see what happens...

There are some bugs with the G1000. I'm not sure HotStart's or LR's. For example, if you enter "KJFK" it should only enter 4 characters, but the display shows "KJFKA" and tries to search waypoints, not airports. This is a bug. I've also found it necessary to clear the flight plan, enter the route, then tell it to use the FMS for pressurization schedule before it shows the correct destination and elevation. I think it should do this as soon as the destination is selected.

It's wrong for me the majority of the time. Where do you file bug reports with LR?

That sounds like the GPU is running out of memory. I get glitching of the propeller spinner in external view with icing present. It's fine the rest of the time. This is on PC/Windows 10 with a GTX1080 (not Ti). I was told to update my graphics drivers, but I doubt very much that is the problem. Are we allowed multiple installs of the TBM? If so, I'll install it on my iMac 5K and test, but IIRC your symptom of a total lock-up is what happens when XP exhausts the video memory. I must hard reset the computer in this case.

Why is it "off"? I thought it was supposed to be centered on aircraft position, and based on current vertical speed, ground speed, and altitude? Are Laminar fixing this?

I'm running 11.40b7 and hear it.

I've found the gens trip if the RPM surges. I'm not sure if there is an over-speed disconnect or not. I encountered some mild turbulence where the engine RPM surged, and then icing conditions. A bit later I noticed the gen had tripped, though there was no reason for it to have done (that I saw). While the engine audibly surged, the engine instruments didn't really support this (prop RPM did fluctuate slightly but remained in the green). I did get popping from the turbine (intake icing?). I powered back, switched on all the de-ice systems, and held on. I had deliberately flown into icing to see what happens. I've never had a situation like that in the sim where I was actually wondering if I'd make it out the other side. I also lost the gen once sometime around landing or shortly afterwards. Again, not sure why, and didn't see anything that indicated it should trip. I now keep an eye on the voltages and the gen bus during icing and other engine events to check it is still connected.

31000 ft and 50% torque will result in a fuel burn of about 35 gal./hr and 252 kts TAS. That gives an estimated range of 1800 NM with 1 hour reserve.

Hi, A couple of G1000 bugs: * If you're in a sub menu (soft keys, not pages), and you switch major mode (e.g. from the map to the weather RADAR), if a sub page is open when you switch, the sub page remains partially visible and does not update to the correct page state. To test: on the main map page press SYS and display the electrical page. Switch to the weather RADAR and back again. Observe partial SYSTEM page captions on the root menu. * When in the DIRECT TO page of the main MFD, typing MYBG results in LYBG. Typing NYBG results in MYBG. There is an indexing problem with the keyboard. Typing A when no airport exists types a 1. * Typing KJFK should result in the text KJFK. Instead, it results in the text KJFKA because the 5th character is populated instead of being blank. This means you can only enter the first 3 characters and then you must scroll the 4th or you end up with too many characters. It should be possible to type 4 characters and only get 4 characters. The cursor should move to a blank space and not auto-populate it.

Hi, I have a GTX1080 with 8 GB VRAM. I do not get crashes or CTDs, but in icing I did notice this when going into external view. The prop spinner seems to maybe have icing on it, but instead of showing icing, it is glitching out. It is *NOT* visible from the cockpit - only external view. It disappeared when the ice went. TBM 900 V1.1.9. XP 11.40b7. Win 10 x64. i7 9700K @ 4.8 GHz. 16 Gb DDR3466. XP graphics maxed. 3840x2160.