Russmj

I'm relieved to say I'm back in the air and on my second successful flight in the TBM. I linked a few keys to the alt and VS wheels and so far they have not run away with themselves. It's a shame we need workarounds, though.

This happened after the update of a couple of days ago, not the very latest one. When setting vertical speed in the autopilot of the TBM the little wheel ran away and set an impossible task like climb at 10,000 fpm. This happened randomly during cruise. Then when setting an initial climb, before taking off, it did it again. The wheel just went haywire. I tried the Cirrus and the same thing happened, this time with the altitude selector. It just kept twirling and trying to set a crazy altitude. This was also before takeoff. I tried the TBM again, flying by stick, and after a short while it went strange and dived for the ground. I've spent many hours in the cockpit of the TBM and so I do hope it can be fixed.

I have found similar problems with the Cessna jet and the TBM. The amount of fuel you can load is far short of the real world specs and the Cessna cannot even get from Auckland to Sydney when it should be good for a much longer flight. I've checked the fuel burn rate and flown at high altitude.