New DA40 diesel with retractable landing gear

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New DA40 diesel with retractable landing gear

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Re: New DA40 diesel with retractable landing gear

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It looks interesting, but they haven't released much information on it as far as I can see. Here are a couple of links.
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Re: New DA40 diesel with retractable landing gear

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According to the article they are going to use the CD-135 and CD-155 AKA Theilerts 2.0\s.
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Re: New DA40 diesel with retractable landing gear

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Is this a 4 seater ? It seems more like a 2 seater with a big baggage compartment.
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Re: New DA40 diesel with retractable landing gear

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Antoine wrote:Is this a 4 seater ? It seems more like a 2 seater with a big baggage compartment.
Apparently it is a three-seater. Presumably this is so a second student can tag along. I have noticed that this is common with Asian student pilots.

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Re: New DA40 diesel with retractable landing gear

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Found more pics here (text is in french but the pics are nice)

http://www.aerobuzz.fr/spip.php?article5482
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Re: New DA40 diesel with retractable landing gear

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Antoine wrote:Found more pics here (text is in french but the pics are nice)

http://www.aerobuzz.fr/spip.php?article5482
For those of us with poor French language skills, here is the page in English. ;)
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Re: New DA40 diesel with retractable landing gear

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Does anyone know if it is composite or metal construction? The photos kind of give it a composite look.
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Re: New DA40 diesel with retractable landing gear

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Composite.
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Re: New DA40 diesel with retractable landing gear

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Funny? Most of the references say composite but I thought the AOPA report mentioned some metal. Maybe a frame. Anyone else hear that?

Take a look at that wing chord. This doesn't look like it is going to fly low and slow like a DA40.
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