Diamond DA40 From An Engineering Pilots Point Of View.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- Since the Saab Safir is damaged and the Cherokee is often busy, I have to find another plane to fly. Learning the Diamond DA40 now and discussing it's aerodynamics and controls. They follow the same principles as on big planes and it's interesting to compare them.
I know many of my subscribers know a lot about planes, but hope you still might get something out of this video. 👍🏼
Next will be videos when we fly it!
Enjoy! 🤗
YES!!! Please Bjorn, give us more videos like these, this technical features a pilot knows and perceives are what drive most in their passion for aviation. I really enjoyed it, hoping to see more videos like these in the future!!
Greetings from Portugal.
Thank you! Thinking about doing the same technical style video when flying, discussing flight characteristics. Like a live test flight evaluation. 😉👍🏼
Diamond makes an excellent product, started my training back on the little da20, always enjoyed the middle stick and those long wings, really makes you work and learn on energy management
Very nice walk-around Björn. Thanks!
Great Video super interesting to hear you talk about something that you are obviously very passionate about:)
Very nice! I enjoyed to be a passenger in a DA40, comfortable plane with a great view! But with this canopy it is hot in the summer! Lucky enough it's better when airborne. Also the canopy can be opened a bit on the ground and locked. Perfect when you do the checklist. 👍🙂 Remember to close it completely before taking off. 😉 Looking forward to see you fly it!
Absolutely beautiful airplane and a joy to fly! I hope you enjoy the upcoming flight!
Excellent video 👍👍, nicely presented .
I transitioned from the PA 28 to the DA40 Tdi
in 2006, so forgive my memory but I can remember having to get used to speed management of the aircraft as it was so aerodynamic compared to the piper aircraft I had flown. One day when entering the aerodrome control area I throttled back to reduce to 90kts for the circuit however to my surprise it didn't slow down ,unlike the lumbering PA28 I'd been used to 😃 so i ended up pulling back on the stick to bleed the speed off!! 🙄 It took a while to slow it up !! Lol
It was a pleasure to fly that aircraft and was extremely comfortable and fuel efficient.
Be careful of your landing speed as it had a tendency to pitch up in the flare especially when practising flapless landings. We had a few people in the club that had scraped the tail skid!! 🤭
I'm sure you will love flying it 👍👍
Have a great time flying it 😎
Yes, the speed management is different. I got checked out on it yesterday and noticed that it takes time to slow it down. On the other hand the landing flaps gave a lot of drag, but only slighter lower stall speed.
@@bjornpilot excellent 👌👍
I loved flying the DA40 partially because it was a more modern aircraft than the aircraft I was used to. 👍
I hope you enjoy flying it too and look forward to seeing your videos 🤩👍
Thank you
I definitely learned more about the da40! Thanks Bjorn!😀
Thank you for your comment. I will probably make another video about the flying caracteristics. Like testing a car but it’s a plane instead. 😉
@@bjornpilot Don't your lame, and so is your channel.
@@brucelee4996 ass ... hole
Nice one 👍
11:00 I like your point. I've always found Airbus cockpit more advanced that Boeing ones.
Wow, deep in the west of Sweden --- a nice area to live, though I am told they talk funny down there ;¬)
Love where the trim wheel is !!
I'm too big for that cockpit though lol
Spännande! Se till att läsa på ordentligt till den 10:e. 😍
Jadå. 😉
Really interesting video 😃
Excellente présentation.....comme d'habitude...j'ai déjà volé sur DA40 et c'est un avion très agréable...
Hi Capt ...nice review for the plane .l noticed that the control stick is thought the seats and I never saw a position like that.what your comment?
Perfectly located and very comportable since you get arm support from your leg. Lots of glider planes (all modern?) have the stick like that.
So lovely to see your enthusiasm towards plane! Would you recommend this plane for cpl flying?
