Diamond DA42 VI Flight from Seattle to Orcas Island - Pre-Departure Briefing plus P3 Orion Fly-By!

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Diamond DA42 VI Flight from Seattle to Orcas Island - Pre-Departure Briefing plus P3 Orion Fly-By!

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Important - This video is for entertainment only. It is not intended for instruction and should not be used for any training purpose.
In April, I flew up to the San Juan Islands north of Seattle to meet a friend (who also owns a Twin Diamond) for an early dinner. We met at Orcas Island airport (KORS) and it was a short walk into the town. We had dinner at Mijitas in Eastsound which was my friend’s recommendation. It was great and I’ll definitely be back!
I decided to include more of my pre-departure briefing than I typically have in these videos. A thorough pre-departure briefing is important in any plane but it’s particularly critical in a twin engine aircraft. If you lose an engine after takeoff, the DA42 is able to continue to climb on one engine but there are a number of steps the pilot needs to take quickly and correctly. These need to be memory items. Hence the value of a briefing whether you are solo or you have two pilots on board. I verbalize these steps even if I am on my own in the cockpit so I am fresh on what I will need to do if I lose an engine.
It's only about a 30 minute flight from KRNT to KORS and the weather was beautiful. As I passed the Whidbey Naval Air Base, I got to share the airspace with a P3 Orion and got a couple of photos as it passed by (~16:00 in the video). I hope you enjoy the video. I’m always happy to hear ways I can improve these videos and make them more useful.
A couple of notes on this video and flight:
- I had the GoPro in the back of the cockpit looking forward set to a more narrow lens setting. In retrospect, this removed a lot of useful cockpit visuals. I’ll revert to a wider angle on subsequent videos
- If you happen to look at online track of this flight (e.g. on FlightRadar24), you may see that I did a practice approach at Paine Field (KPAE). This was done under VMC and was not loggable. I just decided to add it to the flight for some practice. I didn’t think the video was that interesting, so I decided to remove it from this post
I hope you enjoy the video. Please LIKE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE if you do!
2018 Diamond DA42 VI with G1000 NXi (Phase II) avionics. Certified for Flight into Known Icing (FIKI). Also flying with Garmin Pilot on an iPad Mini. Three GoPro Hero 9 and one GoPro Hero11 with RAM mounts in the cabin.

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@bencalhoun8216 Жыл бұрын

I just turned 19, and will be starting my multi engine training on a DA42 in a few months! Looks awesome

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

@allen480 11 ай бұрын

@@cecilfoxhound3274 Thought this dude was a limey. lol

@ZeewaterJohannes 4 ай бұрын

You’re living many folks dream. Well done!

@etarheel1 4 ай бұрын

Great video, beautiful flight, thank you for letting us tag along !

@zacharylark6739 11 ай бұрын

Really enjoy your videos. I know they aren’t for “educational purposes” but they are very helpful. Having the charts on a split screen as you are flying are an excellent element to your content. Bravo! 👊👏

@piloto34HD Жыл бұрын

Love your videos with the DA42. One of my favorite multis!

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@johneshoffnerjr9823 Жыл бұрын

Your videos are always interesting and edited just right. They hold special memorials for me for in 1969, I received my privates, commercial and mel thru the Fort Lewis Army Aero Club ( no longer operational). I retired 20 years ago with 7-8000 flight hours, but never owned a plane and use videos like yours to learn about glass cockpits (I'm a steam gauge VOR guy). You are living my dream and I applaud you with a touch of envy. Keep them coming. John

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

Thanks John. That means a lot. I got my instrument rating before GPS was commonplace in GA. So I had a taste of that but most of my flying has been in the GPS era. So I do appreciate what incredible situational awareness we benefit from now. And thanks for the kind words on the editing ... it takes a lot of work but the modern editing tools are amazing.

@romainnelseng3264 5 ай бұрын

Delightful. Thank you for the ride. I enjoyed your professionalism nearly as much as the airplane.

@frederikbetka7030 2 ай бұрын

Amazing quality, Sir! Very pleasant footage to look at.

