Spec Box
The Diamond DA62 flown for this report was an international spec model with optional third-row seating accommodating seven people, increased 5,071-pound maximum takeoff weight, built-in oxygen, air conditioning, TKS icing protection, Garmin GWX 70 weather radar and GSR 56 satellite data receiver, Avidyne TAS600 traffic advisory system, 36-gallon auxiliary fuel tank, metallic paint and more.
| 2016 Diamond DA62 | |
|---|---|
| Standard price | $1.08 million |
| Payload with full fuel | 1,021 pounds |
| Price as tested | $1.24 million |
| Max usable fuel | 86.4 gallons (with aux tanks) |
| Engine | Austro Engines AE330 (2 x 180 hp) |
| Max rate of climb | 1,346 feet per minute |
| Props | MT 3-blade (2 x 76 inches) |
| Single-engine rate of climb | 288 feet per minute |
| Length | 30 feet 1 inch |
| Service ceiling | 20,000 feet |
| Height | 9 feet 3 inches |
| Max speed | 204 kias |
| Wingspan | 47 feet 10 inches |
| Cruise speed | (14,000 feet, max cont. power) 193 kias |
| Wing area | 184.1 square feet |
| Max range | 1,275 nautical miles |
| Wing loading | 27.54 pounds per square foot |
| Stall speed (clean) | 70 kias |
| Power loading | 14.08 pounds per hp |
| Stall speed (full flaps) | 64 kias |
| Max takeoff weight | 5,071 pounds |
| Takeoff distance | 1,265 feet |
| Standard empty weight | 3,461 pounds |
| Takeoff distance over 50 feet | 2,097 feet |
| Max useful load | 1,609 pounds |
| Landing distance | 1,259 feet |
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