Socata TB 10 Tobago
French four- to five-seat tourer with a 180 hp Lycoming, a constant-speed propeller and upward-opening gull-wing doors. Its wide cabin and stable handling made it common at European clubs.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 125 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 165 kt
- Range
- 534 nm
- Service ceiling
- 13,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 787 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- AVGAS 100LL
- Usable fuel
- 204 l
- Total capacity
- 210 l
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 105 l
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 41 l/h
- Endurance
- 5 h
- Usable fuel weighs
- 147 kg
Fuel burn at 74% power, 6,000 ft. Endurance is usable fuel divided by the burn, with no reserve.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 505 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 505 m
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft)
- 460 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete · Grass
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 1,150 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
- Systems
- Constant-speed propeller
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 4
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 1,150 kg
- Max landing weight
- 1,150 kg
- Empty weight
- 670 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- LAPL(A) · PPL(A)
- Class rating
- SEP (land)
- Extra training or endorsements
- Variable-pitch propeller
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- Certified for IFR
- Approvals
- Night VFR
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Socata
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- ICAO type designator
- TOBA
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 1979
Scale drawing
- Length
- 7.75 m
- Wingspan
- 9.89 m
- Height
- 3.02 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.3 m
- Propeller diameter
- 1.88 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Socata TB 10 TobagoLength 7.75 m
- Diamond DA40 TDILength 8.06 m
- Cessna 172S SkyhawkLength 8.28 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- White arc: flaps may be used
- Green arc: normal operating range
- Yellow arc: caution, smooth air only
- Red line: never exceed
- 53 kt
- 60 kt
- 59 kt
- 65 kt
- 78 kt
- 86 kt
- 122 kt
- 95 kt
- 128 kt
- 165 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Socata TB 10 Tobago in the simulator
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