Diamond DA50 RG

Overview

• Diamond Aircraft Industries originally found its niche in the general aviation market selling motorgliders and light piston singles to Europeans. By 2004, it expanded its offerings to twins with the debut of the Thielert Centurion diesel-powered DA42 Twin Star line; it started making its own Austro line of turbodiesel engines in 2007; and followed up in 2012 with the larger, seven-seat Austro-powered DA62. That’s quite a product line, but Diamond lacked a big-cabin single that could one-up the DA40. Until the DA50 RG came along. The airplane seats five and has a 300-horsepower Continental CD-300 dual-channel full authority digital engine control, intercooled twin turbo turbodiesel engine, liquid cooled and arranged in a V-6 configuration.

  V6 Shakeup

Specifications

• Powerplant

  Continental CD-300 turbodiesel, 300 hp

• Propellers

  MT composite, MTV-12-D/210-56

• Length

  30 ft 4 in

• Height

  9 ft 8 in

• Wingspan

  44 ft

• Wing Area

  176.85 sq ft

• Wing loading

  24.92 lb/sq ft

• Power loading

  14.69 lb/hp

• Cabin Width

• Empty Weight

  3,175 lb

• Maximum gross weight

  4,407 lb

• Useful load

  1,232 lb

• Payload with full fuel

  904 lb

• Fuel capacity

  51.5 gal (49 gal usable)

• Baggage capacity

  198 lb

Performance

• Takeoff distance ground roll

  1,250 ft

• Takeoff distance over 50-ft obstacle

  2,427 ft

• Rate of climb sea level

  1,050 fpm

• Service ceiling

  20,000 ft

• Landing distance over 50-ft obstacle

  2,224 ft

• Landing distance ground roll

  1,129 ft

• Cruise speed/endurance w/45-min rsv, std fuel (fuel consumption, ea engine) @ 75% power, best economy

  @ Max cruise power, 8,000 ft: 169 kt (15.3 gph)

• Range

  750 nm

Limiting and Recommended Airspeeds

• V_X

• V_Y

  79 KIAS

• V_NE

  191 KIAS

• V_S1

• V_SO

  59 KIAS

For more information, contact Diamond Aircraft at N. A. Otto-Strasse 5, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria or via https://www.diamondaircraft.com/en/

All specifications are based on manufacturer's calculations. All performance figures are based on standard day, standard atmosphere, sea level, gross weight conditions unless otherwise noted.