Dan,

Thanks for the report. Glad you liked your (apparently) first
experience in a modern GA aircraft ;-) The view is indeed tremendous
(with apologies to John Glenn). Same in the DA-4, by the way.

The Continental should be easy to start if one uses the methods
described by Deakin in his Avweb columns. I'm afraid I have forgotten
the details.

Since ERAU uses the DA-20 in their Prescott, AZ location, I would guess
the heat limit is more of a theoretical problem.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)