With the TBM930 it seems that I often cannot turn Autopilot Nav or Approach on after I’ve turned it off. Today I was on the GPS path, turned off NAV to temporarly swith to HDG mode, then when amost back on the GPS path, it would not let me turn NAV back on, nor Approach when the GS indicator started coming down. My ILS trequencvy was set correctly (should that be necessary in any case?).
Has anyone else had this problem with the TBM930?
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More than 1200 hours flying TBM930
Never encountered that !
May be flight plan problem…
No problems for me in the TBM.
Well, in that case..user error! I’ll try again. 
I had an intermittent problem where I couldn’t change NDB frequencies. It happened twice and hasn’t happened since.
I’ve never had the issue with the “NAV” mode not reengaging, but I’ll keep and eye open for the issue in the future.
Just to double check (because we’ve all missed things!), you did activate the approach in the MFD? You should never have to manually enter the ILS freq in the FMS if the approach has been activated, and similarly the APR button won’t engage unless the approach has been activated in the MFD.
The sim shouldn’t deactivate the approach just because you went into heading mode for a while, but sometimes the sim does strange things!
Just spit balling some things here!
If you can give me the airport and ILS approach you were using I’ll try to recreate the issue.
Regards
Hello, I am also encountering a problem with the auto pilot (AP) of the TBM 930, after taking off, and trying to activate the autopilot, the aircraft loses control, the stick turns to the left completely, but the aircraft tilts completely to the right, going into a total spin. The problem only seems to be resolved after the aircraft falls or dives towards the ground. After the game is immediately automatically restarted, from the point of the possible collision in flight, the problem is resolved, and the aircraft follows the flight plan route normally. It seems that the problem lies in the initialization of the aircraft on the ground.
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