Friday, May 14, 2010

The aircraft: option#2




Another candidate: this is the Diamond DA-42 Twin Star, a payware aircraft made by IRIS Simulations. It is a "glass cockpit" aircraft, meaning it uses two GPS1000 panels with integrated avionics. It is nice, it handles very well (but the flight dynamic is not 100% correct, IRIS has already issued a first patch for it), good endurance and a top speed around 220 knots, so faster than the Rutan.

The Twin Star has two related Turbo-Diesel engines with a distinctive feel, the aircraft gain speed a bit slowly sometimes.

Two engines, beautiful lines, winglets: integrated avionics, most probably it is the aircraft of choice! As usual, more information about this on wiki.

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