Microsoft Flight Simulator has added Expert Series 02: The Piper M600, and the aircraft is now available in the Marketplace for $24.99 USD. Piper’s six-seat, single-engine turboprop arrives with a pressurized cabin and the kind of cockpit hardware that should make sim pilots sit up a little straighter.
Piper introduced the M600 in 2015 as part of its M-Class family, then certified it on June 18, 2016. The model builds on a long line that started with the PA-46 Malibu, which first flew on November 30, 1979, before the series moved through the Malibu Meridian and the M500.
Inside the sim, the M600 leans hard into avionics. It uses Garmin’s G3000 suite, with two large touchscreen controllers, two multifunction and primary flight displays, one multifunction display, and a standby altitude indicator. The aircraft also carries Piper’s HALO Safety System, which includes Garmin Autoland, Automatic Level Mode, Electronic Stability & Protection, Hypoxia Recognition System with Automatic Descent Mode, Synthetic Vision, SafeTaxi, SurfaceWatch, and Auto Throttle.
It is also a fairly serious machine on paper. The M600 measures 29 feet, 8 inches long, stands 11 feet, 4 inches tall, and has a wingspan of 43 feet, 2 inches. Piper lists a maximum range of 1,908 miles, a service ceiling of 30,000 feet, a maximum climb rate of 1,556 feet per minute, and a cruising speed of 315 miles per hour.
The aircraft’s low-wing layout, retractable tricycle undercarriage, and straight-to-business cockpit make it a natural fit for short regional flights or longer runs where speed and range matter more than drama. For players who enjoy modern general aviation, the M600 looks like one of the more detailed additions to the Marketplace so far.
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Source: Microsoft Flight Simulator
