Wilfried wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:55 am The reason why I was asking for Cirrus AD‘s is that I heard about some owners that for reasons of erratic AD‘s sold their Diamonds and became Cirrus owners.

We are all aware of differences between Cirrus and Diamond post-sales support and we're trying to change this.

From an owner perspective I estimate a 5 digit figure. Will ask my shop for a quote. Why do you expect so high price? And how do you know that your aircraft is affected (SB specifies P/N and I wouldn't expect all aircrafts are affected)? Please share info on quotation when you get it. I'll have 12-...

Does anybody have an idea how many aircrafts are affected? AFAIK when FAA issues AD they usually supply estimate of cost and total cost for the fleet.

GFC700 equipped DA42 TDI will be eligible for CD-155 upgrade with Crosby’s STC from October 2019.

Mr. John Crosby (who developed STC for upgrading DA42 with CD-155 engines) will be at Oshkos and he’ll gladly meet any Diamond owner to discuss about future of our aircrafts and abilities to upgrade avionics and engines.

You can contact him crosbyjohnr (at) gmail.com

Take some nice pics and post them here.

I was flying this weekend without paying much attention to my mailbox but I received no reaction or replies to previous communication with DAI on this topic. Let's see if anything will happen at Oshkosh.

Nice addition, simultaneously with announcing letter sent to DAI. We should continue to onboard more owners, especially European ones.

CD-155 Crosby conversion.

Since the question is posted in DA42 forum, I would assume OP flies DA42 :) DA42 POH specifies opening alternate air in icing conditions which means low temperatures (I would say slightly above 0C and lower) and visible moist. I encountered airframe icing anywhere from +2 to -25 degrees C. I don't ...