Diamond’s New Twin

Volume 32
Number 8
August 2002

Diamond’s New Twin

Are these guys nuts? A new twin in the current market seems doomed but check out the numbers before deciding.

Diamond’s proposed DA42 TwinStar was rolled
ūout at the Berlin Airshow. It will fly this fall.

Considering the overall softness in the GA market, does the world really need a new piston twin? Diamond seems to think so, since that’s exactly what it announced at the Berlin Airshow in May.

Using the fuselage and wings of the DA40 as its basis, Diamond plans a twin powered by a pair of Thielart TAE 125 diesels, a set-up that hasn’t even been certified in the single-engine version yet.

Moreover, Diamond plans an aggressive certification project that will have the DA42 TwinStar available for delivery in 2004. The company made similar claims for the DA40 and more or less delivered on the time line. …

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