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The Diamond HK36 TTC Super Dimona is a two-seat single engine low-wing motor-glider. Its roots can be traced back to the Hoffman Dimona, a powered glider
built by Wolf Hoffman Flugzeugbau KG at Ulm in Germany and at Weiner Nieustadt in Austria, the prototype of which flew first on
9 October 1980.
HOAC-Austria Flugzeugwerk began in 1989 with the development of the HK36 Super Dimona a
two-seat powered glider made of fibre-reinforced high-tech composite based on the Hoffmann H36 Dimona, a powered glider
built by Wolf Hoffman Flugzeugbau KG at Ulm in Germany and at Weiner Nieustadt in Austria, the prototype of which flew first on
9 October 1980. In 1989, the company was bought out and renamed HOAC-Austria Flugzeugwerk. Two years later, HOAC was acquired by
Diamonds current owners, a family well-established in the automotive business in Europe. In 1989, HOAC-Austria Flugzeugwerk
in Vienna, Austria, began with the development of the HK36 Super Dimona a two-seat powered glider made of fibre-reinforced high-tech
composite based on the Hoffmann H36 Dimona. Series production of the HK36 Super Dimona began in 1990. In June 1992,
the Canadian branch of Diamond Aircraft Industries was founded, the Canadian branch operated under the name Dimona Aircraft, in 1996 this was
changed to Diamond Aircraft Industries. In 1994 series production too started at the company's Canadian plant in London, Ontario.
The Super Dimona is equipped with Rotax engines with either the 80 hp 912S; the 100 hp 912S or the 115 hp turbo-charged 914 variant and is commonly used for glider pilot training
and towing. In 1996, the company was renamed into Diamond Aircraft Industries. In the USA and Canada, the Diamond HK36 TTC Super Dimona
is known as Katana X-treme series. A surveillance derivate is the ECO Dimona, known as Multi Purpose Xtreme in Canada, which is equipped
with a movable Wescam camera and cockpit monitor. Over 900 Super Dimona aircraft are built so far.
The ICAO Aircraft Type Designator
for the Diamond HK36 TTC Super Dimona is DIMO |
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Vliegclub Hoogeveen (VCH) operates 9 gliders. The towing of their gliders is done by Super Dimona HK 36 TTC 115 motorgliders.
Super Dimona HK36 TTC PH-1580 is equipped for this task with special towing-equipment. Diamond HK.36TTC 115 Super Dimona s/n 36.562
(ex OE-9462) was registered PH-1580 in the Netherlands on 10 August 2016. The aircraft is powered by a Rotax 914 F3, 4 stroke turbo-charged engine,
with a maximum take-off performance of 115 shp.
On 15 May 2018, the Diamond HK36 TTC Super Dimona PH-1580 was seen at its home base Hoogeveen airfield (EHHO). |
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