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Diamond DA42 Twin Star

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Lift type	Fixed wing
Construction type	Factory-built
Control type	Piloted, Autonomous
Engine type	Piston, Diesel
Application	Sport, Surveillance
Final assembly	Wiener Neustadt/Ost
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Low wing twin piston light aircraft with carbon composite airframe. Includes DA42MPP variant, Angel Eye UAV, Aurora Flight Science's Centaur OPA, and Aeronautics Dominator XP UAS.

Type variants

Variant	Launch/First flight	Production end
Diamond DA42 Twin Star	2002 / 2002		Baseline variant, first Diamond twin-engined aircraft.
Diamond DA42MPP	2007 / 2007		Multi Purpose Platform variant, includes DA42MPP NG Guardian variant with improved engines and modernised avionics.
Diamond DA42NG Twin Turbo	2008 / 2008		Next Generation variant.
Aeronautics Defense Dominator XP	2009 / 2009		MALE UAV, derived from DA42NG airframe.

Operations data

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Airframer

Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH

News

Other aircraft programs: Diamond DA20 C1, Diamond DA40 Diamond Star, Diamond DA50 RG, Diamond DA62, Diamond DART-450

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