Pilot's Guide

190-00709-05 Rev. B
Garmin G1000 Pilot’s Guide for the Socata TBM 850/900
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FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
SECTION 2 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTS
WARNING: If the airspeed, attitude, altitude, or heading indications become unusable, refer to the backup
instruments.
NOTE: The Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) provides additional readouts and bugs on selected flight
instruments. Refer to the AFCS Section for details on these bugs and readouts, as they appear on the display
during certain AFCS flight director modes.
Increased situational awareness is provided by replacing the traditional instruments on the panel with two easy-
to-scan Primary Flight Displays (PFDs) that feature large horizons, airspeed, attitude, altitude, vertical speed, and
course deviation information. In addition to the flight instruments, navigation, communication, terrain, traffic,
and weather information are also presented on the PFDs and are explained in other sections of this Pilot’s Guide.
The following flight instruments and supplemental flight data are displayed on the PFDs:
• Airspeed Indicator, showing
– Indicated airspeed
– Airspeed awareness ranges
– Vspeed reference flags
– True airspeed (TBM 850 only)
– Mach number (TBM 900 only)
• Attitude Indicator with slip/skid indication
• Altimeter, showing
– Trend vector
– Barometric setting
– Selected altitude
• Vertical Deviation, Glideslope, and Glidepath
Indicators
• Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)
• Vertical Navigation (VNV) indications
• Outside air temperature (OAT)
• Horizontal Situation Indicator, showing
– Turn Rate Indicator
– Bearing pointers and information windows
– Navigation source
– Course Deviation Indicator (CDI)
– Bearing pointers and information windows
– DME Information Window
• Transponder Mode, Code, and Ident/Reply
• Timer/References Window, showing
– Generic timer
– Vspeed values
– Barometric minimum descent altitude (MDA)
• Wind data
The PFDs also displays various alerts and annunciations.