Operating Limitations

Question 1

What operations is our DA42 certified for?

Answer 1

Day VFR
Night VFR
IFR
18000ft
Not into TS/known icing

Question 2

What approved manoeuvres are there?

Answer 2

In normal category, all normal flight manoeuvres, stalls (except power on with fuel imbalance), lazy eights, chandelles, 60*AoB.

Not allows to do aerobatics, past 60* or large sustained sideslips

Question 3

What are the stall speeds?

Answer 3

Vs0: 57kt
Vs1: 64kt

Question 4

Vmca

Answer 4

65kt

Question 5

Vx/Vy with flaps up

Answer 5

Vx: 78kt=Vr
Vy: 90kt

Question 6

Vyse/Vsse?

Answer 6

Vyse 90kt (single engine best rate)
Vsse 80kt

Note these are minimum speeds

Question 7

V cruise climb?

Vfinal?

Answer 7

90kt
85kt with LDG flap

These are minimum speeds

Question 8

What is Va?

Answer 8

120kt up until 1542kg

126kt above 1542kg

Question 9

What are the flap speeds?

Answer 9

App 137kt

LDG 111kt

Question 10

VLo/VLe?

Answer 10

VLo for extension is 194kt
VLo for retractaion is 156kt
VLe is 194kt

Question 11

Vno/Vne?

Answer 11

Vno 155kt

Vne 194kt

Question 12

Max demonstrated xwind?

Answer 12

17kt

Question 13

MRW, MZFW, MTOW, MLW?

Answer 13

MRW 1795kg
MZFW 1650kg
MTOW 1785kg
MLW 1700kg … but will allow at MTOW

Question 14

What is the max weight in the nose, behind seats, extension, (behind seats + extensions)?

Answer 14

Nose: 30kg
Behind seats: 45kg
Extension: 18kg
Combined seat+ext: 45kg