Originally Posted by
ackattacker
IIRC on the TBM, the oxygen masks are under the seats. Not the most obvious location to remember when already suffering hypoxia.
They are above the opposing seat, slightly above and behind the head position of that occupant. The rear seats have airline "drop down" style masks out of the top right side inbetween the club seats.
The Piper Mailubu/Mirage have masks(not quick don) under the copilot seat, which is probably what plane you are thinking of. The Meridian has a single quick donning mask in the cabinet behind the copilot seat.
Originally Posted by
satpak77
A buddy of mine told me the TBM 900 controller is "intergrated into the Garmin" or something, which at the time I just said "oh" but now I don't know what he meant. Same buddy said the TBM 900 system is "improved" and "changed" from prior TBMS
The TBM850 G1000 versions changed the pressurization system to a single dial, you merely set the altitude like the old systems, but you had no control over rate, pretty easy to read.
The new TBM900 version removes that dial, and the system is integrated into the G1000. Once you make a flight plan, you use a bezel to set the landing field elevation, and that's it for managing the system. I have not flown the plane, I got my ground run in with one of my former coworkers, as I was supposed to do a demo flight while he was on vacation and it fell through. It was thoroughly explained to me so I hope I am not misleading how it works.
Another side note, this guy has supposedly owned 2 TBM's prior to this, and is an officer in the TBMOPA group.