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Dahers TBM 930: Max Upset Protection

However skilled (or not) general aviation pilots are, they have proven consistently good at one thing: losing control of airplanes and digging smoking craters in the verdant earth. The reasons arent necessarily understood but the solution is becoming increasingly laser focused on providing autopilots that wont let you crash, but will nudge and prod and do everything short of seizing control of the aircraft. Except now, theyre even doing that.The latest comes from Daher in the companys new TBM 930 cabin-class speed merchant.

Paul Bertorelli
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However skilled (or not) general aviation pilots are, they have proven consistently good at one thing: losing control of airplanes and digging smoking craters in the verdant earth. The reasons aren’t necessarily understood but the solution is becoming increasingly laser focused on providing autopilots that won’t let you crash, but will nudge and prod and do everything short of seizing control of the aircraft. Except now, they’re even doing that.

The latest comes from Daher in the company’s new TBM 930 cabin-class speed merchant. The TBM 930 is essentially the same airplane as the 900, but it has Garmin’s new G3000 EFIS/GFC 700 autopilot suite in place of the G1000 previously offered.

Paul Bertorelli

Paul Bertorelli is Aviation Consumer’s Editor at Large. In addition to his valued contributions to Aviation Consumer, his in-depth video productions on sister publication AVweb cover a wide variety of topics that greatly contribute to safety, operation and aircraft ownership. When Paul isn’t writing or filming, he’s out flying his J3 Cub.