Piper M500
Target for the Piper M500
50 to 100fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 100 fpm; under 50 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.
- Vref reference
- 86ktat 2,200 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 12°the category's
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 80 to 300mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
Six-seat pressurized single-engine turboprop, the current Piper PA-46-500TP (formerly the Meridian), powered by a 500 shp Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-42A.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Single-Engine Turboprop category's curves and touchdown-zone window. The figures it uses are below.
How its touchdown is scored.
The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.
No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.
For reference.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- Piper
- Model
- PA-46-500TP
- Variant
- M500
- FAA approach category
- A
- MTOW
- 2,310 kg (5,093 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Payware (FSReborn FSR500)
- Category
- Single-Engine Turboprop
Roundout recognizes it in a title that contains
Piper M500M500 by FSRebornFSReborn FSR500FSReborn M500FSR500PA-46-500TPMalibu MeridianPiper Meridian
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Every landing in the Piper M500, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.