I think so because of performance and cockpit layout. But I have not flown it yet so maybe? 😉
Bjornpilot@ jag flög en Da40 med dieselmotor när jag hade en provlektion. Grymt härlig maskin att flyga! Jag har en fråga till dig. Hur många flygtimmar har du totalt? Svara gärna hur många av det totala antal timmar som är på tyngre plan och hur många är på mindre plan 😊 tack på förhand
Hej, totalt ca 25000. Ca 200 på små flygplan, därav 100 på Saab Safir och det är därför jag känner mig så hemma i den. Det intressantaste jag flugit i prop är Beech Staggerwing, Ercoupe och en gammal Piper Aztec. 😅
Har 600 timmar viggen och resten passageraflygplan. Kanske skall berätta lite om vad jag flugit i nästa video. 😉 Tack för iden!
@@bjornpilot tack för svar! Jag tycker att det vore jätte intressant att höra dig berätta om hela din flygande karriär. Hur många timmar du har på respektive flygplanstyp. Vilken typ du fick börja med som kommersiell pilot, hur många år du har flugit på respektive nivå, vilka typer du flugit privat när du varit ledig, t.ex. safir eller annan maskin. Gör en video där du berättar om din karriär från start till slut. 😊
Bra ide. Tack! Tänker flyga Diamond DA40 i dag och berättar lite om de små flygplan jag flugit i den. Så tar jag och gör en film om flygvapenkarriären plus SAS i en annan. Med bilder och film. 😉
Is that some kind of trainer or special DA40? I looked at the dash of TDI and NG versions and they didn't have as many instrument as the one you're showing.
There are VFR and IFR variants of the DA40 and they differ a lot on instrumentation.
are this small planes very safe??
Yes, very safe if you don‘t do stupid things like run out of fuel or fly in too poor weather. 😉
@@bjornpilot thanks for reply. But only 1 engine isnt a bit more risky or not really.
F16 and F35 are actually aerodynamically static unstable, the horizontal stabilisers are producing lift
Yes, they are aerodynamically static unstable, that’s correct. The tailplane produce lift if you give a nose down command. But if you give a nose up, the tailplane must create a downforce which in turn generates more angle of attack from the main wing, giving nose up on the plane. Just watch how the tail moves both ways at a flight display!
When giving a nose up command on a canard design, the small front wing creates lift and nose up momentum immediately and directly.
@@bjornpilot thank you for your reply. Actually for aerodynamically static unstable aircraft with traditional configuration like F16, the pitch-up Moment can be generated both by lift from the wing or the tail, so the tail doesn’t necessarily have to produce downforce, because in level flight it generates lift, and with moderate nose-up input it will only generate less lift, so the lift from wing will produce the pitch-up moment. The CAP-parameter of these aircraft are more or less the same level as those with Canard.
Thanks for reply. Good ponts!
Nice explanation!
However, It's not quite true that a canard design is always more efficient - for a manually controlled, self-stabilizing canard, it is important that the forward wing (canard) always stalls before the rearward wing (main wing) does. That means that you are actually never able to fully use the available lift of the rear (main) wing, which leads to losses in aerodynamic efficiency.
Of course, this can be solved by an inherently unstable, computer-controlled setup, like in fighter jets. But with an unstable layout, you can also have a lift-inducing horizontal stab on a plane with a conventional layout (as you said) - so in the end, there is not much difference in the overall aerodynamic efficiency between the conventional and canard layout.
Any tips to get into a Pilot school? I got 1 year left of Highschool (Year 13th) here in norway and would like to search on a School in Norway. And tips for like the interview and such?
Be yourself! For the studies, be determined and work hard and you will make it. Good luck! 🍀👍🏼😊
@@bjornpilot All right lovely, It's the last year so I'm getting my grades up so i get into the school. There is only 12 that accepted every semester so 24 people in a full year. So i gotta stand out aginst the other searchers.
@@ulol609 Good luck.
the T tail is better,,, its out of the prop wash so power changes dont effect the trim as much,,, as well on landing its out of the ground effect so its not pushing the nose down as much
Agree. Good points!
Thanks for the detailed expiation captain as always. It is really nice. Show us when you fly that bird after studying the books 😃
Bjorn, quick question, how tall are you?
183cm
@@bjornpilot I figured you are tall but it is hard to tell on camera, before you ask I am 178 😅. I know you are interested.
No, the real reason the tips of the tailplane are turned down is because they look so cool 8-)
Also that yes. 😉