Aircraft
Airbus pilot tests TBM 850
“Handling is good in pitch but a little hard on bank.

“Handling is good in pitch but a little hard on bank. After a while you get used to it and Socata can easily correct it. The turboprop is comfortable and well equipped in terms of avionics, and pilot visibility is good at all times. It has a very efficient constant-speed propeller and a powerful engine. But it seems to me that the turbine exhaust temperatures were a little bit high at high altitudes and at maximum cruise speed. To spare the turbine, the ideal cruise speed should be around 280 ktas at FL250.”

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