Diamond darts

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Diamond darts
Prototype of the Dart 450 OE-VDA in Farnborough, 2016
Type: Trainer aircraft
Design country:

AustriaAustria Austria

Manufacturer:

Diamond Aircraft

First flight:

17th May 2016

The Diamond Dart ( D iamond A ircraft R econnaissance T rainer) is a single-engine, two-seater turboprop - trainer aircraft of the Austrian manufacturer Diamond Aircraft .

history

The development of the air reconnaissance trainer announced at the Farnborough 2014 aerospace trade fair started in May 2015, the rollout took place in December 2015. The prototype with the registration OE-VDA took off on May 17, 2016 from Wiener Neustadt airfield for its first flight. In July 2016, the aircraft was demonstrated in flight at the Farnborough Airshow. On May 24, 2018, the aerobatic trainer version DART 550 with the registration OE-VGE, equipped with a General Electric GE H75-100 and Martin-Baker -Mk.16- ejection seats, had its maiden flight.

construction

The self - supporting low- wing aircraft with single trapezoidal wing, normal tail unit and retractable nose wheel landing gear is made of carbon fiber composite construction. The crew sits one behind the other on pneumatically operated ejection seats and controls ailerons and elevators with a sidestick .

An Ivchenko Progress AI-450S with 370 kW (500 PS) serves as the drive .

Technical specifications

Prototype OE-VDA in Wiener Neustadt
Diamond Dart 550
Parameter DART 450 DART 550
crew 1 + 1 (student pilots and instructors)
length 9.75 m
span 11.79 m
height 3.43 m
Wing area
Wing extension
Preparation mass 1550 kg (1450 kg aerobatic configuration) 1600 kg (1550 kg aerobatic configuration)
Max. Takeoff mass 2400 kg (2080 kg aerobatic configuration)
Minimum speed 110 km / h (60 kn )
Cruising speed projected: 190 kn (approx. 350 km / h)
Top speed 230 kn (426 km / h) projected: 265 kn (approx. 490 km / h)
Service ceiling 23,000 ft (approx. 7,000 m) 25,000 ft (approx. 7,600 m)
Rate of climb 9 m / s 11 m / s
Range 2300 km (1240 NM ), flight time 8 hours Flight time 8 hours
Load multiple +7 g / –4 g (aerobatic configuration)
+5 g / –2.4 g (reconnaissance configuration)
Engine an Ivchenko Progress AI-450SR, 370 kW a General Electric GE H75-100, 404 kW
propeller Five-blade propeller MTV-5-1-ECFR (P)

Comparable types

See also

Web links

Commons : Diamond DART 450  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Diamond Aircraft DART-450 World Premiere at Farnborough Airshow 2016. In: diamond-air.at. July 12, 2016, accessed April 21, 2017 .
  2. ↑ DART-450. In: diamond-air.at. Retrieved April 21, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b Gerhard Marzinzik: Tandem trainer completes first flight. In: aerokurier.de. May 18, 2016, accessed June 24, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Diamond DART-550 takes off. In: aerokurier.de. May 24, 2018, accessed June 14, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Jon Hemmerdinger: Farnborough: Diamond Aircraft takes aim with new darts 450. In: flightglobal.com. July 15, 2014, accessed June 24, 2016 .
  6. ↑ DIAMOND DART-450. In: airpower.gv.at. Retrieved September 12, 2016 .
  7. ↑ a b c d e Preliminary Technical Specifications. In: diamondaircraft.com. Accessed November 4, 2019 .
  8. ↑ DART-450. (PDF; 3.1 MB) (No longer available online.) Diamond Aircraft, archived from the original on April 22, 2017 ; accessed on April 21, 2017 (English).