Really enjoy your videos. I know they aren’t for “educational purposes” but they are very helpful. Having the charts on a split screen as you are flying are an excellent element to your content. Bravo! 👊👏
Your videos are always interesting and edited just right. They hold special memorials for me for in 1969, I received my privates, commercial and mel thru the Fort Lewis Army Aero Club ( no longer operational). I retired 20 years ago with 7-8000 flight hours, but never owned a plane and use videos like yours to learn about glass cockpits (I'm a steam gauge VOR guy). You are living my dream and I applaud you with a touch of envy. Keep them coming. John
Thanks John. That means a lot. I got my instrument rating before GPS was commonplace in GA. So I had a taste of that but most of my flying has been in the GPS era. So I do appreciate what incredible situational awareness we benefit from now. And thanks for the kind words on the editing ... it takes a lot of work but the modern editing tools are amazing.
I had the pleasure of landing at Renton earlier this year, that seaplane tug is unique! Gotta love the approach into Orcas and the hike into town isn’t terrible. We’re visiting Scotland in a couple weeks and I’ve scheduled a lesson in a DA42 at Perth, bucket list.
Excellent video! I like how you point out various landmarks and the Navy P3. Your area in the NW is such a great area to fly around, great views anywhere you look!
Great video, Trevor! I remember back in 1989 or so I was flying by Whidbey NAS and they launched a C-9 (military version of the DC-9) directly towards me as I was on the extended centreline of their active runway! It was a bit unnerving to see the landing lights shining right at me! Fortunately they knew I was there and we were able to maintain separation from each other.
Trevor, I'm really impressed with your video skills. Great camera placement, exposure, and balance between the panel and outside views. Then there are your flying skills and briefings, which are always great. I would very much enjoy a video detailing your camera equipment and setup.
3:37 Trevor, if you aborted after rotation, would you consider putting in full flaps to help slow down and get down to the remaining runway in a shorter distance, and then retracting flaps on touchdown to help braking? Or would you be concerned that you'd accidentally retract the gear (happily flap control on the DA42 is in a different place than the gear knob and is very distinct). On continued takeoff after gear retraction, I'm using the following steps: hold heading (with rudder), pitch for blue line, full power on both engines, verify gear up and flaps up, indentify, verify, feather or fix.
Regarding flaps during an abort, its a reasonable consideration but I'm more concerned about getting everything right in a very high stress, high workload situation. I practice a loss of engine immediately after take-off whenever I'm in the DA42 sim at Galvin. There is a lot going on in a very short period of time. I wouldn't rule out flaps in certain scenarios but you would need to be aware that you are making changes to the airplane configuration during this high workload situation. Identify, verify, fix of feather 👍
Anything to replace ADF (hahaha), never did like that thing. I don't remember having much auto pilot and NO ice protection. I am amazed at how little I knew about weather forecasting! I was an employed ATP, retired CFII/MEI and sometimes shocked that Ilved so long. I salute today's pilot. They seem better equipped and trained. Still trying to get a handle on the electronic flight bag thing but it's fascinating. Quick question, is it true that most modern owners do not use water to wash their plane?
John, I think the washing depends a lot on the rules at the airport. My current airport doesn't permit washing with detergents. But an airport nearby does have plane wash stations. There are some "dry wash" products I can use at my airport but if I want to give it a traditional wash, I need to go to a different airport.
Trevor, great video! Can I ask about the fuel pump switches you actuate just after take-off and just before landing? I would have thought that switching them off would make you fall out of the sky! Obviously not, but I was wondering how they factor into flying? Diamond make gorgeous machines if you ask me.
Thanks! Really good question about the fuel pumps . You are correct that I do need fuel pumps to be operating to not fall out of the sky (or more correctly, become a glider :-) ). Each engine has two low pressure pumps that are set up in parallel. In normal operation, only one needs to be operating. But in phases of flight when you want extra redundancy (eg take off and landing), the fuel pump switch activates BOTH pumps for that engine. So if one did fail at a critical moment, you'd still be getting fuel through the other one!
@@twmba65 I understand now; thank you! When you turn on the pumps, is that just a re-distribution of fuel flow or does that increase fuel use? Would the aircraft tell you should one of the fuel systems malfunction or would you just see the result of said malfunction? I also found your DR planning very detailed (and very safe).
@@mfernandes8945 No change in total fuel flow when you turn the pumps on so a redistribution. Yes you would see an error message if one of the fuel pumps failed. Thanks for the questions!
Also wanted to ask, if you lose an engine after gear-up and want to make a turn, is there a preference as to turning towards the good or dead engine, or would factors like traffic pattern and terrain decide? Have you ever experimented to see if a better climb rate occurs making a turn towards the dead engine compared to turning towards the good engine? It seems there might be less drag in the former case.
