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-HQ
Belial -130 pts

-Elites
2x 5 man Terminator Squad with Thunder Hammer and Storm Shield all around
430 points

-Troops
3x 10 man Squad, Melta Gun and Powerfist
600 points

3 transport Rhinos
105 points

-Fast Attack
2x Three Ravenwing Landspeeders with Multi Meltas all around
325 points

1 squad, 6 Attack Bikes, Power Weapon and a melta bomb
240 points

-Heavy Weapons
2 Whirlwinds
170 points

Total: 2000 points

The key to this list was mobility with the ability to bust tanks and big nasty monsters.  Is this list viable at all?

Try to get some heavy weapons in those 10 man squads.  It allows you to take advantage of the split squad.  You can have your pf & melta in the rhino moving while the heavy weapon (prefer lascannon) pummels from afar.

I wanted to do the heavy weapon add ins, but then I lose special weapons in the vet sarges, or elsewhere. I do realize that I need some lascannon power, but i figured that the melta guns definitely made up for that, I also wanted to keep the ten man squads as mobile as possible so that I can get them into close combat. In total I have 9 melta guns, 3 power fists, a melta bomb, 10 thunder hammers, Granted their range is low, but on turn one my entire army can be halfway up the board (with the bikes being able to be 36" in the board with their scout move). Meaning that the meltas should have some good use rather than far range.

My previous DA list was a HUGE shooty list, which worked rather well. But this time around I want to try mobility.

This list could be devastating against an army like tau, where one good combat unit can destroy a whole army, but against a versitile list like chaos marines or tyranids, the lack of models doesn't leave room for failing armor saves, and it is not overpowering in clos combat. Plus landspeeders are a sitting duck with the vehicle squad rules. if you really want your terminators to get there, give your bikers a teleport homer, which will allow one squad to drop in really close on the irst turn. That being said, this list packs a punch. Games will be decided by the third turn almost every time.

Well, all DA bikes come with teleport homers, which is nice, and why I added them in. DA bikes get a scout move of 12" meaning that I can have terminators in the field on turn one, half way down the field, which is nice. A much more effective delivery system than a LR crusader.

I was thinking of scrapping the landspeeders, which makes me REALLY weak against heavily armored vehicles. with the DA restrictions the traditional 8 man 4 rocket launcher combo (200 points) doesn't work because DA lists can only have 5 or 10 men in them. Getting rid of the landspeeders might allow me to add in some lascannons and split the 10 man squads as per Dorn's recommendations.

Another I might do is add a scout squad armed with DA shotguns (str 4 ap -), infiltrated to tie up an enemy unit, which will be great against weenies or for tying up a heavy unit until I can get the terminators into combat. Two of them (10 full) costs only 290, giving me extra points to do what I want, add a PF into the bike squad, and then maybe some melta guns in the attack bike squad.

This is a highly "in your face" DA list which has its ups and downs....
I figure my strength armies will be Tau and IG
Weaknesses against Nids and perhaps Chaos
I have no idea about the eldar, DE and SM marines as well.

I'll have to field test.

I've scrapped the land speeders, and I decided that I'd take two squads of scouts with shotguns. (20 scouts)
Add two melta guns to the bike squad and move from a PW to a PF for the sergeant in the bike squad.