Diamond DA62, very steep approach to St. Moritz (LSZS) Airport 

Thanks Giorgio! It was our last flight before the Covid-lockdown in Germany. You went throug horribe times. Hope you stay healthy - and keep on wearing masks! Best regards from Munich.

Too, many, commas

THX! Appreciate your comment!

... and you might have an engine shock cooling problem as well ... ;-) ... the DA62 concept really makes sense ... thx for your appreciation!

THANK YOU, CHRIS! Very kind ;-)

Thank you for your appreciation : )

Vollkommen d'accord! Es fehlt nur die Druckkabine :-)

When I saw the runway from around 8500 ft I was sure we would not make it straight in for landing. But the drag from the two props on idle plus full landing configuration made it possible (up to 3000 ft/min descend rate!). An other factor of the DA62 is the water cooling of the Diesel engines - with an air cooled engine you would risc some shock-cooling damage aswell ...

Diamonds really are very aerodynamic. Gear down and flaps in landing configuration obviously generate a lot of drag but I assume that the windmilling effect of the three blade props connected to the high compression Diesel engines made this very steep descend work.

Yes it is really spectacular! I hope you could watch the ouside view aswell ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uCKWQZ7AcKg.html :-)

@@wolfgangkarner Thanks for the link, just saw the tailcam view (and liked it)! It's so beautiful to see more! The approach seems very, very complicated to me. I just can imagine flying like that. Overhere everything is just flat ;-)

@@wolfgangkarner I am now your 221th subscriber :-)

@@dutchygirl oh oh .. you missed the 222 ... would have been jackpot ... XO ...

@@wolfgangkarner Somehow I'll be first anyways ;-) I have 22 and had jackpot at 10. Haven't flown in 3 months now, so nothing spectaculair and flat to post anyways. I really like your aircraft and vicinity :-)

THX - appreciate your comment! Your absolutly right - everybody was absolutely suprised that an straight-in approach like this was possible ;-)

No word was spoken - sterile cockpit rules

It is my son in law who owns the DA62. He is on the left seat and he runs a real estate business ;-) in Munich, Germany

it is GARMIN PILOT ;-)

gib's dir von außen -- kommt noch cooler ;-) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uCKWQZ7AcKg.html

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We took off from Memmingen (EDJA) in Bavaria, heading southwest to GAMSA ´, XAMEX and then heading south 177°(DTK) in 8500ft for 26 nm, 090 DTK for 6 nm, 146 DTK for 5nm, then following the valley to the Albula Pass and approaching LSZS direct RWY21 .... :-))) you could follow the time laps on RU-vid: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Tahhs8DHeuI.html

No Diego, it was a VFR flight! This approach over the ALBULA-pass is one of two official VFR entering points to SAMADEN AIRPORT when arriving from northern directions. Because of an unexpected change of the landing direction to RWY 21 during the arrival, we were a bit fast and high above the pass so we had to get rid of speed and altitude within the last two minutes ...

@@wolfgangkarner is lowering the undercariage help?

@@memepasmal77 lowering the gear reduces speed of course. By setting the flaps only you would not be able to descent as steep as it was required here ...

The DA62 POH doesn't mention any limitation on low power operations. I am sure the governor, gearbox and engine components can easily handle the loads involved within the operation limis of the aircraft. All these issues are calculated and tested before certification ...

Hi Kiran! You can find quite a few more videos from this brand new aircraft on my channel ;-)

THX Arthur! The size of the rudder trim helps to adjust a very precise setting during regular flight - but more important in case of an engine failure. The DA62 single engine performance is excellent ...

Wolfgang Karner sorry for the misunderstanding, I meant to ask why so much rudder trim :)

@@ArthurW okay, it only looks like an enornous setting to the right because the trim knobs labeling is pretty crooked! You must check the red line within the white stripe above the knob to see the indication of the trim setting. You could better see it on one of my other videos during an IFR training. Go to 6:45 and you will know what I mean. Here the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NSdMZYRweFI.html

Sure, with your money you can obviously buy much better. We admire you.

You are absolutely right - the placarded speeds are a bit confusing. You are allowed to fly with 119 KIAS with fully extended flaps. With T/O setting you can go 136 KIAS as indicated. The "89 KIAS" is meant to be the Final Approach Speed (above 1999 kg) with flaps in LDG configuration (89 KIAS/Vref FLAPS LDG) ... :-)

@@wolfgangkarner Thanks for the explanation - that's something new for me. Fantastic scenery, I can only dream of doing flights like this one!

@@Shrike200 These flights are rare to me also :) ... it's a matter of weather and opportunity as well ...