In training the preference is to turn towards good engine and "raise the dead". This does not preclude a turn towards the dead engine but it should be done with more caution. Assuming I was going to fly a traffic pattern to return to the airport, I would prefer to fly a pattern turning into the good engine, but I would do turns to the dead engine if the situation demanded it. I'm not sure about climb rate during one turn vs the other.
Hi Gaston - Good question. There are a couple of benefits to cancelling early as I did here. One is that it frees up the airport for ATC for other IFR arrivals. Since this is a non-towered field, if I was continuing on my IFR flight plan to landing, ATC would need to hold off other arrivals until I cancelled my flight plan after landing. The other benefit is that I don't need to remember to cancel my flight plan on the ground. Of course you can only cancel early when you are very confident that the rest of the approach will be VFR!
@@igclapp No, I've never had any issues with it. You do need to remember to turn it off when you are doing training maneuvers e.g. steep turns etc. otherwise it will "fight" you.
@@twmba65 Why didn’t you move to the beautiful state of Arkansas? I was born and raised in Seattle and moved down here due to the PNW’s unique “climate change”.😊. Much enjoyed your video and subbed. Thank you and stay safe sir.
I just turned 19, and will be starting my multi engine training on a DA42 in a few months! Looks awesome
Enjoy!
@@cecilfoxhound3274 Thought this dude was a limey. lol
Really enjoy your videos. I know they aren’t for “educational purposes” but they are very helpful. Having the charts on a split screen as you are flying are an excellent element to your content. Bravo! 👊👏
Great video, beautiful flight, thank you for letting us tag along !
You’re living many folks dream. Well done!
Delightful. Thank you for the ride. I enjoyed your professionalism nearly as much as the airplane.
Love your videos with the DA42. One of my favorite multis!
Thanks so much!
Your videos are always interesting and edited just right. They hold special memorials for me for in 1969, I received my privates, commercial and mel thru the Fort Lewis Army Aero Club ( no longer operational). I retired 20 years ago with 7-8000 flight hours, but never owned a plane and use videos like yours to learn about glass cockpits (I'm a steam gauge VOR guy). You are living my dream and I applaud you with a touch of envy. Keep them coming. John
Thanks John. That means a lot. I got my instrument rating before GPS was commonplace in GA. So I had a taste of that but most of my flying has been in the GPS era. So I do appreciate what incredible situational awareness we benefit from now. And thanks for the kind words on the editing ... it takes a lot of work but the modern editing tools are amazing.
Amazing quality, Sir! Very pleasant footage to look at.
I had the pleasure of landing at Renton earlier this year, that seaplane tug is unique! Gotta love the approach into Orcas and the hike into town isn’t terrible. We’re visiting Scotland in a couple weeks and I’ve scheduled a lesson in a DA42 at Perth, bucket list.
Yep everyone does a double take on those seaplane tugs!
great video, thanks for the thorough briefing and ACT
Excellent video! I like how you point out various landmarks and the Navy P3. Your area in the NW is such a great area to fly around, great views anywhere you look!
Thanks Antonio. We are very fortunate in the PNW ... when its VFR 😉!
What a wonderful flight, thanks for sharing! Orcas Island is a beautiful place but I haven't been there for 20 years.
Thanks Greg! Yes so many good $100 Hamburger options there with just a short walk into town.
Beautiful thank you so much.
Nice video! I've just started studying of Da-42 in my college, looking forward for flights. Wish safe flights!
Thanks Serg ... enjoy the DA42!
Beautiful approach, great flight as always!
Many thanks!
excellent work...
Very nice. Well done
Great video, Trevor! I remember back in 1989 or so I was flying by Whidbey NAS and they launched a C-9 (military version of the DC-9) directly towards me as I was on the extended centreline of their active runway! It was a bit unnerving to see the landing lights shining right at me! Fortunately they knew I was there and we were able to maintain separation from each other.
Many thanks! Yes occasionally you get lucky and get to share the air space with some cool hardware up there!
Trevor, I'm really impressed with your video skills. Great camera placement, exposure, and balance between the panel and outside views. Then there are your flying skills and briefings, which are always great. I would very much enjoy a video detailing your camera equipment and setup.
Thanks, Carl! Others have asked about a video on camera equipment, set up etc. so I'll have to add it to the list.
I want a Diamond twin too when I grow up.
Me too and I'm 58 🤣
3:37 Trevor, if you aborted after rotation, would you consider putting in full flaps to help slow down and get down to the remaining runway in a shorter distance, and then retracting flaps on touchdown to help braking? Or would you be concerned that you'd accidentally retract the gear (happily flap control on the DA42 is in a different place than the gear knob and is very distinct).
On continued takeoff after gear retraction, I'm using the following steps: hold heading (with rudder), pitch for blue line, full power on both engines, verify gear up and flaps up, indentify, verify, feather or fix.
