Diamond D-Jet

The Diamond D - Jet is a manufactured by the Austrian aircraft manufacturer Diamond Aircraft 5 - seater Minijet.

Generally

Constructed from composite materials and powered by a single engine business aircraft had its maiden flight on 18 April 2006 piloted by Gérard Guillaumaud at London International Airport, in the Canadian province of Ontario, the headquarters of Diamond Aircraft Industries Inc., and was.

The first flight of the second prototype followed on 14 September 2007, the third prototype had its maiden flight on October 9, 2008, this is the first machine had the one planned for the series stronger FJ -33 -5A engine instead of the FJ 33-15. The aircraft should be with a target retail price of just under 1.9 million U.S. dollars (as of 2009 ), the cheapest by far available jet. In the meantime, but it was undercut in terms of the sales price of the Eclipse 400 to around $ 500,000. The manufacturer of the Eclipse is located but in 2011 in the liquidation proceedings. The D - Jet is equipped with a Garmin G1000 glass cockpit and a FADEC engine control. The certification by the aviation authorities was expected in 2012.

Suspension of the program in 2011

In March 2011 213 employees were laid off at the plant in Canada and the project due to lack of funding temporarily suspended. Already in June 2011, Diamond Aircraft announced in a press release announcing a, unnamed, new investor to have found and continue with the test series to want. For this part of the workforce was reinstated and resumed the test flights on 31 August 2011 with a one hour flight of the prototype with the serial number 003.

Specifications

  • Crew: one pilot plus four passengers
  • Length: 10.7 m
  • Wingspan: 11.5 m
  • Height: 3.6 m
  • Take off weight: 2318 kg
  • Payload: 1016 kg
  • Powerplant: 1 × Williams FJ33 -5A
  • Maximum speed: 583 km / h
  • Cruising speed: 444 km / h
  • Range: 1,350 NM ( 2500 km )
  • Cruise altitude: 25,000 ft ( 7,620 m)
  • Rate of climb: 7,620 m in 15 minutes
  • Acquisition cost (as of March 2009): 1.89 million U.S. dollars ( 1.31 million euros )

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