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Pilot Resources Aircraft & Ownership Aircraft Guide Diamond DA50 RG

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Diamond DA50 RG

  • New Price: $$1.15 million
  • Seats:
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Overview

  • Diamond Aircraft Industries originally found its niche in the general aviation market selling motorgliders and light piston singles to Europeans. By 2004, it expanded its offerings to twins with the debut of the Thielert Centurion diesel-powered DA42 Twin Star line; it started making its own Austro line of turbodiesel engines in 2007; and followed up in 2012 with the larger, seven-seat Austro-powered DA62. That’s quite a product line, but Diamond lacked a big-cabin single that could one-up the DA40. Until the DA50 RG came along. The airplane seats five and has a 300-horsepower Continental CD-300 dual-channel full authority digital engine control, intercooled twin turbo turbodiesel engine, liquid cooled and arranged in a V-6 configuration.

    V6 Shakeup

Specifications

  • Powerplant

    Continental CD-300 turbodiesel, 300 hp

  • Propellers

    MT composite, MTV-12-D/210-56

  • Length

    30 ft 4 in

  • Height

    9 ft 8 in

  • Wingspan

    44 ft

  • Wing Area

    176.85 sq ft

  • Wing loading

    24.92 lb/sq ft

  • Power loading

    14.69 lb/hp

  • Cabin Width

  • Empty Weight

    3,175 lb

  • Maximum gross weight

    4,407 lb

  • Useful load

    1,232 lb

  • Payload with full fuel

    904 lb

  • Fuel capacity

    51.5 gal (49 gal usable)

  • Baggage capacity

    198 lb

Performance

  • Takeoff distance ground roll

    1,250 ft

  • Takeoff distance over 50-ft obstacle

    2,427 ft

  • Rate of climb sea level

    1,050 fpm

  • Service ceiling

    20,000 ft

  • Landing distance over 50-ft obstacle

    2,224 ft

  • Landing distance ground roll

    1,129 ft

  • Cruise speed/endurance w/45-min rsv, std fuel (fuel consumption, ea engine) @ 75% power, best economy

    @ Max cruise power, 8,000 ft: 169 kt (15.3 gph)

  • Range

    750 nm

Limiting and Recommended Airspeeds

  • VX

  • VY

    79 KIAS

  • VNE

    191 KIAS

  • VS1

  • VSO

    59 KIAS

For more information, contact Diamond Aircraft at N. A. Otto-Strasse 5, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria or via https://www.diamondaircraft.com/en/

All specifications are based on manufacturer's calculations. All performance figures are based on standard day, standard atmosphere, sea level, gross weight conditions unless otherwise noted.