daspinall Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 I did some vfr this evening from the channel just off Dover cliffs across London then up to Manchester, I finally put her to bed at EGCB Barton. I normally fly the 747 and TBM with vfr in the 172 cessna, the cessna can be a bit slow so thought I'd try out the Diamond with a top speed of 135kt. What a friendly little aircraft to fly in vfr and will fly it again..... ASRock X570 TAICHI Mother Board AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.79 GHz *Overclocked* Corsair 240mm H100i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Intel/AMD CPU Liquid Cooler Corsair DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB 64GB 3600MHz *Overclocked* MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24GB SUPRIM X Ampere. 1000W PSU. Samsung 870 EVO 2TB SSD. HP Reverb G2 + Oculus Quest 2 Samsung Odyssey G9 C49G95TSSR - QLED monitor - curved - 49" - 5120 x 1440 Dual Quad HD @ 240 Hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peer01 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Nice David, not bad these B&W pics. :cool::cool: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downwind66 Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Yes, David, curvy and graceful. Never flown one, but they do look like fun and they are swift also! Thanks for sharing! Rick :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daspinall Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 Yes, David, curvy and graceful. Never flown one, but they do look like fun and they are swift also! Thanks for sharing! Rick :cool: For VFR they beat the Cessna 172 imo, you virtually have a unrestricted view of the world, thanks to the wraparound windshield... and a little extra speed/power..... ASRock X570 TAICHI Mother Board AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.79 GHz *Overclocked* Corsair 240mm H100i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Intel/AMD CPU Liquid Cooler Corsair DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB 64GB 3600MHz *Overclocked* MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24GB SUPRIM X Ampere. 1000W PSU. Samsung 870 EVO 2TB SSD. HP Reverb G2 + Oculus Quest 2 Samsung Odyssey G9 C49G95TSSR - QLED monitor - curved - 49" - 5120 x 1440 Dual Quad HD @ 240 Hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Nice shot! They are certainly a huge change in the appearance of low winged VFR flyers. I always felt low mounted wings limited your VFR views. But that;s just one pilot's point of view. Having said that, almost all the newbies seem to love the ease of use a tricycle gear setup. So that fact alone will probably really help sales. Let's face it, after generations of VFR aircraft that are mostly all very similar, it's time for someone to offer a change of pace!! Michael Being an old chopper guy I usually fly low and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMLW Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 A Very nice dusk shot David. :) :cool: Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAULCRAIG Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Nice atmospheric shot, but you forgot to retract the flaps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daspinall Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Nice atmospheric shot, but you forgot to retract the flaps! Yes, I would normally retract them on the runway. I'm getting sloppy with age lol ASRock X570 TAICHI Mother Board AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.79 GHz *Overclocked* Corsair 240mm H100i ELITE CAPELLIX RGB Intel/AMD CPU Liquid Cooler Corsair DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB 64GB 3600MHz *Overclocked* MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 24GB SUPRIM X Ampere. 1000W PSU. Samsung 870 EVO 2TB SSD. HP Reverb G2 + Oculus Quest 2 Samsung Odyssey G9 C49G95TSSR - QLED monitor - curved - 49" - 5120 x 1440 Dual Quad HD @ 240 Hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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