SOCATA TBM 850 HD Series for FSX/P3D

The Socata TBM 850 is an aircraft that many people might not have a whole lot of experience in, but for some European crowds it's a very popular aircraft. It was created on French soil and was first used in 1988, and its various formats have seen various hundreds created.

The TBM 850, though, is the most popular model of the lot and has been created 338 times, making up just under half of the full count for both the 700 and 900 models, respectively.

For that reason alone, the TBM 850 is well-respected among French circles and has impressed since it made its debut in 2008. The aircraft has really helped to establish Socata on the map and has helped them bring back a very popular back from the late 80s and early 90s. This has revived an interest in the Socata brand for many people, and comes with the awesome Garmin G1000 integrated flight deck that allows for effective and easy control of the aircraft.

The 850 manages to improve on various aspects of the original, making the aircraft faster with a higher cruise and climb power as well as ensuring that it changes its engines to a more reliable, effective Pratt & Whitney PTA6A-66D turboprop engine due to its more rugged power and ferocious power.

The aircraft itself, though, has been well received since it debuted and eventually led to the 2014 creation of the TBM 900, which is already impressing on most global aviation marketplaces.

What's Included?

• This package comes with one unique model that has been included. This model is a closely detailed design of the original Socata TBM 850, and this acts as your main path forward for the rest of the mod

• Alongside the model is a stunning range of HD liveries, all created in stunning detail and precision as well as using a real-life example to follow the design pattern and trends from. This makes it easy for you to have the look and design of Socata that you remember most

• A blank HD livery for those with a bit of artistic flair about themselves, who wants to create something that looks special or for using to create a model of the Socata TBM 850 that fits with your own private or licensed virtual airline, giving you some much needed advertising!

• A Carenado G1000 PDF file that makes it extremely easy to work out how to use this specific kind of cockpit. For those who have never sat in a glass cockpit like this before it can be a bit overwhelming, but this guide will remove any of the troubles you have

• Various other guides and listings, such as an Emergency ad Normal Procedure Checklist to help you deal with the rough and the smooth in equal measure

• Performance Tables and Speed References are added in alongside a range of Recommended Settings books that detail how you can get the optimal performance from this

Special Features

• Comes fitted with the awesome Carenado G1000 glass cockpit (both PDF and MFD) with a GCU 475 control unit included in there for extra power, control and discipline. Take control of the TBM 850 better than you ever have in the past with this dominating cockpit system

• An AFCS GMC 710 Autopilot system has been included in conjunction with your system, ensuring that you get an accurate, reliable and easy to use autopilot system that you can trust to keep you on the right course throughout the journey and also to follow the flight plan to the letter

• Create your own flight plans through the MFD using a varied and intricate system that gives you full control over the flight plans. This allows you to get precision and detail into your plans without making it too hard to set them up, making your flight planning much easier

• 3D knob technology that looks great and provides your aircraft with all the help that it needs in really capturing the attention and improving performance

• Side-view prop effect camera has been added which gives you another view to enjoy using

• Cold and dark start options that make it easy to fire up your aircraft in the way that you feel most comfortable with

• Dynamic propeller shine effect that looks brilliant and manages to make the aircraft look far more effective with the sun eating down

• Window lighting and scratching effects have been used here to brilliant effect, ramping the realism

Key Features

• The Carenado G1000 system gives you both primary and multi-function displays which allow you to take full control of the flight throughout. It comes fully equipped with checklists on-screen for easy reference as well as a variety of TAWS and TCAS visual and audible alerts to make sure that you never miss a beat

• HD textures using 2048 x 2048 resolution to really capture the look and the feel of the aircraft perfectly, ensuring that it looks the part as well as carrying all of the correct hallmarks

• 3D gauges and knobs are added in to really ramp up the realism and the depth of design from within the cockpit, with fresh sounds included to bring the whole thing together perfectly

• HQ stereo sounds made from the real aircraft and the noises that it makes, making sure the whole thing sound as realistic as it can

• Illuminates objects and the round using a new lighting rendering system that improves everything from the landing and taxi lighting to the strobe and beacon lights

• Authentic behavior from the aircraft, ensuring that it acts the way that it should and that it has the real weight and balance that would be attributed to the real thing

• Customizable panel system that lets you adjust things such as the transparency of the windows, the reflections of the instruments and the static elements like wheel chocks and even sight props. This maximizes your overall level of control of the aircraft and allows for easy and effective changes