It’s okay to mark your own homework sometimes… right?! Kitty takes a look at the new COWS DA42 which he had a hand in testing!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
3:00 History of the aircraft
17:50 Visuals and Liveries
23:47 Aircraft setup
40:58 Startup
49:24 Taxi
55:00 Take-off & Climb performance check
59:09 Cruise speed check
1:00:28 General handling
1:09:41 Approach setup
1:14:00 Approach and circuits
1:20:30 Engine failure
1:27:50 Conclusion
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Intro music by Infraction! – https://youtu.be/9z17MdPtBo8
Outro music by MrMcNoggin – https://youtu.be/0rsipJkPOA8
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DISCLAIMER
This footage was created by a real world commercial flight instructor. Although you may use this for learning purposes, it is recommended as guidance only and should not substitute any training from your ATO. It is intended to merely provide an insight into real world commercial training operations at a school we are familiar with and to enhance your desktop simulator experience. We are in no position to share or copy any company-specific data. If you are a trainee Private or Commercial Pilot, please refer to your approved training/company documentation ONLY.
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Software used:
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Just Flight FS Traffic
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What a great contribution to the community! I've learned a lot about the aircraft and how to fly it. Love all the real-flying tips and references. Great to see it handles realistically in stalls and other maneuvers too. A couple of things I noticed: The nose seems to be moving up and down in a somewhat jerky way. I've seen this in other videos showing the Da42 in MSFS too. You mentioned you had a good stick so I wonder what's causing this not too smooth movement of the nose ? Also, a lot of the landings I've seen on YT seem abrupt in how the plane drops onto the runway, especially the front gear, and that's with low vertical speeds on touchdown. Is there a tendency for the nose to drop quickly or what do you think is causing this ?
Hey Kitty, do your friends at COWS have any plans to release this on the Xbox through the Marketplace?
If not, could you beg them for me 🙏?
Very nice indeed
This is pure gold. With your background, I am not surprised that you was involved in the project.
Been waiting for this aircraft for months. It instantly ended up as my favorite number one aircraft, even if I prefer analog steam cockpit.
Thanks – inspired to jump into the ops manual provided.
Had a little chuckle, my day job is fixing Mercedes A-class ECU's, lots of air mass flow meter issues. Was suprised they use this bad engine for aviation. Nice review, thanks.
Can plane able to execute Hold Present Position between two fix points?
I just bought this aircraft for MSFS. How do I get the black interior? I'm selecting a plain white livery but I'm getting the grey interior.
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Very nice and detailed video. I will most definitely use it to fly the DA42 in MSFS 🙂 I have the PC 12 and I love flying it but I am now at a point where a bit of variety would not be too shabby. Thanks for the nice vid from someone who really knows what he is talking about.
Thanks for your insight into this aircraft addon.
Hey guys, I play on Xbox and I'd be interested in buying this awesome plane. I hope you'll manage to bring it to the marketplace in the near future!
This is very interesting – I'll hold out until the release of the Blacksquare Dukes and then choose my dual-engine add-on.
I would love to suggest my flightschool's livery to COWS but I can't find their website. Would you happen to have a link to where I can submit my suggestion?
Excellent video, as usual.
I do have a question. I have had a couple flights in a row now where I have had the L ECU A&B fail in a row now. I go through the checklist in game, but it still happens. Is there something you're aware of that would cause that?
I've already bought it and tested it as well, in my case in VR. That gives the plane another boost in realism. It is really one of the best small aircraft in the Sim, maybe the best. I personally miss a tablet, where I can adjust things like weights / passengers, random failure simulation, as we have seen in so many other aircraft. Nevertheless, it will become likely my favorite plane in this class. Excellent video, btw! Well made, good explanations. Maybe you could share some flight lessons with that particular plane to us Simmers. You've spoilered already a couple of maneuvers, that students have to master, like steep turns, engine failures, stall events. 🙂 I think, it could be very beneficial for many of us, to get some additional background about these things!
What's the difference between the VI and TDI variants?
Haha using car engines that’s a good idea roll up to a diesel pump if your in the whoop whoops
Fantastic video.Thank you.Can you tell me about your computer and component….
It’s really a great airplane.
Driving me crazy seeing some post about it not having all the gimmicks.
I’d much rather have great visuals sounds and FLIGHT MODEL than gimmicks.
If someone wants to feed their passengers and see a red carpet, but be stuck with a crappy flight model, the FSR500 is about the same price.
Running commentary on your video. 😉 Diamond doesn't seem to be suffering much from any recessions (though they did have to sell the company to China, which left them as autonomous entity, still producing in Austria and Canada – that for the inevitable "Chinese crap" troll posters). They are backlogged on orders: for fun I asked about a 62 and was told back in early 2023 that I would take delivery in early 2026. 😆
Interesting to hear your endorsement of the -62 by mrtommymxr, compared to the default one, as I wouldn't be able to compare to the real aircraft, not having AU$3million lying about in the sofa cushions.
Not wanting to detract from the video topic, also intrigued to hear your comments about stall/spin attributes, including and especially in single engine, which made me go: HOW? How did Diamond manage to make the nightmare scenario or Vs>Vmc a non-issue? Asymmetric thrust at low speeds doesn't magically go away, so how is it managed/prevented? Which ties into the (on paper) amazingly good single-engine performance, even with "mere" 170hp engines. Compare this to something like a Grumman Cougar which, although lighter than a TwinStar, is a bit of a death-trap with its 160hp engines (as sadly the Rebuild Rescue guys found out the tragic way). This even more so in the -62 than the -42, it seems, where you give a bit of rudder trim and up to 12,000ft or so, you are just merrily flying along on one engine as if it were a C172 Landomatic!
I do think that WT has been neglecting the G1000 a bit. Looking at their release notes, it's a lot of bug fixing, which is of course great, but lately very little adding of the still long list of missing features.
That was a great video, thank you very much! Really insightful. I just thought you were a tiny bit unkind to Working Title, the "hurry up and fix the G1000" makes it sound like they're slacking off which is clearly not the case. Anyway, if they add persistence features and random failures to this plane, I'll definitely pick this up – after the C310 and the Comanche, I just can't fly anything that I can't pretend it's "mine".
Superb review! Just purchased. Quick questionnaire is there any way to change the cow stitching on the seats to the real diamond logo? Apologies in advance! 👍🙈