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- Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: MSB-E4-042 - Crankshaft-bearing cap screws replacement
- Replies: 92
- Views: 8330
Re: MSB-E4-042 - Crankshaft-bearing cap screws replacement
Yesterday when flying home in the Epic after dropping off the DA40NG at SouthTec at KRUQ for the MSB/AD, we were limited to only FL270 by ATC, burning 63 gph doing 320 KTAS. The Epic burns as "little" as 49 gph in typical cruise when up at FL340, doing about 315 KTAS (it requires less than...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:38 pm
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: MSB-E4-042 - Crankshaft-bearing cap screws replacement
- Replies: 92
- Views: 8330
Re: MSB-E4-042 - Crankshaft-bearing cap screws replacement
The one year-old DA40NG from which my pilot wife and I have been leasing hours is unfortunately included in Group 1, so we're also "screwed" by this MSB/AD. No more "hundred dollar hamburger" flights or fun flying around on nice days (an Epic turboprop burns nearly 10X the fuel p...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: Austro
- Topic: Austro E4-C Performance at Altitude
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2844
Re: Austro E4-C Performance at Altitude
The DA42-VI has a higher critical altitude. The DA62 and DA42-VI Austro engines use the same capacity turbocharger, so the DA62 with its slightly higher boost pressure (controlled by software) runs out of turbo capacity sooner (i.e., at a lower altitude).
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: CFI, MEI, 135 etc... just want to talk this out
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1221
Re: CFI, MEI, 135 etc... just want to talk this out
WAAS (i.e., GIA63W) was introduced starting with the first 2008 DA40 XLS models built in late 2007, so any 2008+ DA40 will include WAAS as a standard feature. But many 2007 DA40 XL owners have installed GIA63Ws to make them similar to XLS models. And there are a few 2004-2006 DA40s that have also be...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:03 pm
- Forum: Public forum
- Topic: Austria - USA Ferry Pilot Recommendations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 795
Re: Austria - USA Ferry Pilot Recommendations
I'm wondering why you need a ferry pilot or ferry insurance. If you're a US buyer taking delivery of a new DA62 made in Austria, Diamond is responsible for ferrying the new plane to Diamond's Canadian factory in London, Ontario, flying it under Austrian registry (with "OE" tail number) and...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:56 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: CFI, MEI, 135 etc... just want to talk this out
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1221
Re: CFI, MEI, 135 etc... just want to talk this out
Buy a DA40 (Lycoming 2007-2008 or newer with WAAS and GFC700 autopilot): - will let you avoid the maintenance issues associated with Austro engines of DA40NG - you can fly it to get your CFI and CFI-I ratings, since you'd like to instruct - is an ideal plane to offer flight instruction, since you ca...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 2:41 pm
- Forum: Travel & Destinations
- Topic: Your 1st Flight to Mexico – including What’s New in 2024
- Replies: 5
- Views: 831
Re: Your 1st Flight to Mexico – including What’s New in 2024
Outstanding video.
Not sure if it remains the case, but I heard that even AOPA seemed to be unsure about 2024 procedure changes instituted by the Mexican federal government. Maybe some Mexican POE airports need time to understand and incorporate these changes.
Not sure if it remains the case, but I heard that even AOPA seemed to be unsure about 2024 procedure changes instituted by the Mexican federal government. Maybe some Mexican POE airports need time to understand and incorporate these changes.
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 2:05 pm
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: Power off 180
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2295
Re: Power off 180
...if I don't want people to catch me slippin'. I have heard that lately the FAA seems to be viewing slipping on descent as a disfavored technique I don't understand where people have been hearing that forward slips have been discredited. It's a technique that's as old as GA flying: Since at least ...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 12:22 am
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: updating Nav database before expiration
- Replies: 10
- Views: 751
Re: updating Nav database before expiration
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 8:46 pm
- Forum: DA40 Forum
- Topic: updating Nav database before expiration
- Replies: 10
- Views: 751
Re: updating Nav database before expiration
On the Lycoming DA40 with Legacy G1000, software versions prior to 2012 (with GDU 12) supported only a single set of databases, and if you updated these databases prematurely (i.e., before their effective date), you'd end up displaying improper "future" databases that weren't yet approved ...