Diamond HK36 TTC Super Dimona
Side-by-side touring motor glider with a turbocharged Rotax 914, a constant-speed propeller that feathers for soaring, and fixed tricycle gear. It can also tow gliders; with the propeller feathered it glides at about 27:1.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 109 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 141 kt
- Rate of climb
- 1,063 ft/min
Fuel
- Fuel type
- MOGAS (unleaded car fuel) · AVGAS 100LL
- Usable fuel
- 54 l
- Total capacity
- 55 l
- Fuselage tank
- 55 l
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 20 l/h
- Endurance
- 2 h 40 min
- Usable fuel weighs
- 40 kg
Fuel burn at 75% power. Endurance is usable fuel divided by the burn, with no reserve.
Runway
- Minimum runway
- 274 m
- Take-off distance over 15 m (50 ft)
- 274 m
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Grass
The longer of take-off and landing distance. At 770 kg, ISA, sea level, dry paved runway, no wind.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
- Systems
- Constant-speed propeller
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 1
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 770 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- LAPL(S) · SPL · LAPL(A) · PPL(A)
- Class rating
- TMG
- Extra training or endorsements
- Variable-pitch propeller · Turbocharged engine
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Diamond
- Category
- Glider
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- ICAO type designator
- DIMO
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
Scale drawing
- Length
- 7.28 m
- Wingspan
- 16.33 m
- Height
- 1.78 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.1 m
- Propeller diameter
- 1.75 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Diamond HK36 TTC Super DimonaLength 7.28 m
- Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus XLTLength 8.73 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- Green arc: normal operating range
- Red line: never exceed
- 42 kt
- 52 kt
- 59 kt
- 57 kt
- 95 kt
- 141 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Diamond HK36 TTC Super Dimona in the simulator
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