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by Chris
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:21 am
Forum: DA62 Forum
Topic: DA62 on order or recently delivered?
Replies: 206
Views: 180233

Re: DA62 on order or recently delivered?

I did ask which model has the biggest order book especting it to be DA42 but in fact it is DA62 by a significant margin. Do you know if that was Diamond as a whole, or just the Austria factory? GAMA numbers show the DA62 (worldwide) shipments have been trending upwards and DA42 losing steam over th...
by Chris
Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:16 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: TKS Panel Replacement
Replies: 4
Views: 254

Re: TKS Panel Replacement

The panels are not designed to be easily replaced. There is potential to mess up the wing. Paint repair may be required. It would be nice to find someone with experience doing this on a Diamond. Premier in Florida said they can't do it and that it should go to the factory. The factory said sorry, t...
by Chris
Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: DA62 Forum
Topic: Prop Damage
Replies: 14
Views: 771

Re: Prop Damage

Does everyone runup power to max before brake release? If not, what do you do? I only hold the brakes that long on short(ish) runways. Most of the time I'm operating from runways over 4500' and either perform a rolling start from the taxiway or release the brakes as the power passes 50%. I feel tha...
by Chris
Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:44 pm
Forum: DA50 Forum
Topic: DA50 vs The World
Replies: 31
Views: 1599

Re: DA50 vs The World

Cirrus's stats (normalized to flight hours) have improved a lot in the past decade, but back in 2012 they were trending a fair bit worse than the GA average and much worse than Diamond at the time. This old thread has some of the numbers and are very close to Cirrus's own numbers reported in their &...
by Chris
Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:16 am
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: Checklists and procedure plates
Replies: 9
Views: 330

Re: Checklists and procedure plates

I currently use a laminated checklist. Approach plates and charts are on an iPad mini mounted to upper left side of glare shield with FliteCharts on G1000 as backup if the iPad dies. I use a mini ZuluWorks kneeboard for taking down any notes, writing out clearances, etc. I'd like to transition to el...
by Chris
Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:55 am
Forum: DA42 Forum
Topic: Proper single engine shut down / restart in flight
Replies: 9
Views: 527

Re: Proper single engine shut down / restart in flight

But - the real question is will htis be fixed in future? and, i'd love to hear from other MEIs & even factory instructors on the work around to then still enable SEO training.... I haven't heard of any changes in progress to allow windmilling restarts for Austro engines. My reading of the AD is...
by Chris
Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:23 pm
Forum: Austro
Topic: Diamond China announce its own 'independently designed' domestic aircraft diesel engine, the 'AEC2.0L'
Replies: 30
Views: 1130

Re: Diamond China announce its own 'independently designed' domestic aircraft diesel engine, the 'AEC2.0L'

Just a gentle reminder to keep posts on topic and related to Diamond Aircraft (and engines). There are plenty of other forums and platforms out there suitable for political discussions. Also a reminder to respect the copyrights of other publications and ensure that any excerpts fall under the "...
by Chris
Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:44 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: Exploring professional path
Replies: 9
Views: 574

Re: Exploring professional path

That's fantastic, Emir! Congratulations and best of luck as you start your next career!
by Chris
Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:21 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Recent maintenance
Replies: 4
Views: 424

Re: Recent maintenance

Looks like the link with tapatalk may have broken as result of the recent updates. I suspect the plugin version I had installed wasn't compatible with the newer version of php. I've updated to the latest plugin version, and the Tapatalk dashboard seems happy now. Can somebody try it out and report ...
by Chris
Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:43 pm
Forum: DA40 Forum
Topic: run up button
Replies: 6
Views: 288

Re: run up button

One of my runup buttons had this behavior once after maintenance. I believe it turned out to be a loose connection somewhere between the button and the ECU.