Diamond DA42 Takeoff

[pacifico101]

Do not get complacent!! Keep the centerline of the runway, use full left aileron deflection at the start of the takeoff run and reduce it once you pick up speed. Remember , you fly the airplane, don't let her fly you

[JonisKanonis]

work that crosswing boy!

[ems73000]

You can get them with Lycomings, and there's also a new brand of Diesel engines they're using that just got certified in Europe, which they expect to have in the US next year. They're more HP than the Thielerts but I don't know if they're counter-rotating or not.

[mhockey21]

Now that the Thielert engines are no longer put onto DA42's and they are using I think Lycoming engines is the Counter rotating prop available?

[LiamJenksProductions]

You drifted off to the left a lot!

[AKsProduction]

CENTER LINE!!

[aleutianflyboy]

Not so much a Diamond option as is a Thielert option. Strange enough to make a diesel for an aircraft. Would be cool though.

[WoodstaS]

Why wouldn't Diamond give this plane counter-rotating props?

[ethanhach]

Hey guys, thanks for the views and the comments. The da42 is very hard to hold on centerline. It is not counter rotating, and in my opinion after a few hundred hours in type, the rudder is too small.

The pilot taking off is making his second takeoff, and we were just having some fun. The DA42 is a really great airplane, but it needs counter rotating engines which simply wasn't possible at the time.

[Bowl3500]

maybe to cut the maintenance cost down? - using similar props, and probably some engine components.

[ContinentalFlyer738]

@ethanhach

Hello. Really Good Video. Is The DA42 A Delicate Aircraft To Fly? Does It Handle Nicely Besides The Fact That Its Hard To Hold On Centerline?

[spithakos]

@ethanhach You are absolutely correct, all those people commenting that never flew a DA42 do not know how hard it is to hold the centerline even with full right rudder.

[kholder15]

how bout that centerline!! lol only raggin ya...shouldn't be too much P factor, it's counter-rotating props right?

[astawebb]

it always happens when a plane is new to you... first time i flew a Bonanza I practically dumped it off the runway because the 172 i was used to flying didnt have NEARLY as much P-Factor. But as pilots, you adjust quickly :-)

[jcijr14]

It is torque rather than p-factor that causes you to get off the centerline whilst the plane is still rolling. P-factor becomes a factor during low airspeed, high angle-of-attack situations.

[Pattyboy10]

Yup really bad take off, but great aircraft. what happened is the P factor + maybe some crosswind, but you can easily correct it. This would fail you even for a PPL.

Anyhow, love the plane

[badkharma101]

nice video, love the aircraft.

horrible takeoff though, that's a wide runway and you almost drifted off the left. Stay on center next time, use the rudder that's what it's for.

[MacExpert]

It could have been windy? i dunno but thats cool to ta/o from a intl airport! i liked the vid!