Manufacturer Sees Continued Expansion Of Gulf Region Sales

Diamond Aircraft announced the handover of another new aircraft to an Arabian Gulf customer as it delivered a DA42-VI to Abdullah Al Muhaydib of Saudi Arabia, who took his new airplane up on an acceptance flight accompanied by one of Diamond’s flight operations team.

Mr. Al Muhaydib’s aircraft boasts a Diamond Premium design with a paint scheme of San Marino Blue over Anthracite exterior and a Black & Pearl Gray interior. He said, “I chose the DA42 because it is a safe plane with two engines, advanced avionics and a beautiful weather radar that gives you full awareness of the weather conditions while flying. Thanks Diamond. It was a very nice first flight!”

The DA42-VI is Diamond’s version of its four-seat, twin-engine aircraft. It is ergonomically designed and has climate-controlled seating with an adjustable backrest and variable lordosis support. A variety of hand-made upholstery options are available along with additional interiors options.

The aircraft is powered by two Austro Engine AE300 2.0 liter diesel engines with 168 hp and a single power control lever. The engines can run on Jet A-1, Jet A, TS-1 (Russia, Ukraine), No. 3 Jet Fuel (China), and JP-8.

The MT propeller is an MTV-6-R-C-F/CF 190-69 3-blade hydraulic constant speed propellers with advanced blade geometry for efficient performance. They are also automatically controlled by each engine’s digital control to enable feathering with just a single switch.

Avionics include a fully integrated Garmin G1000 NXi complemented by a wide variety of options such as integrated weather and synthetic vision.

The aircraft’s max speed at 16,000 ft at max takeoff weight of 1,760 kg / 3,880 lb is 365 km/h / 197 kts TAS. Max cruise speed at 16,000 ft is 352 km/h / 190 kts TAS.

Its rate of climb at MTOW is 5.7 m/s / 1,114 ft/min. Max range at FL180 and 50% throttle with no reserves is 2,269 km / 1,225 nm, while its range at 60% power at 12,000 ft is 2,038 km / 1,100 nm. Fuel consumption at 60% power is a combined 39.4 l/hr / 10.4 gal/hr.

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