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Post subject: Re: TBM 980  Posted: 05 Feb 2026, 16:19 |
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Attachment: Screenshot 2026-02-05 at 3.19.46 PM.png Attachment: Screenshot 2026-02-05 at 3.19.16 PM.png
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Post subject: Re: TBM 980 Posted: 06 Feb 2026, 15:42 |
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Made stops in Iceland and Goose Bay today and is en-route to Bangor Maine. Attachment: Screenshot 2026-02-06 at 2.30.35 PM.png Attachment: Screenshot 2026-02-06 at 2.29.51 PM.png
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Post subject: Re: TBM 980 Posted: 07 Feb 2026, 12:43 |
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Delivered to Groton, CT. Jim said the worst weather they had was the end point. Attachment: Screenshot 2026-02-07 at 11.43.12 AM.png
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Post subject: Re: TBM 980 Posted: 07 Feb 2026, 13:56 |
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I flew the same routing 10 years ago when TBM-930 was a thing. Was with factory pilot Dom. Des. Not much has changed in the ten years. New screens and FADEC. Still chugging along at 250, dreadful pressure diff sucking the life out of pilots six hours at a time. Back then the price was 4 mil. Roughly the same adjusting for inflation.
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Post subject: Re: TBM 980 Posted: 07 Feb 2026, 14:08 |
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Username Protected wrote: Still chugging along at 250, dreadful pressure diff sucking the life out of pilots six hours at a time. Looks like quite a headwind. For the leg shown (2:45), they shouldn't have been fuel limited, and usually lower would have been faster. I think some guys automatically fly every leg at FL300 or FL310. Besides lower headwinds, a lower altitude means a smaller (or non-existent) penalty for the inertial separator in clouds.
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Post subject: Re: TBM 980 Posted: 07 Feb 2026, 14:23 |
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Wow! This is lovely. *winks*
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Post subject: Re: TBM 980 Posted: 07 Feb 2026, 15:53 |
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Username Protected wrote: Still chugging along at 250, dreadful pressure diff sucking the life out of pilots six hours at a time. Looks like quite a headwind. For the leg shown (2:45), they shouldn't have been fuel limited, and usually lower would have been faster. I think some guys automatically fly every leg at FL300 or FL310. Besides lower headwinds, a lower altitude means a smaller (or non-existent) penalty for the inertial separator in clouds.
Longest leg was Iceland to Goose Bay at 5.5 hrs.
The Panel Shot I got was 215 Knots over the ground. They were running 40 GPH Long Range Cruise Power at that point. Was said plenty of reserve when they landed.
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Post subject: Re: TBM 980 Posted: 07 Feb 2026, 19:54 |
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I did the same route with a 930 in November and the worst weather for me was in NJ
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Post subject: Re: TBM 980 Posted: 08 Feb 2026, 01:14 |
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IIRC pilots get paid a fixed price for the ferry op. They fly LRC to save fuel regardless of leg length. Engine time is not their expense. Uploaded picture confirms. 247 TAS.
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Post subject: Re: TBM 980 Posted: 08 Feb 2026, 08:51 |
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Username Protected wrote: Beautiful plane. You don’t realize how beefy that scimitar prop is til you get up close. The most beautiful prop is no prop. This airplane costs life changing money in exchange for non-life changing performance.
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Post subject: Re: TBM 980 Posted: 08 Feb 2026, 11:20 |
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I don't know about not having life changing performance. My plane is a lot slower than that, and I accumulate a lot of life changing experiences and time machine savings on my productive side. Plus I fly on days that the airlines are delayed and the Biz jets with their critical wings and lack of reverse thrust are asleep in their hangars. Attachment: IMG_9488.jpeg
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Post subject: Re: TBM 980 Posted: 08 Feb 2026, 13:45 |
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Username Protected wrote: Beautiful plane. You don’t realize how beefy that scimitar prop is til you get up close. The most beautiful prop is no prop. This airplane costs life changing money in exchange for non-life changing performance.
Anything bigger and we wouldn't be able to put as many Life Changing Performers in the Hangar.
Plus, We're kinda attached to that Prop Thing! 
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Post subject: Re: TBM 980 Posted: 08 Feb 2026, 13:49 |
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Username Protected wrote: Beautiful plane. You don’t realize how beefy that scimitar prop is til you get up close. The most beautiful prop is no prop. This airplane costs life changing money in exchange for non-life changing performance.
That sounds a little harsh.
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