Flight details:
DLE DL2L / B12GE
Starline (浙江云翊星航通用航空)
Tianzihu General Aviation Airport to Tianzihu General Aviation Airport 2022 July 1 (19 minutes flight time, including 1 touch & go)
An overview of some of the operations at Tianzihu Airport in Anji County, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. There are several flight schools based at this airport operating Chinesebuilt, including the DL2L and Sunward SA60, and imported aircraft, such as the Diamond DA20. There is also a skydiving operation using a Pilatus PC6.
This was a demo flight on the DL2L built by DLE in Mile, Yunnan. DLE is primarily a manufacturer of small engines for model aircraft as well as drones and the DL2 is their first production manned aircraft. The flight around the pattern as shown in the video was flown by an instructor, while I flew the second lap around the pattern and made the final landing. This DL2L is equipped with Garmin avionics and a Rotax 912S engine.
I also flew a demo flight in the blue and gold SA60, registered B12D0, seen in the beginning of the video, but as I had the controls for the entire flight, didn't take any video onboard. I think the external appearance of the DL2 and its glass cockpit are preferable to the SA60 and its analog instruments, but the SA60 handled better in flight and was more forgiving on landing, based on my admittedly very limited experience in the type.