Recent content by Kai B

Nobody mentioned the awesome range of the DA40NG yet: 940 nms. How many other planes of this size can boast of that? The downside is that the manufacturer is not as customer friendly as the average American consumer would expect. Original spare parts are quite expensive.

On handling: the DA40 is the easiest to fly plane in its category. Stalls are easily handled and the only complication to learn to land it is the low wing configuration which makes it hover a bit longer high wing planes. All of the above leads to the lowest accident rates for planes in that...

Ahh. Thanks for clarifying. Once someone charges some kind of fees, it is normal that the question "what for?" comes up. That s why DAN is free.

Diamondaviators.net is alive and kicking with over 1000 clicks from individual IPs daily, over 7000 flight reports uploaded and an average of 15 posts a day. All of it steadily increasing since the page went online in July 2010. There is some confusion with the previous forum which was a site...

@spdracer888: Diamondaviators.net (DAN) is a place where Diamond owners help each other. Its goal is not to promote Diamond Aircraft, to build up a fan base or improve loyalty to the brand as you might think. Nor do we mind if we do. We are enthusiastic about our planes and want to make flying...

Hello John, Thanks for your interest in joining DAN. Generally saying, we approve all accounts of owners of a Diamond and of Diamond Aircraft Industries staff only. We do make exceptions for people who fly or work with our planes for professional reasons. If you have sent an E-Mail to my...