It would be useful if the flight idle detent was "stickier"
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I appreciate the inclusion of the flight idle detent, but I find it difficult to be sure that I've got the throttle at flight idle and not a little above or below. Even if I'm watching the lever and moving it carefully, when I hear the click sound the lever is always moved a bit past where it clicked before I can stop the lever, hence my doubt.
I am thinking of something like the Fenix or Toliss detents where there is both a sound and also the detent has an axis travel range where within that chunk of range the throttle no longer travels, so you can be sure that your throttle lever is absolutely in the detent. I would love something like this in the TBM.
While I'm being fussy, the detent click could maybe be a little louder too :)
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With essentially a 3-position selector, the low idle position could easily take the middle 90% of the axis, and only 0-5% would be cutoff and 95-100% as high idle. That would make it much easier to hit, and it's not like in the Kodiak where you need to torque in the air condition in low idle :-D
