I climb at this RPM, but then go to 2,400 or 2,200 - is this where I mess up? Yes. As part of my job I get to fly a lot of different DA40s being ferried to their new owners, so let me suggest how I've been able to achieve 150 knots TAS: - More RPM = more HP. Understand that horsepower of an IO-360 ...

The GDL69A is sometimes labeled "DATA LINK" on the circuit breaker panel, as part of the Avionics Bus. As as noted earlier, if you have the GDL69 you should see a MFD page in the AUX Page Group with the title of "AUX - XM INFORMATION" showing DATA RADIO ID and AUDIO RADIO ID and ...

Garmin NavData subscriptions cover the US only , Canada only, or both (North American): https://fly.garmin.com/fly-garmin/support/pricing I'm not sure about the US-only Garmin subscription, but I'll bet the Garmin North American NavData includes Bahamas. I've been using a Jepp NavData Americas subsc...

For IFR approach/arrival/departure charts, pilots tend to stick with whichever format they learned when getting their Instrument Rating, but otherwise here are how they compare: - Jepp IFR charts "ChartView" have the advantage of being consistent worldwide if you fly internationally (other...

If you're talking about Diamond's autoland system that they installed in a DA42, it's just an experimental system that's not in production. It's not certified and thus there's no way to order it on a new aircraft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlaDeojkLcU There are other DA42s that can fly autonom...

Rick: Here's part of your answer: https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/appendix-A_to_part_35 If the Instructions for Continued Airworthiness in an STC include a separate "Airworthiness Limitations" section, then it's just like Chapter 4 of the Diamond AMM: it's FAA-approved language tha...

The way to resolve this is to refer to the Diamond Aircraft Maintenance Manual (AMM) for a particular plane, and look at what's included in Chapter 4 "Airworthiness Limitations" vs. Chapter 5 "Time Limits and Maintenance Checks." Chapter 4 is FAA approved and everything in there ...

We have a local group of pilots here in VA who have booked rooms to fly together to Nebraska to see the eclipse. They did the research and determined western Nebraska is the closest place from the US east coast with the highest probability of being cloud-free on that day. Rooms there along the eclip...

Dave, was the antenna you used the combined XM/WAAS one, or just an extra WAAS antenna? It was a separate 3rd GPS antenna (not a combined one with a splitter), hidden behind the baggage compartment and mounted internally. GPS signals can penetrate GFRP "fiberglass" as long as there are no...

Last week I helped arrange installation of a GTX345R in a 2011 DA40 that we just sold a customer -- avionics work was performed by Cycle Aviation at KHGR (they're also located at KJYO). They hid the 3rd GPS antenna entirely within the fuselage behind the baggage compartment, so no additional holes h...