Regarding flaps during an abort, its a reasonable consideration but I'm more concerned about getting everything right in a very high stress, high workload situation. I practice a loss of engine immediately after take-off whenever I'm in the DA42 sim at Galvin. There is a lot going on in a very short period of time. I wouldn't rule out flaps in certain scenarios but you would need to be aware that you are making changes to the airplane configuration during this high workload situation.
Identify, verify, fix of feather 👍
Anything to replace ADF (hahaha), never did like that thing. I don't remember having much auto pilot and NO ice protection. I am amazed at how little I knew about weather forecasting! I was an employed ATP, retired CFII/MEI and sometimes shocked that Ilved so long. I salute today's pilot. They seem better equipped and trained. Still trying to get a handle on the electronic flight bag thing but it's fascinating. Quick question, is it true that most modern owners do not use water to wash their plane?
John, I think the washing depends a lot on the rules at the airport. My current airport doesn't permit washing with detergents. But an airport nearby does have plane wash stations. There are some "dry wash" products I can use at my airport but if I want to give it a traditional wash, I need to go to a different airport.
@@twmba65 Understood
P-3 0rions? I wonder why NAS Whidbey Island hasn’t been upgraded to P-8 Poseidons yet. (Use to live up there.)
Trevor, great video! Can I ask about the fuel pump switches you actuate just after take-off and just before landing? I would have thought that switching them off would make you fall out of the sky! Obviously not, but I was wondering how they factor into flying? Diamond make gorgeous machines if you ask me.
Thanks! Really good question about the fuel pumps . You are correct that I do need fuel pumps to be operating to not fall out of the sky (or more correctly, become a glider :-) ). Each engine has two low pressure pumps that are set up in parallel. In normal operation, only one needs to be operating. But in phases of flight when you want extra redundancy (eg take off and landing), the fuel pump switch activates BOTH pumps for that engine. So if one did fail at a critical moment, you'd still be getting fuel through the other one!
@@twmba65 I understand now; thank you! When you turn on the pumps, is that just a re-distribution of fuel flow or does that increase fuel use? Would the aircraft tell you should one of the fuel systems malfunction or would you just see the result of said malfunction? I also found your DR planning very detailed (and very safe).
@@mfernandes8945 No change in total fuel flow when you turn the pumps on so a redistribution. Yes you would see an error message if one of the fuel pumps failed. Thanks for the questions!
Also wanted to ask, if you lose an engine after gear-up and want to make a turn, is there a preference as to turning towards the good or dead engine, or would factors like traffic pattern and terrain decide? Have you ever experimented to see if a better climb rate occurs making a turn towards the dead engine compared to turning towards the good engine? It seems there might be less drag in the former case.
In training the preference is to turn towards good engine and "raise the dead". This does not preclude a turn towards the dead engine but it should be done with more caution. Assuming I was going to fly a traffic pattern to return to the airport, I would prefer to fly a pattern turning into the good engine, but I would do turns to the dead engine if the situation demanded it. I'm not sure about climb rate during one turn vs the other.
Why do you cancel IFR? What is the downside of continuing IFR and doing the approach as planned? Thanks!
Hi Gaston - Good question. There are a couple of benefits to cancelling early as I did here. One is that it frees up the airport for ATC for other IFR arrivals. Since this is a non-towered field, if I was continuing on my IFR flight plan to landing, ATC would need to hold off other arrivals until I cancelled my flight plan after landing. The other benefit is that I don't need to remember to cancel my flight plan on the ground. Of course you can only cancel early when you are very confident that the rest of the approach will be VFR!
Trevor, does your plane have Garmin ESP envelope protection?
Yes
@@twmba65 Does the ESP ever kick in at a bad time, say when you are coming in slow for a short field landing?
@@igclapp No, I've never had any issues with it. You do need to remember to turn it off when you are doing training maneuvers e.g. steep turns etc. otherwise it will "fight" you.
No flaps during takeoff? Interesting.
Yes, normal takeoff configuration for the DA42 is no flaps. There is a short field configuration that has approach flaps set.
how can you even understand ATC? I have no idea what they're saying. This looks so difficult!
Its a bit like learning a new language. But it is very structured so with a bit of training and practice you can get comfortable with :ATC-speak"
@@twmba65thx, I am taking my first flying lesson this week. Hopefully goes well..
@@drawmaster77 Exciting!
Is that a mix of South African accent + American :)?
Australian 😎
@@twmba65 Why didn’t you move to the beautiful state of Arkansas? I was born and raised in Seattle and moved down here due to the PNW’s unique “climate change”.😊. Much enjoyed your video and subbed. Thank you and stay safe sir.
I was hoping to see the Mexican food.
Is it just my eye's or does this aircraft seem like it has an awful lot of wing ?
Your eyes are correct. 44.5 ft wingspan!
No t-hangar for you!