B36T Checklists & Air Manager Instruments
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Pleased to share how I have adapted various tools to allign to the B36T.
With the help of MS CoPilot and ChatGPT, I have a (simulation-only) Foreflight .fmd checklist file for the B36T. I also created a performance profile in Foreflight for the B36T so that Flights show fuel consumption and weights.
I have been able to adapt a number of Air Manager instruments for the B36T. For the ETM, I have the controls mapped to buttons/dials on a StreamDeck+, w/ SPAD.neXt.
I ultimately ended up using TDS GTN 750xi/650xi, because it aligns to the PilotWorkshop Garmin GTN: Next Level training, meaning it uses the Garmin Trainer which is certified to match the real Garmin devices, and therefore has all of the functionality demonstrated in the course. Yep, I have to manually twist the mechanical HSI CRS needle with every leg on course, but that's the case for most small GA's with mechanical HSI's with no course pointer servo. The other GTN product provides a cheat (DTK auto sync) which I used for a while.
Evidently only 8 or 9 of these turboprop kits were delivered. I have found this aircraft to be a very nice "fit" in terms of quality/detail, enjoyment, speed, climb performance, and suitability for SoCal flying which is my playground on a daily basis. All made possible by Black Square and the ecosystem of enabling technologies.
