Hi Cary & Eric Thanks for your input. I did go flying on Saturday when a front came through. We did get strikes on the stormscope as did our last approach. At one stage we flew through a heavy rain downpour and I could not hear the engines at all. It was quite gusty but the DA 42 was stable, the...

Just to give you some background information. Its winter downunder at the moment. Its very cold in Melbourne around 12-15 degrees Celsius, thats cold for us! So Jane and I decided to have a holiday in warmer Queensland, around 20 degrees C. This is a 2 hour jet flight north for us. We are staying at...

Quite happy with the DA 42 in the normal circuit. For the Australian MECIR renewal we have to do...so plenty of practice of After take off, > 400'AGL, > Vyse we have to do an asymmetrical climb to MSA. I was impressed with how well the DA 42 coped with this. Need plenty of rudder, half a rudder bar ...

Hello I promised to post reports, I had thought I would do this as went through the DA 42 endorsement, and the training leading to the flight test to renew my MECIR = multi-engine command instrument rating. It was such hard work I have left if until the end. Having spent 10 hours in the DA 42 in the...

Hi Stephen

Thanks for the link...great video.

Did you notice that the PFD and MFD did not loose their inputs. I wonder whether you recover using the PFD if in a spin in IMC.

Safe flying

Robin

From the questionnaire: If the oil pressure to the propeller dome is lost, does the propeller go into coarse or fine pitch? Fine pitch Ouch, there goes our twin engine safety argument against Cirrus' chute! :) My understanding is that constant-speed propellers are designed quite differently for sin...

Hello After test flying the DA 42 NG last year, I have decided to renew my MECIR -multi-engine command instrument rating in the DA 42 NG. This will give me a good work out in the plane and help me decide on whether to get the DA 42 or the Cirrus SR 22. In Australia we have to do an "engineering...

Hi Lee Great pictures, thanks for posting your trip. Like you I have been impressed with Antoine's trips, and I was impressed with your decision making. I set my minimums and have cancelled a few flights due to weather being around my personal minimums. It is very important to stick by those and not...

Thanks for your post Graham. It looks as if I now need to buy 2 more planes and still my beloved DA 40!

There was an advert for the DA42V1 in this months Australian Flying Magazine, maybe a fourth plane just to be sure, looks like I will never be able to slow down let alone retire.

Cheers

Robin

Hello Henrik and Doug

Interesting posts. How much more comfortable in the DA 42 compared to the DA 40. We did a quick trip to the outback this month. I am 6'2" and after doing 6.3 hours in a single day in our beloved DA40, I was quite stiff and me knees were sore.

Cheers

Robin