It's Garmin and Diamond that's stiffing us on price and functionality. For the KAP140, Non-WAAS DA42 it's a new antenna, and a Garmin GTX345R with the WAAS GPS built in. That will make 3 independent GPS systems in the aircraft. Diamond will not support a software upgrade on the G1000 platforms that ...

The Diamond manual is not as clear as the Thielert maintenance manual. I was able to further review the last log entry that said it was filled with Zerex G05 ($12 premixed or $17 for dilution). I got a low coolant light when I started up this weekend but it went out at the increase in temp so we nee...

Anyone know a source for the coolant for the DA42? Looks like it's a G48 coolant and I found that Zerex makes one with the G48 designation but still it's difficult to find a source online. The BASF coolant is almost impossible to find outside of Europe.

Hello everyone, I work for CAV Ice Protection, the company responsible for the design and manufacture of the TKS Ice Protection System on the Diamond DA42 and DA62. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have regarding the system and I'll do my best to answer. You can also find out more informat...

Joel Did you get my windshield pump for overhaul? I have not heard back. Looking at how complex the system is I think $15k would be a bargain for a DA40 install. The 42 leading edge for the wings are molded to accept the stainless inserts- 40 is not so a retrofit is probably not cost effective. I wo...

My panel does not shake. The three bladed composite propellers do not shake- the 2 bladed Metal Hartzell ones do. Advantage is the Hartzell is far more robust than the composite. Wish they made a Hartzell composite for the DA42. The XLT has about a foot shorter wingspan than my old one does. I thin...

The windshield pumps are under a panel in the baggage compartment on the pilot side. CAV will rebuild old pumps for about $4-500 if you send it to them but they are running several months behind. In the meantime I purchased two used serviceable pumps from Dodson for $500 each (the pumps I purchased ...

Has anyone tried to purchase the separate ingredients and tried to mix? It does not seem to be significantly cheaper to do it this way unless you mix it in 300 gallon increments. It's the shipping costs that get you.

Just replaced both windshield pumps as they had failed. The assumption is that only one pump had possibly worked for a while or had limited use then finally the second pump failed. Also found the windshield solenoid on one of the pumps had also failed after we replaced both pumps. We then did a full...