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Engine shutdown is equally simple.
Turn off the avionics master and flip the
engine masters down. The props will windmill for a few cycles and then stop dead,
without a tooth-rattling shake. Extrapolate
that out to engine shutdowns in flight and
you can see that safety is greatly increased in
both training and emergency situations by
the simplicity of the system. Shutting down
an engine is done by flipping a switch. To
start it again, either slow down to 100 knots,
flip on the master, and turn the key—or enter
a dive above 125 knots and turn on the master. The first two steps of identify and verify
still are important, but the engines feather
automatically.
If you’re going to increase multiengine
safety, single-engine performance must also
be good, and in that regard, this airplane is a
champ. At maximum gross weight and standard conditions, it will climb to about 12,000
feet. When the airplane is light or your bad
luck strikes in the winter, it’s certified to
climb to 18,000 feet on one engine.
TIME TO FLY. We flew Dave Passmore’s
DA42-VI for this report, the first airframe
imported into North America. Passmore
decided to go all-out on his Diamond,

SPEC SHEET

Diamond DA42-VI
BASE PRICE: $731,198
PRICE AS TESTED: $938,418
(prices subject to change based on current exchange rates)
SPECIFICATIONS

Powerplants | 2 Austro Engine E4-C
(AE300), 168 hp ea
Recommended TBO | 1,500 hr
Propellers | MT Propeller MTV-6-R-CF
Length | 28 ft 1 in
Height | 8 ft 2 in
Wingspan | 44 ft 6 in
Wing area | 175.3 sq ft
Wing loading | 23.9 lb/sq ft
Power loading | 12.5 lb/hp
Seats | 4
Cabin length | 8 ft 6 in
Cabin width | 3 ft 10 in
Empty weight | 3,109 lb
Empty weight, as tested | 3,250 lb
Max ramp weight | 4,207 lb
Max gross weight | 4,189 lb
Useful load | 1,080 lb
Useful load, as tested | 939 lb
Payload w/full fuel | 568 lb
Payload w/full fuel, as tested | 427 lb
Max takeoff weight | 4,189 lb
Max landing weight | 3,979 lb
Zero fuel weight | 3,891 lb
Fuel capacity, std | 52 gal (50 gal
usable)
348.4 lb (335 lb usable)
Fuel capacity, w/opt tanks | 79.4 gal
(76.4 gal usable)
532 lb (512 lb usable)
Oil capacity, ea engine | 7.4 qt
Baggage capacity | 166 lb
PERFORMANCE

Takeoff distance, ground roll | 1,309 ft
Takeoff distance over 50-ft obstacle |
2,347 ft
Max demonstrated crosswind component
| 25 kt
Rate of climb, sea level | 1,203 fpm
Single-engine ROC, sea level | 284 fpm
Max level speed, sea level | 169 kt
Max level speed, 14,000 ft | 187 kt
Cruise speed/endurance w/45-min rsv,
std fuel
(fuel consumption, ea engine)
@ 75% power | 168 kt/3.1 hr

12,000 ft | (43.5 pph/6.5 gph)
@ 65% power | 157 kt/3.8 hr
12,000 ft | (36.8 pph/5.5 gph)
@ 55% power | 144 kt/4.5 hr
12,000 ft | (31.8 pph/4.75 gph)
Max operating altitude | 18,000 ft
Service ceiling | 18,000 ft
Single-engine service ceiling | 18,000 ft
Landing distance over 50-ft obstacle |
2,029 ft
Landing distance, ground roll | 1,212 ft
LIMITING AND RECOMMENDED AIRSPEEDS

VMC (min control w/critical engine
inoperative) | 71 KIAS
VX (best angle of climb) | 77 KIAS
VY (best rate of climb) | 90 KIAS
VYSE (best single-engine rate of climb) |
85 KIAS
VA (design maneuvering) | 122 KIAS
VFE (max flap extended) | 113 KIAS
VLE (max gear extended) | 188 KIAS
VLO (max gear operating)
Extend | 188 KIAS
Retract | 152 KIAS
VNO (max structural cruising) | 151 KIAS
VNE (never exceed) | 188 KIAS
VR (rotation) | 76 KIAS
VS1 (stall, clean) | 68 KIAS
VSO (stall, in landing configuration) |
62 KIAS
FOR MORE INFORMATION

Contact Diamond Aircraft, www.
diamondaircraft.com, 519-457-4000
All specifications are based on
manufacturer’s calculations. All
performance figures are based on
standard day, standard atmosphere, sea
level, gross weight conditions unless
otherwise noted.
EXTRA

As impressive as these book efficiency
numbers are, our test showed the airplane
outperforms these numbers.

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Contents
President'€™s Position
Letters
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
Foundation Focus
License to Learn
Pilot Counsel
Fly Well
One Fast Cat
AOPA Sweepstakes
Test Pilot
Pilot Products
Fly-Outs
LSA News
News
Not Your Father's Airplane
Diesel Dawn
Will We All Be Flying Diesels?
Top Diesel Models
Truth in Animation
Safety Pilot Landmark Accident: Set-Up Stall
Ownership
Technique
Efficiency
Never Again
Events
Partnerships
State & Local Action
Member Products
AOPA Foundation
Member Services
Fly by Wire
Pilots
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - Partnerships
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - State & Local Action
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - August 2013 - AOPA Foundation
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