Here is why the Diamond DA20 Katana is One of the Best Trainer Airplanes | Full Review

The honest truth about flying Diamond DA20. Enjoy the video and share your experience or questions down in the comments!
Timeline
00:00 Intro
02:06 True Story
03:40 Cockpit
05:01 Instruments
06:30 Seats
08:00 Luggage
08:26 Controls
10:06 Weight and Performance
12:02 Fuel and Range
14:16 Back to Wing
17:50 Why T-Tail
19:10 Price
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[@przemo1000x]

I never flew one, but as you've mentioned there's quite many of them in Europe. I like the slick design and admire Diamond's safety characteristics in general. What I've seen, however, is that they do well on well kept runways, but don't like soft fields. Laminar airfoli and small engine require to keep the nose gear on the ground for longer, during the run, than you'd expect from old Cessna, so I recall it was much easier to get a prop strike on wet and bumpy surface in DA-20.
BTW. Fore challenging conditions yak-12, Wilga or An-2, if you have big familly, are still not matched 😉

[@hrvatski_pilot]

An-24 FTW!

[@DerGangolf]

I did my ppl training on that plane and I must say you hit the point in many regards. One of the most amusing plane reviews I‘ve ever seen! Greetings from Graz (LOWG)

[@hrvatski_pilot]

Much appreciated! Glad my review didn't stall.

[@redsharktooth22]

Beautiful video! Greetings from Vienna :)

[@hrvatski_pilot]

Thanks! Did you have a chance to fly DA20? What was your experience?

[@user-ux9xi7xs9l]

After Cessna-172 DA20 looks very small. But this airplane is very good for beginners pilots 🙂

[@hrvatski_pilot]

Small but cute 😅

[@krasni4kova]

How big is lift to drag ratio?🧐

[@hrvatski_pilot]

To be honest, I never seen L/D published for DA20. But Flight Manual has an information about Glide Ratio:
> Glide Ratio 14, which means at
1000 ft/305m above ground, and with no wind the distance of glide is
2.5 NM (4.3 km)
With wing aspect ratio of 10, DA20 definitely has a glider roots.

[@user-xm7ec4ue9p]

If I am 1.94m, have I got the chance to place my body in this plane or an identical one like from the previous review?

[@hrvatski_pilot]

This one is definitely more roomier, should be no problem even for a tall person

[@DerGangolf]

I‘m 1.90m and I was constantly hitting the canopy with my headset, which was really annoying. No problems with my legs though

[@user-ql7tt2kp4e]

Would you take this friend for a round- the-world journey?

[@hrvatski_pilot]

Definitely not 😃 That would be quite difficult. Seats are uncomfortable, limited range, never seen long range tanks for DA20.

[@rongordon1361]

Does this have ac

[@hrvatski_pilot]

Yep, no AC and the stick is manual