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eoincarey
7th Oct 2005, 16:27
Hello all

I have about 90 hours on PA-28's, and having moved to och aye Scotland, am now considering continuing flying on a Diamond Katana. Anybody got any tips for me in terms of handling and general pilots notes for me before I go for my conversion stuff??
I know it has a VP prop, which will take some getting used to seeing as PA-28 pilots just have the big red "on off" lever!!!

Cheers

ETC

DB6
10th Oct 2005, 10:38
Katana DA20 - speeds same as C152. Has a stick and electric trim, handles a bit better than either C152 or PA28 but not much in it. Loads better visibility though. AFE do a series of books which are in effect condensed flight manuals; there is one on the DA20. Also do a search as there has been a thread on this before.

fishtits
10th Oct 2005, 14:00
Jeremy Pratt book here (http://www.flightstore.co.uk/katana_da20.pilot.books/use.id.10.item_id.67/)