Diamond DA-42

Jim

Could have. I lost my archives a couple of days ago when computer
bombed. Just remember there were some harsh words directed between
several Posters.

Big John

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 16:02:16 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Montblack" wrote in message
m...
Was that the Adam 700? The A-700 is their twin jet, on the A-500
(centerline
thrust designed) platform.

Eclipse has a flying jet, but not mated to productions engines - yet.

I missed that thread. Link anyone?

--
Montblack
"Just the usual inanity"

That took place on RAH. The criticism was made by zoom, aka james cambell,
I believe.

I'm starting to believe that they can do it. It looks amazing. There
was a huge thread on this earlier this year. Do a search in deja.com
(in rec.aviation) on "diamond diesel".

-lance smith


"G.Vassalli" wrote in message ...
What's do you think about the new twin DA-42 from Diamond ?

Joe

Then bring a mock-up. I want to see, right in front of me, whether or not
it will be usable by me, and what it looks like up close.


"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
Peter,

You really gotta wonder when they don't bring it to Oshkosh...


No, you don't, IMHO. They test-fly it, real hard. They don't do
vaporware, but rather work on delivering.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

Big John wrote:

Guess sometimes people can't win for losing.

You're making a big mistake assigning a unique mentality to "this group". Some
people are going to criticize a company for moving too soon and others will
flame a company for being too cautious. They are not the same people making
these criticisms, and this group is large enough to hold both.

George Patterson
You can dress a hog in a tuxedo, but he still wants to roll in the mud.

"Big John" wrote in message
...
Jim

Could have. I lost my archives a couple of days ago when computer
bombed. Just remember there were some harsh words directed between
several Posters.

Big John

Right. It actually started the big blowout, when Juan Jimeuez (or something
close to that spelling) spouted off, as zoom's not so socky puppet. I got
tired of it and killfilled Juan.
--
Jim in NC

Peter,

Then bring a mock-up.


I thought they did?

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

The flight tests in the UK magazines say it's a fabulous aircraft
for personal transport, but it may not make such a good twin
trainer as it's just too easy, especially engine handling...they say
it doesn't prepare you for the world of Lycontosaurus and the
pilot workload needed when one fails.

Paul

"lance smith" wrote in message
om...
I'm starting to believe that they can do it. It looks amazing. There
was a huge thread on this earlier this year. Do a search in deja.com
(in rec.aviation) on "diamond diesel".

Paul,

So we can't have innovation because of innovation? Hmm... Sounds like a
Catch-22. We should have stayed on the trees...

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

In article ,
Paul Sengupta wrote:
The flight tests in the UK magazines say it's a fabulous aircraft
for personal transport, but it may not make such a good twin
trainer

That's probably a good thing. The Twin Comanche got a bad rep because
of the accident statistics it accumulated as a twin trainer (back in
the day of low-altitude Vmc demonstrations).

Besides, even though it's clearly an entry-level twin, and very
reasonably priced in today's new plane market, it's still far more
expensive than typical trainer fodder like 1960s-era Apaches.

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

Ben,

and very
reasonably priced in today's new plane market, it's still far more
expensive than typical trainer fodder like 1960s-era Apaches.



Not necessarily if you factor in operating cost.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)