Riddle will forever elude my understanding. The Seminoles are superior trainers. The Diamonds produce inferior pilots, bottom line. I am willing to bet that if you put a riddle kid on a old cessna with no GPS they wouldn't know how to get around the airport, let alone fly.
The Seminoles had GPS too. The Twin Stars just make it super easy use the GPS.
Overall, I hear the Twin Stars are a lot of fun to fly and a hard landing in the DA42 is a good landing in the Seminole( boy, did the Seminoles land firm). The only bad things I have heard is that they suck gas now with the Lycomings, the CG sucks, and as already alluded to with the Vmc demo requires a lot of rudder to maintain control( why they took so long to get certified I hear).
There is a difference between knowing how to use them and being competent in their use. Competence is achieved by experience. You can use the charts in a classroom and in the seat of an air conditioned Diamond and fly just fine in clear Florida weather. Get into real IMC in a crappy old cessna or piper with no GPS, and that will be what determines skill. I highly recommend everyone who rents glass to get into a crappy plane once in a while. This isn't just to riddle students.
they actually just got some brand new diamonds in at embry riddle and they are phasing out the pipers now. there are only a couple pipers left. i can't wait to fly the diamonds. i haven't flown glass yet cuz i took my single engine in a round dial and now i fly the pipers. the diamonds look nice but i hear they are a bitch to do vmc demo cuz you have to press hard on the rudder
the famous two-for-one landing.
plane63 1 year ago
Riddle will forever elude my understanding. The Seminoles are superior trainers. The Diamonds produce inferior pilots, bottom line. I am willing to bet that if you put a riddle kid on a old cessna with no GPS they wouldn't know how to get around the airport, let alone fly.
HDaviator 1 year ago 6
@HDaviator
The Seminoles had GPS too. The Twin Stars just make it super easy use the GPS.
Overall, I hear the Twin Stars are a lot of fun to fly and a hard landing in the DA42 is a good landing in the Seminole( boy, did the Seminoles land firm). The only bad things I have heard is that they suck gas now with the Lycomings, the CG sucks, and as already alluded to with the Vmc demo requires a lot of rudder to maintain control( why they took so long to get certified I hear).
quagmire2 1 year ago
@HDaviator Right, because we clearly are never made to use our sectionals or anything...
mhcblues22 4 months ago
@mhcblues22
There is a difference between knowing how to use them and being competent in their use. Competence is achieved by experience. You can use the charts in a classroom and in the seat of an air conditioned Diamond and fly just fine in clear Florida weather. Get into real IMC in a crappy old cessna or piper with no GPS, and that will be what determines skill. I highly recommend everyone who rents glass to get into a crappy plane once in a while. This isn't just to riddle students.
HDaviator 4 months ago
they actually just got some brand new diamonds in at embry riddle and they are phasing out the pipers now. there are only a couple pipers left. i can't wait to fly the diamonds. i haven't flown glass yet cuz i took my single engine in a round dial and now i fly the pipers. the diamonds look nice but i hear they are a bitch to do vmc demo cuz you have to press hard on the rudder
napalmburns15 2 years ago
oh .. i do miss this place ! good memories!
skysurfer0805 2 years ago
I got my multi-engine rating at Riddle back in October in the Seminole.
I'll take a Seminole over the Twin Star any day, lol.
X6insane6X 3 years ago
im actually pretty surrised you didnt end up with the landing gear in your lap
airspeed is your friend
gondolinwarrior 3 years ago
they dont even fly those now lol...............
Jbaker8390 3 years ago
Wow... the stall horn before even beginning the flare... and you wonder why you hit so hard!
atlmsl 3 years ago
too bad these guys are heading out of riddle!
jmr0991 3 years ago
nice! you get to log two landings! congrats
ushockeyguy17 3 years ago 10
@ushockeyguy17 hahahahahahahahahahahaha! xD this actually made me laugh
unitedairforce1 1 year ago
ouch that didnt look to comfy....
astawebb 3 years ago
cool video, i just passed my diamond multi oral woohoo
curvaceousd 4 years ago
Ha nice.5/5
How does she ride??
Jakolero247 4 years ago