DA42 "Twin Star"

Toonces said:
How tall are you? I just got a job at a school that has DA 40's and DA 42's. I have never sat in one before. I am pretty friggin tall too. I have gotten used to cramming myself into 150's finally. Tell me they are more roomy than a 150.
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I am not sure what all of you are complaining about but I am 6'2" with a 36" inseam. I weigh 230 and have broad shoulders (enjoy the gym alot) and I still fit. Fat people seem to have problems though b/c they overhang onto the throttle quadrant. I don't have any probs with the 40 and the 42 shares the same cockpit. The Da-40 uses the G-1000 and I will say from first hand experience that I love the ease of operation that goes with the 1000, in my opinion its much more user friendly then avidyne.
 
Wow - that's one heck of an avionics setup in that DA-40! Twin 430's, DME AND an ADF!! No excuses for the student then!!!:D
 
Doug Taylor said:
I have the luxury of only being 5'8.

Sure I fit in aircraft easily, but chicks dig tall guys.
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I dunno Doug, looks like a score to me! :nana2:


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higney85 said:
I am not sure what all of you are complaining about but I am 6'2" with a 36" inseam. I weigh 230 and have broad shoulders (enjoy the gym alot) and I still fit. Fat people seem to have problems though b/c they overhang onto the throttle quadrant. I don't have any probs with the 40 and the 42 shares the same cockpit. The Da-40 uses the G-1000 and I will say from first hand experience that I love the ease of operation that goes with the 1000, in my opinion its much more user friendly then avidyne.
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I'm not complaining........yet. I just got a new job where I will be flying DA 40's and DA42's. I don't start for a few weeks. I have never sat in or flown any Diamonds. I am 6'6", so it's pretty hard to wad myself up into a ball and effectivly manipulate the controls of certain planes.
 
BobDDuck said:
Baby shower? You know that means all of your friends are going to be after you and Kristie again.
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nope, it's all stopped now! i didn't hear a thing about "ohhh, you two are next" because that portion of our lives is just bout finished and just not that exciting anymore...even the mom to be was a bit on a downer today and i'm thinking either she's just no longer excited or it was just an off day (not feeling that good) type day for her.
 
Be careful with the Twinstars, TBR (Time to Be Replaced) is a firm 1,000 hours, so you've gotta replace the engines (at $10,000 a pop, which isn't too bad) no questions asked.

So it's a great personal airplane, but if you're doing training with them and shutting down engines all the time, wait for the IO-360's to get put on.
 
So how much do the twinstars rent for per hour. New seminoles typically go for $200 in the Denver area. I think they were about $220 in the DC area. I am wondering if these twinstars will be much cheaper at all?

Use less gas, and their engines are cheaper since they have a critical engine right? There should be no reason to go for more than a new seminole.
 
Kristie said:
nope, it's all stopped now! i didn't hear a thing about "ohhh, you two are next" because that portion of our lives is just bout finished and just not that exciting anymore...even the mom to be was a bit on a downer today and i'm thinking either she's just no longer excited or it was just an off day (not feeling that good) type day for her.
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It gets bad emotional and physically towards the end. Ah but once the baby is born, its sure joy with boughts of pure panic at times, especially when it's the first. You and Doug are more than welcome to come visit when we have the baby.
 
H46, I have to keep you about 8 feet away from Kristie beause you're very fertile!

"Your swimmers are strong. Strong like BULL!"
 
mtsu_av8er said:
Wow - that's one heck of an avionics setup in that DA-40! Twin 430's, DME AND an ADF!! No excuses for the student then!!!:D
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That's a 'standard' panel for us, since most of those avionics are required for Austrian registered aircraft to become "IFR certified". A second and certifed AI and Altimeter is also mandatory, most of our aircraft have a second DG or HSI as well. But flight schools/rentals also calculate that equipment into their hourly rental prices...:banghead:
 
I fly the diamond and love it. Although, at first I was a little spooked when the alarms went off with a voice saying " WARNING traffic ". Then I look around and no one is in sight. I was told that sometimes it picks up it's own signal. Anyone else had this happen to them ?
 
Toonces said:
How tall are you? I just got a job at a school that has DA 40's and DA 42's. I have never sat in one before. I am pretty friggin tall too. I have gotten used to cramming myself into 150's finally. Tell me they are more roomy than a 150.
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I'm 6' and fit in the DA 20 just fine.
 
notawannabee said:
I fly the diamond and love it. Although, at first I was a little spooked when the alarms went off with a voice saying " WARNING traffic ". Then I look around and no one is in sight. I was told that sometimes it picks up it's own signal. Anyone else had this happen to them ?
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The 206 that I fly does that all the time when you first power it up, just as you're taking off (Garmind Transponder starts transponding, if that's a word . . . :)). You get used to it after a while . . .
 
On the G-1000 if you do a 60 degree steep turn ATC will issue you an immediate traffic alert and you show up on the moving map- its kinda funny when you do it on purpose to give the controller a coronary..lol
 
higney85 said:
On the G-1000 if you do a 60 degree steep turn ATC will issue you an immediate traffic alert and you show up on the moving map- its kinda funny when you do it on purpose to give the controller a coronary..lol
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Now THAT'S funny! Have to keep that in my bag o' tricks.... :)
 
Doug Taylor said:
I think it'd be interesting to have a technically advanced, cost-efficient aircraft with low operating costs.........But if you could get Baron dispatch reliability with the costs of an Apache, nirvana.
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Sounds like me talking about VLJs.
 
Kingairer said:
Just a honest reminder to everyone, always complete a weight and balance and make sure you are within limits for the flight. Flying overweight is not something to mess with.
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True story: When I went to do my PPL ride the ramp guy filled it before I got there (little punk, but that's for another time...) Now, I'm 6'7" and about 235, and fortunately the DPE was a scrawny little guy, however after it was all said and done we were about 50 pounds over. So, I went and explained all that as humbly as possible to the examiner and he looks at me and says:

"Son, sometimes that happens up here. Let's go fly."

In other news, the flight school I'm at just bought a DA42 and as of early Feb had it listed at $285 wet w/ instructor. The Dutchess was at $265 an hour. In the not too distant past someone took the Dutchess off the side of the runway and not too long after the DA42 was at $330. I'm somewhat miffed......
 
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