@HairHelmet Жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of landing at Renton earlier this year, that seaplane tug is unique! Gotta love the approach into Orcas and the hike into town isn’t terrible. We’re visiting Scotland in a couple weeks and I’ve scheduled a lesson in a DA42 at Perth, bucket list.

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

Yep everyone does a double take on those seaplane tugs!

@antoniog9814 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video! I like how you point out various landmarks and the Navy P3. Your area in the NW is such a great area to fly around, great views anywhere you look!

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Antonio. We are very fortunate in the PNW ... when its VFR 😉!

@thewayfaringanarchists8157 Жыл бұрын

great video, thanks for the thorough briefing and ACT

@blakebrothers Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful flight, thanks for sharing! Orcas Island is a beautiful place but I haven't been there for 20 years.

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Greg! Yes so many good $100 Hamburger options there with just a short walk into town.

@flyingmusician Жыл бұрын

Beautiful approach, great flight as always!

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

@serg4753 7 ай бұрын

Nice video! I've just started studying of Da-42 in my college, looking forward for flights. Wish safe flights!

@twmba65 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Serg ... enjoy the DA42!

@wp40 Жыл бұрын

I want a Diamond twin too when I grow up.

@maximusaviationchannel Жыл бұрын

Me too and I'm 58 🤣

@CarlMims 11 ай бұрын

Trevor, I'm really impressed with your video skills. Great camera placement, exposure, and balance between the panel and outside views. Then there are your flying skills and briefings, which are always great. I would very much enjoy a video detailing your camera equipment and setup.

@twmba65 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, Carl! Others have asked about a video on camera equipment, set up etc. so I'll have to add it to the list.

@tylkoTv 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful thank you so much.

@igclapp Жыл бұрын

Great video, Trevor! I remember back in 1989 or so I was flying by Whidbey NAS and they launched a C-9 (military version of the DC-9) directly towards me as I was on the extended centreline of their active runway! It was a bit unnerving to see the landing lights shining right at me! Fortunately they knew I was there and we were able to maintain separation from each other.

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

Many thanks! Yes occasionally you get lucky and get to share the air space with some cool hardware up there!

@FLYBOY123456789 8 ай бұрын

excellent work...

@richardgripe5888 10 ай бұрын

Very nice. Well done

@mfernandes8945 7 ай бұрын

Trevor, great video! Can I ask about the fuel pump switches you actuate just after take-off and just before landing? I would have thought that switching them off would make you fall out of the sky! Obviously not, but I was wondering how they factor into flying? Diamond make gorgeous machines if you ask me.

@twmba65 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Really good question about the fuel pumps . You are correct that I do need fuel pumps to be operating to not fall out of the sky (or more correctly, become a glider :-) ). Each engine has two low pressure pumps that are set up in parallel. In normal operation, only one needs to be operating. But in phases of flight when you want extra redundancy (eg take off and landing), the fuel pump switch activates BOTH pumps for that engine. So if one did fail at a critical moment, you'd still be getting fuel through the other one!

@mfernandes8945 7 ай бұрын

@@twmba65 I understand now; thank you! When you turn on the pumps, is that just a re-distribution of fuel flow or does that increase fuel use? Would the aircraft tell you should one of the fuel systems malfunction or would you just see the result of said malfunction? I also found your DR planning very detailed (and very safe).

@twmba65 7 ай бұрын

@@mfernandes8945 No change in total fuel flow when you turn the pumps on so a redistribution. Yes you would see an error message if one of the fuel pumps failed. Thanks for the questions!

@johneshoffnerjr9823 Жыл бұрын

Anything to replace ADF (hahaha), never did like that thing. I don't remember having much auto pilot and NO ice protection. I am amazed at how little I knew about weather forecasting! I was an employed ATP, retired CFII/MEI and sometimes shocked that Ilved so long. I salute today's pilot. They seem better equipped and trained. Still trying to get a handle on the electronic flight bag thing but it's fascinating. Quick question, is it true that most modern owners do not use water to wash their plane?

