I gotta say that landing was perfect...my instructor always says you should just about stall about a foot above ground on landings and I see that you stall warn went off at just about a foot left of altitude
@markdesimone281 It was a very smooth landing. The guy flying was also an instructor just getting more familiar with the plane. I've flown the DA40 (single-engine Diamond) before and found that it's actually pretty easy to get a smooth landing out of a Diamond. I suspect that the high aspect-ratio wings really enhance the ground effect and provide that extra cushion.
@lakeobilt1 It's hard to hear the guys talking on the radio behind the engine noise. If we had turned on the speaker, you would've heard it. Ann Arbor airport is towered (Class D).
Uhh...what was that incessant beeping the first 50 seconds of the video? I would love to be a pilot, but I have little tolerance for annoying things like that. I will yell at the poor kid in McDonalds for not turning off the french fry timer when it goes off while I'm standing there. I probably woudn't make it far as a pilot, huh? Like a doctor who doesn't like sick people! Nice plane BTW. Those diesels make a definate sound!
@HEADBANGBALLER The pilot was practicing engine-out procedures. That was the source of the beeping. If you notice on the top-left corner of the right screen, the RPM for the left engine is near zero. As far as those annoying warning bells and whistles go, typically the more advanced the cockpit is, like this one, the more the airplane will "talk" to you like that. You just get used to it during training I guess.
@HEADBANGBALLER That's right. Obviously we wouldn't practice that in a single-engine aircraft, but it's perfectly safe in a multi-engine plane like this.
@mikeydapilot Well, thanks for chatting with me. I learned quite a bit. That is one remarkable aircraft. I am a pro-diesel guy. Nothing is more reliable, powerful, and effiecient, except maybe jets, but that's a whole other subject. Stay safe. Your a little closer to God @ 10,000 feet!
@mikeydapilot I gotta tell ya. I have sooo much respect for you pilots. The amount of information that you have to process is amazing. I'm just a "Sim" pilot now and I have that wonderful "pause" key to recheck my E6B and current VOR, the Big Six, the kneeboard, wind correction, FPH, etc. I have no idea how you can do it all! I take my first flight with an instructor in two weeks as the starting point for my GA License. Thank you so much for your videos. You so inspire me to keep going!
@jorgemdllin Yes, the radios are on the screen. The COMM 1 and 2 radios are both located in the top right corner of the primary flight display (PFD) which is the screen on the left. The NAV 1 and 2 radios are on the top-left corner of the PFD, and the transponder page is accessed through another button at the bottom of the PFD. Basically everything, instruments, radios, etc are integrated into those two screens.
@bishop102 Yes, this aircraft has diesel engines that burn Jet-A fuel. I haven't actually flown this aircraft since I don't have my Multi-Engine rating, but I asked the pilot about cold-weather operations and he told me that this particular DA42 seems to start more easily in the cold because of the integrated FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control) which combines the throttle, prop, and mixture controls into one lever.
I fell in love with this Aircraft on the sim now i want one in real life 6 hours into my PPL now and i want that as my own aircraft eventually :D
superman797 1 month ago
I gotta say that landing was perfect...my instructor always says you should just about stall about a foot above ground on landings and I see that you stall warn went off at just about a foot left of altitude
markdesimone281 1 month ago
@markdesimone281 It was a very smooth landing. The guy flying was also an instructor just getting more familiar with the plane. I've flown the DA40 (single-engine Diamond) before and found that it's actually pretty easy to get a smooth landing out of a Diamond. I suspect that the high aspect-ratio wings really enhance the ground effect and provide that extra cushion.
mikeydapilot 1 month ago
heard no radio chatter.......no announcing positions on take off or landing. didnt look like airport had a tower.....weird
lakeobilt1 2 months ago
@lakeobilt1 It's hard to hear the guys talking on the radio behind the engine noise. If we had turned on the speaker, you would've heard it. Ann Arbor airport is towered (Class D).
mikeydapilot 2 months ago
Uhh...what was that incessant beeping the first 50 seconds of the video? I would love to be a pilot, but I have little tolerance for annoying things like that. I will yell at the poor kid in McDonalds for not turning off the french fry timer when it goes off while I'm standing there. I probably woudn't make it far as a pilot, huh? Like a doctor who doesn't like sick people! Nice plane BTW. Those diesels make a definate sound!
HEADBANGBALLER 6 months ago
@HEADBANGBALLER The pilot was practicing engine-out procedures. That was the source of the beeping. If you notice on the top-left corner of the right screen, the RPM for the left engine is near zero. As far as those annoying warning bells and whistles go, typically the more advanced the cockpit is, like this one, the more the airplane will "talk" to you like that. You just get used to it during training I guess.
mikeydapilot 6 months ago
Do you mean you actually turn an engine completely off in the air?
HEADBANGBALLER 6 months ago
@HEADBANGBALLER That's right. Obviously we wouldn't practice that in a single-engine aircraft, but it's perfectly safe in a multi-engine plane like this.
mikeydapilot 6 months ago
@mikeydapilot Well, thanks for chatting with me. I learned quite a bit. That is one remarkable aircraft. I am a pro-diesel guy. Nothing is more reliable, powerful, and effiecient, except maybe jets, but that's a whole other subject. Stay safe. Your a little closer to God @ 10,000 feet!
HEADBANGBALLER 6 months ago
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I'm starting my training for my PPL in two weeks. Already had my introduction flight in a DA-20 i love these diamond aircraft.
yesthisisme95 9 months ago
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I'm starting my training for my PPL in two weeks. Already had my introduction flight in a DA-20 i love these diamond aircraft.
yesthisisme95 9 months ago
I'm starting my training for my PPL in two weeks. Already had my introduction flight in a DA-20 i love these diamond aircraft.
yesthisisme95 9 months ago
Was that a stall warning at around 3:35?
frank2398 1 year ago
@frank2398 Yes, it was a stall warning. The PIC practiced a few stalls, actually.
mikeydapilot 1 year ago
@mikeydapilot I gotta tell ya. I have sooo much respect for you pilots. The amount of information that you have to process is amazing. I'm just a "Sim" pilot now and I have that wonderful "pause" key to recheck my E6B and current VOR, the Big Six, the kneeboard, wind correction, FPH, etc. I have no idea how you can do it all! I take my first flight with an instructor in two weeks as the starting point for my GA License. Thank you so much for your videos. You so inspire me to keep going!
frank2398 1 year ago
@frank2398 Thanks for the feedback! Good luck on your training and feel free to message me with any questions you may have.
mikeydapilot 1 year ago
wheres the radio on this plane???is it added on that screen???
jorgemdllin 1 year ago
@jorgemdllin Yes, the radios are on the screen. The COMM 1 and 2 radios are both located in the top right corner of the primary flight display (PFD) which is the screen on the left. The NAV 1 and 2 radios are on the top-left corner of the PFD, and the transponder page is accessed through another button at the bottom of the PFD. Basically everything, instruments, radios, etc are integrated into those two screens.
mikeydapilot 1 year ago
Does this particular aircraft have the diesel engines? Do the diesel engines make engine startup more difficult in colder climates?
bishop102 1 year ago
@bishop102 Yes, this aircraft has diesel engines that burn Jet-A fuel. I haven't actually flown this aircraft since I don't have my Multi-Engine rating, but I asked the pilot about cold-weather operations and he told me that this particular DA42 seems to start more easily in the cold because of the integrated FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control) which combines the throttle, prop, and mixture controls into one lever.
mikeydapilot 1 year ago