Talk:Diamond DA42

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Diamond DA-42 Twin Star

[edit] Airworthiness

After an crash in Speyer, Germany, a flaw has been found in the twin stars electric system. A defect batterie can cause the alternators to be totally overloaded which results in the failure of both engines. While DA sees the problems in the inability of the centurion engines to run without electricity (as if they hadn't known that before) the airworthiness of the Twin Star is being discussed. The main problem seems to be, that the electric circuit has no redundancy although it is critical for both engines' operations. Braeutigam 09:22, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

I cannot find a reference to this information. I have reverted your changes. Paul Beardsell 09:46, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

You can find this information here, if you speak german: [1] It will also be published in that magazine on April 19. As this is a dynamic site, I did not add this as a reference. Please Re-revert that, otherwise this is vandalism.

When you have a good reference please cite it. Until then... Paul Beardsell 20:31, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted most charackterisitcs

The charackteristics of this aircraft have changed. Due to an overheating of the engines the production aircrafts aerodynamics have been changed in a way that greatly decreased the aircrafts performance. It is slower, has a lower MTOW and it is for example not possible to carry 3 passengers + full fuel load without being overloaded. Together with this newly found single point of failure I described above, it is now performing like a single engine 4-seater at best. Braeutigam 09:28, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

This material is unreferenced. Wikipedia requires that material, especially controversial material, be properly referenced. Paul Beardsell 09:47, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

This is nonsense you can read the performance charackterisitcs in the official DA performance specifications. You find them at the Thielert Homepage. Braeutigam 14:13, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Then source them. Also consider using spell check. ericg ✈ 14:20, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Please fix the data, do not remove it. You seem to know where the correct information is: Please provide it. Paul Beardsell 20:31, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Citations

Added much needed references to the "Development" section. Sigurbjartur Helgason (talk) 20:06, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Great job! - Ahunt (talk) 20:41, 15 April 2008 (UTC)