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

John, I think the washing depends a lot on the rules at the airport. My current airport doesn't permit washing with detergents. But an airport nearby does have plane wash stations. There are some "dry wash" products I can use at my airport but if I want to give it a traditional wash, I need to go to a different airport.

@johneshoffnerjr9823 Жыл бұрын

@@twmba65 Understood

@allen480 11 ай бұрын

P-3 0rions? I wonder why NAS Whidbey Island hasn’t been upgraded to P-8 Poseidons yet. (Use to live up there.)

@igclapp Жыл бұрын

3:37 Trevor, if you aborted after rotation, would you consider putting in full flaps to help slow down and get down to the remaining runway in a shorter distance, and then retracting flaps on touchdown to help braking? Or would you be concerned that you'd accidentally retract the gear (happily flap control on the DA42 is in a different place than the gear knob and is very distinct). On continued takeoff after gear retraction, I'm using the following steps: hold heading (with rudder), pitch for blue line, full power on both engines, verify gear up and flaps up, indentify, verify, feather or fix.

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

Regarding flaps during an abort, its a reasonable consideration but I'm more concerned about getting everything right in a very high stress, high workload situation. I practice a loss of engine immediately after take-off whenever I'm in the DA42 sim at Galvin. There is a lot going on in a very short period of time. I wouldn't rule out flaps in certain scenarios but you would need to be aware that you are making changes to the airplane configuration during this high workload situation. Identify, verify, fix of feather 👍

@gama1123 Жыл бұрын

Why do you cancel IFR? What is the downside of continuing IFR and doing the approach as planned? Thanks!

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

Hi Gaston - Good question. There are a couple of benefits to cancelling early as I did here. One is that it frees up the airport for ATC for other IFR arrivals. Since this is a non-towered field, if I was continuing on my IFR flight plan to landing, ATC would need to hold off other arrivals until I cancelled my flight plan after landing. The other benefit is that I don't need to remember to cancel my flight plan on the ground. Of course you can only cancel early when you are very confident that the rest of the approach will be VFR!

@igclapp Жыл бұрын

Also wanted to ask, if you lose an engine after gear-up and want to make a turn, is there a preference as to turning towards the good or dead engine, or would factors like traffic pattern and terrain decide? Have you ever experimented to see if a better climb rate occurs making a turn towards the dead engine compared to turning towards the good engine? It seems there might be less drag in the former case.

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

In training the preference is to turn towards good engine and "raise the dead". This does not preclude a turn towards the dead engine but it should be done with more caution. Assuming I was going to fly a traffic pattern to return to the airport, I would prefer to fly a pattern turning into the good engine, but I would do turns to the dead engine if the situation demanded it. I'm not sure about climb rate during one turn vs the other.

@drawmaster77 7 ай бұрын

how can you even understand ATC? I have no idea what they're saying. This looks so difficult!

@twmba65 7 ай бұрын

Its a bit like learning a new language. But it is very structured so with a bit of training and practice you can get comfortable with :ATC-speak"

@drawmaster77 7 ай бұрын

@@twmba65thx, I am taking my first flying lesson this week. Hopefully goes well..

@twmba65 7 ай бұрын

@@drawmaster77 Exciting!

@igclapp Жыл бұрын

Trevor, does your plane have Garmin ESP envelope protection?

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@igclapp Жыл бұрын

@@twmba65 Does the ESP ever kick in at a bad time, say when you are coming in slow for a short field landing?

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

@@igclapp No, I've never had any issues with it. You do need to remember to turn it off when you are doing training maneuvers e.g. steep turns etc. otherwise it will "fight" you.

@jancobotes4317 Жыл бұрын

Is that a mix of South African accent + American :)?

@twmba65 Жыл бұрын

Australian 😎

@allen480 11 ай бұрын

@@twmba65 Why didn’t you move to the beautiful state of Arkansas? I was born and raised in Seattle and moved down here due to the PNW’s unique “climate change”.😊. Much enjoyed your video and subbed. Thank you and stay safe sir.