COORECTION of my earlier answer to your question! Both placarded speeds next to the flaps lever (flaps TO and flaps LDG) are applied correctly! Flaps LGD says 119 KIAS and not 89 KIAS. The digit "11" might look like a "8" from the distance or on the video. If you could look closer you would see the " II8" KIAS, which is the real maximum extention speed for the flaps LDG position ... Sorry for my former wrong reply!

you probably mean the Gulfstream G550 with the Maltese registration M-HERI ... she was called to be Musk's Gulfstream for fun, which it of course wasn't :-)

YESSSSS! Aber nur die mit dem "FRACTION" callsign, dann gibt's ja noch die "EXECJETS" mit N-Registrierung und die chinesische Variante, aber da weiß ich den callsign nicht mehr ... :)))

Interessante Überlegung - aber dann dürfte man ja auch bei Highspeed und durchschnittlicher Descend Rate nicht auf Full Idle gehen, da ist das negative Torque noch höher. Bin mir sicher, dass die belasteten Teile dafür ausgelegt sind ansonsten wäre davon im Handbuch etwas zu finden.

Servaas Mundl! Des mit der Geschwindigkeit ist ja in der Fliegerei seeehr relativ ;-) ... Das hängt ganz von der das Flugzeug umgebenden Luftdichte, der Flughöhe und vom Gegen- oder Rückenwind ab. Es gibt da noch weitere Einflussfaktoren. Also: die DA62 (ein Flieger aus Österreich by the way) darf maximal 205 Knoten (Indicated Airspeed) schnell fliegen - das sind 380 km/h in Meereshöhe. Diese 205 Knoten sind aber in der maximalen Flughöhe von 20.000 Fuß wegen der weniger dichten Luft sogar 532 km/h. Nur diese Geschwindigkeit können die Motoren wegen des Leistungsverlustes in größeren Höhen nicht liefern, es sei denn, man geht in den Sinkflug, dann darf man die Geschwindigkeit von 205 kts nicht überschreiten. Im normalen Reiseflug fliegt man in ca. 10.000 ft bei ca. 85% Leistung ungefähr mit 350 km/h plus minus Rücken- oder Gegenwind ...

@@wolfgangkarner Recht herzlichen dank fuer die prompte und ausfuehrliche Information und Erklaerung in Bezug auf Geschwindigkeiten und anscheinend viele Faktoren die ,die Geschwindigkeit in generellen auch verschieden sein kann. Again thank you for the nice reply. Very much appreciated.

@@mundlkalli4396 My pleasure, Mundl! Als Ösi in Bayern hat man beim Namen "Mundl" nur die allerbesten Assoziationen und einen Grinser im Gesicht - Karl Merkatz sei's gedankt ;-) ... Best regards nach Florida!

THANK YOU :)

Where is that place? So beatiful, i really hope i can be there several years later 😁 and i am preparing the private pilot training in beijing nowadays, in da20, haha

@@ericsyu1982 It is the highest European Airport, located in Switzerland, very close to the famous skiing village of St. Moritz. You can have a better view of the scenery from the ouside of the aircraft ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uCKWQZ7AcKg.html ... Good luck for your PPL and keep on training - it is really worth it!

Who wants to go skiing - as long as you can fly airplanes? ... XD ... I love skiing!

3050 !!! :))))

@@wolfgangkarner oh my error,,, even better :)))

@@wolfgangkarner i posted on one of your other vids,, how can atc prohibited recording when the g1000 records it auto ,, they should know that and not even make such a rule ,, seems weird they dont want ppl recording what you can hear lol

Why?

Cooler Anflug - würd' ich sagen! Zugegeben, kein 3° Glideslope Approach aber die Descending-Performance der nagelneuen DA62 auszutesten ist durchaus sinnvoll und war zu keiner Sekunde unsafe ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uCKWQZ7AcKg.html

You mean the right and left turn before touching down? It extends the approach distance and you can reduce more altitude without getting faster. If you would fly directly towards the runway you would have to descend steeply, you would become faster and this would extend your landing distance or it would make a landing impossible.

@@wolfgangkarner thanks that's what I was thinking it extends the distance, I don't get the part of how it doesn't increase speed? I just did this same exact landing with the same plane in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020! Same approach as you and used the same technique. I went full flaps but it was really tough to get the plane to lose altitude in the sim.

@@johnames6430 Great - you flew the approach with the sim!!! Well - I didn't go into the details with this great tool yet, so I can't tell how exactly the specifics of the DA62 were modelled. I am thinking of things like the braking effect of the windmilling props with the highly compressed Diesel engines, etc ... But you see in reality it worked - to the big surprise of everybody on board. When you fly (steep) turns you always loose speed - if you don't want to do so you descend faster ... in this case a very helpful effect ...

@@wolfgangkarner Yes! If you haven't checked out Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 it's amazing! I flew the exact approach in the exact same plane and even changed the weather to have snow cover 😁In the future they plan to add Virtual Reality support so you can wear a headset and look around the cockpit just like in real life. It's going to help a lot of pilots train. You can purchase a 30 day Trail of "Xbox Gamepass for PC" for $1 and play it right now.

@@johnames6430 THX for the information. I've downloaded the sim but didn't have time to try it - but I surely will ;-) ... Real flying isn't a too bad alternative :))

It was pretty shaky due to heavy turbulence over the pass ;-)

... but you wouldn't be able to see it without my bad camera work ;-)

They were looking at the expensive business jet and saying it's probably Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk (I think)

This is not a Hollywood movie ;-)