Talk:SOCATA TB family

TB lounge link
I've removed this link because it does not contribute to the article. Users have to register and even if you do register that is no garuantee you'll get acces. I signed up to see what the forum was about (and for your information: I actually fly a Socata TB-200 GT at the moment) but my application was apparantly rejected as my account was deleted again. There is no point in linking to a site the content of which cannot be accesed as I assume most people reading this article would not be accepted at the forum (keeping in mind that the vast majority of visitors are not actually pilots on this type of aircraft). Compare it to the socata.org website, where you have a wealth of information that is free for all users to see. That is a site readers of this article may find useful. A closed forum that even screens its applicants is not. I do not say the forum itself is bad, it may be a great place if you're accepted, but it is of no use to the readers of this article. BabyNuke 17:44, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

ending production?
Where is the reference for EADS terminating production of the TB line? As I understand it, Socata is still waiting on approval from the Romanian government. N141er 05:21, 26 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Luchtvaartnieuws.nl, it's a Dutch website so I doubt you'll understand. "EADS Socata heeft een streep gehaald door de productie van de TB-serie en de ontwikkeling van een door een dieselmotor aangedreven vliegtuig stopgezet.", translated: "EADS Socata has decided to stop production of the TB-series and the development of a diesel powered aircraft." It surprised me, too. BabyNuke 11:59, 26 December 2006 (UTC)


 * There has been no official statement from EADS Socata indicating termination of production of the TB series,nor can I find any mention of this on any other aviation related news site; therefore, I would currently take the information on Luchtvaartnieuws.nl with a grain of salt. N141er 23:20, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

There is no such aircraft
There is the TB-9, the TB-10 etc, but there is no TB. At best the Socata TB is a series of (strongly) related aircraft, as the initial sentence of the article makes clear. What's wrong is the naming of the article. The WP aircraft article naming convention is " ". Several articles using that naming convention link here. As you might expect, Socata TB-9 and Socata TB-10 are two of the presumably 4 or 6 examples which do so. It seems to me that renaming this article to Socata TB series is a small and unobjectionable improvement. (Dis)agree? Paul Beardsell 22:27, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * True, there is no Socata TB, so adding the word series is okay with me. BabyNuke 11:25, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 14:32, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Need further details on propellers
The article makes it clear that the TB-10, TB-200, and TB-20 have different engines, but it does not specify what type of propellers they have or were offered with. —SaxTeacher (talk)  18:28, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * I know the TB-9 has a 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller
 * I know the TB-200 has a 2-bladed constant speed propeller.
 * I know the TB-10 has a 2-bladed propeller, but not sure whether fixed pitch or constant speed.
 * It appears the TB-20 was offered with either 2-bladed or 3-bladed constant speed propellers
 * It appears that all TB-21 have a 3-bladed constant speed propeller.