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- Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:14 am
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: Austro engine reliability and safety
- Replies: 61
- Views: 39486
Re: Austro engine reliability and safety
Excuse me if this has been answered - but is there any hard data on AE300 engine failures per flight hour to compare against Lycoming? It will be difficult for you to obtain anything other than anecdotal information on the Austro. Diamond (Austro) for some unknown reason has held that data very clo...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:28 pm
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: Diamond China announce its own 'independently designed' domestic aircraft diesel engine, the 'AEC2.0L'
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1419
Re: Diamond China announce its own 'independently designed' domestic aircraft diesel engine, the 'AEC2.0L'
A Chinese made knock off of an Austro diesel. Sign me up. How about an Austrian made knock off of a German Mercedes diesel? (i.e., the core of Austro AE300/AE330 engines, ever since Austro used up its supply of Mercedes OM640 engines) The quality of these engines might not be much different, especi...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:16 pm
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: Diamond China announce its own 'independently designed' domestic aircraft diesel engine, the 'AEC2.0L'
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1419
Re: Diamond China announce its own 'independently designed' domestic aircraft diesel engine, the 'AEC2.0L'
A Chinese made knock off of an Austro diesel. Sign me up.
Hope these don’t become the TBR replacement engines down the road.
Hope these don’t become the TBR replacement engines down the road.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:26 pm
- Forum: DA50 Forum
- Topic: DA50 vs The World
- Replies: 53
- Views: 3915
Re: DA50 vs The World
I was thinking about this more last night. I believe that the DA40NG is by far the best behaved, safest, useful, awesome GA airplane out there. If it was only a little bit bigger, with a little bit more useful load and FIKI. Oh!!! that is also known as a DA50RG I think that the DA50RG has everythin...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:06 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Exploring professional path
- Replies: 9
- Views: 647
Re: Exploring professional path
Congratulations Emir! You have a great future ahead of you. I had 35+ years and wouldn't have traded it for any other career.
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: MSB-E4-042 - Crankshaft-bearing cap screws replacement
- Replies: 96
- Views: 9354
Re: MSB-E4-042 - Crankshaft-bearing cap screws replacement
There have been several of us saying the same things for years. This attitude is cultural and was instilled by Christian Dries himself. Hoping for a big change from Diamond is a fools errand in my opinion. And yet some of you continue to fork out $1.5 million on a DA62 and expect something dramatica...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:48 pm
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: Alternatives for Plexus
- Replies: 8
- Views: 510
Re: Alternatives for Plexus
Several builders on the Van's forum highly recommend the Honda plastic cleaner/spray as a Plexus alternative. They claim it works just as well and is quite a bit less expensive. Honda P/N 08732-SCP00
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:20 pm
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: Prop governor
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1493
Re: Prop governor
My 2003 DA40 with the Aluminum Hartzel PowerFlow Version prop is 1703 lb and 95.2. I've just replaced the aluminum prop with the Hartzel Composite. Awaiting the final numbers because the prop governor had to be overhauled when the new prop failed to make the required full power RPM. I am very glad ...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 2:43 am
- Forum: DA20 Forum
- Topic: Hoffman prop overhaul?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8814
Re: Hoffman prop overhaul?
Opa Locka doesn’t have any spare Hoffmanns in stock. I would think an experimental DA20 wouldn’t lose too much value. Makes getting parts significantly easier. What parts would be easier to get? Owned a DA20 for many years, bought parts for the engine from Lockwood and many other components from va...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:48 am
- Forum: DA20 Forum
- Topic: Hoffman prop overhaul?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8814
Re: Hoffman prop overhaul & experimental airworthiness
Help! My Hoffmann prop on my 20A1-100 has excess play according to the mechanic. Time for overall is 6-10 months and about $8000. MT can get me a field approval and new prop & spinner for $10K, but again, October 2024 at the earliest to get it completed and then shipped from Germany. Anyone hav...