DA40 CS Power Settings

[tgrayson]

I think every pilot should own a copy of the A&P engines manual, 20 bucks to never be confused about how that thing works again seems fair to me.

I have a couple of them and find them to be of poor quality. Better than nothing but far below college textbook standards.

 

[TDoc]

I've also found the cruise performance charts to be very inadequate. They just don't have enough data there to get a good setup to run the plane for a good X/C. Sure, you can guess, but more data would be great

I have a good 100hrs in the DA40, mostly longer XC, and find the power settings in the POH to be very accurate. Did a Chicago to Wilmington, DE (579nm) at the 65% power setting, only a knot or two of wind at altitude and landed with 12 gallons in the tanks. I have always run it at full power to TOC, 2400 rpm, never had any worries with it.

 

[KSCessnaDriver]

I have a good 100hrs in the DA40, mostly longer XC, and find the power settings in the POH to be very accurate. Did a Chicago to Wilmington, DE (579nm) at the 65% power setting, only a knot or two of wind at altitude and landed with 12 gallons in the tanks. I have always run it at full power to TOC, 2400 rpm, never had any worries with it.

They are good charts, but I feel they are really kind of sparse. Maybe if they expanded them a little bit, it would be easier. However, after getting 20 or so hours in the plane, I could tell you what I'm going to burn and how fast I'm going to run. 10.5 hr @ 142 KTAS, seems to be what the plane I fly the most runs at real well.