DA62 flight planning
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DA62 flight planning
For those on the board actually flying the DA62, what true airspeed do you use for your flight planning?
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Re: DA62 flight planning
I find myself typically filing 168 KTAS, book value for 75% at 10,000. Adjust +/- 3 KTAS per 2000 ft difference. Although when flying, I find myself settling in at 80% fairly often. For whatever reason, the throttles seem to find that position and hold it better.
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Re: DA62 flight planning
I also use different speeds for flight planning in our DA62, typically based on altitude.
In Foreflight I created multiple Performance Profiles depending on whether I'm flying low (75%, 8000 feet 170 kts), high without O2 (75%, 12,000 feet, 175 kts), high with O2 (75%, 16,000 feet, 180 kts), or max performance if I really need to get somewhere faster (95%, 14,000 feet, 195 kts).
Note these speeds are slightly better than book, because I'm rarely flying near max gross weight.
In Foreflight I created multiple Performance Profiles depending on whether I'm flying low (75%, 8000 feet 170 kts), high without O2 (75%, 12,000 feet, 175 kts), high with O2 (75%, 16,000 feet, 180 kts), or max performance if I really need to get somewhere faster (95%, 14,000 feet, 195 kts).
Note these speeds are slightly better than book, because I'm rarely flying near max gross weight.
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Re: DA62 flight planning
85% seems to result in ~ 175ktas and 16.2 gph across a reasonable range of cross country altitudes.
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Re: DA62 flight planning
Thanks for the "numbers" everyone - We are "expecting" delivery of our 62 on 7/31 in London, ON.
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Re: DA62 flight planning
as thumb rule:
at 10,000 ft:
60% 160 6.0 gallons per side
75% 175 7.5 gallons per side
80% 180 8.0 gallons per side
and so on
so easy to remember
at 10,000 ft:
60% 160 6.0 gallons per side
75% 175 7.5 gallons per side
80% 180 8.0 gallons per side
and so on
so easy to remember
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Re: DA62 flight planning
That's very close to what I file for my DA42 (with CD155 engines) - 166 KTAS.rdrobson wrote:I find myself typically filing 168 KTAS, book value for 75% at 10,000.
Same here and I get some 171 KTAS.rdrobson wrote:Although when flying, I find myself settling in at 80% fairly often.