TBM 930 backup instruments, landing gear

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Hello,

Flying the TBM 930 yesterday, I got an engine malfunction error while starting my approach.. was able to get it down to the runway, but some questions:

  1. After a while of the engine being out, the electrical died, including the backup instruments, so I had no instruments at all for the last few hundred feet of my glide.. this seems to defeat the purpose of the backup instruments. I can’t find an emergency procedures checklist ingame. So, how do I keep them on?
  2. I couldn’t find the backup landing gear handle in the cockpit, so I had to go make a keybind for that and press it a bunch of times to get the gear down. Is there one in the cockpit somewhere?
  3. Once landed, I had no ability to request GPU, because the electrical was dead, and you have to use the radios.. bit annoying.

I opened Wear & Tear via Debug and found the engine was busted.. this was after lots of searching.. bit strange that is the only way to determine the underlying issue, unless I’m missing something?

I’ve tried to search for this stuff, and also I’ve tried to search for a manual, but no luck.

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Hi @Raven113439
Probably not much help, but here’s what I’ve found.

You might try putting the eyebrow generator toggle to “standby” and see if that helps at all.

tbm930 eyebrow panel standby power
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There’s also an overhead panel for “emer panel” with a rotary to increase lighting. But it’s not functional at all that I can tell in the sim. Not sure it will even do what you want if it were functional. Just a wag.

Sim TBM930 overhead emer lighting panel
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The gear handle in an actual 930 is in a panel just below the center console area. The handle isn’t modelled in the sim, but I believe it will respond to the command for “toggle gear emergency handle” (I suspect that’s what you already used).

actual TBM930 emergency gear handle location
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Here’s a link to a very short demo video of the emergency gear handle use. Emergency gear extension training in TBM 930 | Goldberg Aviation
There’s probably a better one on YouTube.

So this is a definite weakness in the current version of the plane.
Regards

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