Introduction to the DA40 Diamond Star - Walkaround/Preflight

The DA40 will be one of the aircraft available in their new Microsoft Flight Simulator. For aviation enthusiasts interested in knowing a little more about the real aircraft, I show a quick walk-around and preflight for the aircraft.

The DA40 aircraft shown in this video is the 2007 XL version, the Lycoming variant, that differs from the Diamond DA40 NG and DA40-TDI in a few ways, predominantly that the engine is 100LL vs. Jet-A, and that it has the original G1000 vs. G1000 NXi flight deck.

Note: This is my first attempt at an aviation YouTube video, and I made a couple of small misstatements in the video, so please be kind.

I'm happy to answer any of your questions about the DA40 in the comments.

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I'd like to thank Juan, Petter, Blu, FlightChops, and Kelsey for inspiring me to try out YouTube streaming, and I hope with a lot of practice I can begin to approach their production values. Trying to produce just my first video has given me a whole new appreciation for the effort each of them put into their channel. Links to their phenomenal channels:
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   / mentourpilotaviation  
   / blugames  
   / flightchops  
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