Avionics
Socata introduces Garmin G1000 cockpit on TBM 850
The single-engine turboprop TBM 850 is now available with an upgraded cockpit, based on the Garmin G1000 avionics suite, the French manufacturer announced

The single-engine turboprop TBM 850 is now available with an upgraded cockpit, based on the Garmin G1000 avionics suite, the French manufacturer announced in January. The rationalized information display stands to improve pilots’ situational awareness. Now the panel of the TBM 850 looks like that of the Cessna Citation Mustang very light jet, which is also based on the G1000, but Socata has customized the system to its six-seater.

Socata engineers used three displays–two 10-inch primary flight displays (PFD) and a 15-inch multifunction display (MFD). The layout is what one would expect for this suite; “short-term information is on the PFDs and long-term information on the MFD,” Dominique Acquaviva, head of Socata’s avionics department, told AIN.

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