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Re: Diamond on order

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Unfortunate outcome for people wishing to get their 62’s in a reasonable time frame, but on the plus side, it continues to limit the supply of private DA62s and thus keeps the market value of the already-delivered airplanes higher than if they were producing them in higher volume. Definitely a mixed bag. The risk that DAI runs is they produce so few of the 62s that owners (a) switch to the 42-VI or 50 RG, or (b) just opt for something else rather than waiting perhaps for 3 years for a 62. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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Re: Diamond on order

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For buyers I think the issue is both reasonable time and a predictable time. If you look at the Diamond on Order spreadsheet, the actual delivery times range from 8 to 25 months and the variance from the expected delivery when the purchase contract was signed to the actual delivery also varies widely. It's disturbing that different buyers will get different priority and not a simple case of all buyers being in the same line.
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Re: Diamond on order

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MackAttack wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:02 pm (a) switch to the 42-VI or 50 RG
Not likely, having in mind payload, speed, mission and range of DA62.
(b) just opt for something else rather than waiting perhaps for 3 years for a 62
Much more likely, having in mind DA62 price and comparing it with SET with same hours on engine TBO.
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Re: Diamond on order

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Boatguy wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 3:39 pm For buyers I think the issue is both reasonable time and a predictable time. If you look at the Diamond on Order spreadsheet, the actual delivery times range from 8 to 25 months and the variance from the expected delivery when the purchase contract was signed to the actual delivery also varies widely. It's disturbing that different buyers will get different priority and not a simple case of all buyers being in the same line.
I think what matters is Diamond's ability to meet the customer expectations. I would not be surprised if Diamond has reserved some capacity for each model line and adjusts it based on backlogs and margins.

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Re: Diamond on order

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I went to look at this and it said "read only". Here's a new link that should allow editing again.

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