January 22, 20215 yr What are typical cruise settings that you DA62 pilots use for cruise at altitudes from 8000 to 12000?
January 22, 20215 yr 72%-80% is normal. If you don't have the wallet; i.e, you're skint (english for poor) then pull her back to 65% and tease her now and again to 75% to keep her interested. She should be pulling about 6.5 G/PH on both sides if the FADEC is good.
January 22, 20215 yr Author Cool I normally do 75% but I'm getting ready to fly N338DS a DA40NG back from Key West to Calhoun Nonstop at 8000 and 80% cruise power
January 22, 20215 yr I'm flying the DA62 at 90% trying to get to my destination before the G1000's MFD locks up on me.... (not a joke) Edited January 22, 20215 yr by fppilot Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
January 23, 20215 yr 56 minutes ago, awash2002 said: I'm not tried 90%power Still uses less fuel at a high setting than most every other twin capable of equivalent speed. I spent $120 American for fuel back in late August and have not run out yet..... LOL! Frank Patton Corsair 5000D Airflow Case; MSI B650 Tomahawk MOB; Ryzen 7 7800 X3D CPU; ASUS RTX 4080 Super; NZXT 360mm liquid cooler; Corsair Vengeance 64GB DDR5 4800 MHz RAM; RMX850X Gold PSU;; ASUS VG289 4K 27" Display; Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo, Crosswind 3's w/dampener. Former USAF meteorologist & ground weather school instructor. AOPA Member #07379126 "I will never put my name on a product that does not have in it the best that is in me." - John Deere
January 23, 20215 yr Author I think I have found a new cruise setting for the DA62 90% power at 8000 90% power gives me 178 kts True
January 23, 20215 yr I tend to use 85% as my sim time is not unlimited. Yesterday flew the 199 nm from Grand Turk (MBGT) to Santo Domingo (MDSD) mainly at 15 000 feet. Using Live Weather had a useful tail wind of 21kt. I got a low fuel warning. Surprised as there appeared to be plenty of fuel in the tanks. The sim had a crazy arrival procedure but I went direct in and landed with no problems.
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