by gordsh » Sat Apr 14, 2018 10:35 pm
CFIDave wrote:Over the past 6 months I've had the experience of flight instructing and providing transition training in the DA40 NG (after having owned and instructed in the DA40-180 for years), and the NG doesn't have any bad habits -- it flies like a DA40!
I like to perform the same "parachute mode" demo in a DA40 NG (as I do in all Diamonds, including twins): I put the plane into a power-off stall (with the throttle back to idle) and hold the stick all the way back. With the stall horn blaring and the plane buffeting, the DA40 will descend in a wings-level attitude under complete control without any falling leaf, wing drop, or propensity to enter a spin. All you have to do to break the stall is pitch down -- adding power is not required.
I wish every person who criticizes the NG had the opportunity to fly one. I now prefer it to the Lycoming DA40.
I must say too that it’s nice to hear reviews from people who actually have flown the NG DA40 and like it. I love the Diamond brand and my Lycoming DA40 is a dream to fly, but honestly some of the NG discussion in this thread makes it sound like even test flying the NG is a waste of time. I have actually never even seen an NG DA40 person, but I am really looking forward to flying one soon.
For some reason even though its made here in Canada we don't have very many compared to other parts of the world but its probably due to the fact that most Canadians end up buying their planes cash as banks are not very plane financing friendly....weird right? To my knowledge there are no schools with any NG's and doing a model/make search on Transport Canada website does not show any Canadian Registered NG's.
I like ZAV's comment above where his family asked "why is the prop turning if the engine was off...LOL.
[quote="CFIDave"]Over the past 6 months I've had the experience of flight instructing and providing transition training in the DA40 NG (after having owned and instructed in the DA40-180 for years), and the NG doesn't have any bad habits -- it flies like a DA40!
I like to perform the same "parachute mode" demo in a DA40 NG (as I do in all Diamonds, including twins): I put the plane into a power-off stall (with the throttle back to idle) and hold the stick all the way back. With the stall horn blaring and the plane buffeting, the DA40 will descend in a wings-level attitude under complete control without any falling leaf, wing drop, or propensity to enter a spin. All you have to do to break the stall is pitch down -- adding power is not required.
I wish every person who criticizes the NG had the opportunity to fly one. I now prefer it to the Lycoming DA40.[/quote]
I must say too that it’s nice to hear reviews from people who actually have flown the NG DA40 and like it. I love the Diamond brand and my Lycoming DA40 is a dream to fly, but honestly some of the NG discussion in this thread makes it sound like even test flying the NG is a waste of time. I have actually never even seen an NG DA40 person, but I am really looking forward to flying one soon.
For some reason even though its made here in Canada we don't have very many compared to other parts of the world but its probably due to the fact that most Canadians end up buying their planes cash as banks are not very plane financing friendly....weird right? To my knowledge there are no schools with any NG's and doing a model/make search on Transport Canada website does not show any Canadian Registered NG's.
I like ZAV's comment above where his family asked "why is the prop turning if the engine was off...LOL.