Rusty Pilot Flying Cirrus SR22T Gen 6-IFR Flight Santa Monica to Santa Barbara

[@0284graham]

Good to see you back in the air! Took delivery last week of a new 2022 22T (N322MC) and had the great pleasure of working with your buddy Ed Watters! Not only is he a great instructor, he is really great guy. Thanks to you, and your content, and another pilot friend that lives at Pinehurst I was able to connect with Ed. Thanks again for the great content!

[@TheRenBaron]

That's great to hear. Ed is the best. Cheers-Ren

[@TheKevintegra19]

Welcome back, nice flight...one of my favorites...I usually go to Camarillo, land, hit the Waypoint Cafe, then off to SB via coastline, ILS approach...

[@alexbauer1152]

I really appreciate these minute but minute flights. I don’t recall having seen on your videos detailed Picture in Picture views of your PFD. I keep trying to zoom in to see what your various indications are during various phases of flight while I keep thinking what I expect to see when I fly. Best Alex

[@TheRenBaron]

I hear you Alex. I've tried to show that instrument cam in previous videos but quite frankly trying to manage, sync, and edit multiple cameras while flying the plane turns out to be trickier (and more time consuming) than you might imagine. Hence the long delays between videos. The video you watched today was flown yesterday, edited this morning, and posted this afternoon. I'm trying to find a balance between more detail (read more cameras) and time to posting. Thanks for watching and posting. Cheers-Ren

[@capndave8474]

Glad to have you back Steve. Good flight!

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks Dave. Cheers-Ren

[@dannyjensen4954]

Great video. Thanks so much!

[@blakebrothers]

Nice flight, always enjoy your videos!

[@TheRenBaron]

Glad to hear it! Cheers-Ren

[@Shaneepe1]

Glad to see you back in the air! As you said earlier in this video sims do a fantastic job keeping you sharp. Sure, it's not the real thing but pretty darn close now a days. You are also double lucky that you live in pilotedge's coverage area. As always, thanks for sharing. Loved the camera angles btw… easy to see the panel. Have a great one!

[@bill832]

Glad you are back flying in 768FS

[@TheRenBaron]

Glad to be back! Cheers-Ren

[@Jeroendorrestein]

Good to see you back in the air!

[@cespo111]

Do you have a pdf of the paper pad checklist you use prior to takeoff? Those would be great to get printed up! Thanks for your videos - I always learn something new to be a better pilot.

[@TheRenBaron]

send me a note at [e-mail] and I send you the pdf.

[@mortonrobinson6408]

I know you want to do everything correctly, so,… there is no civil runway in the USA labeled “oh 7 “, properly said it’s simply runway 7 …. also no heading of “oh 55”.. When handed off to the tower all they need to know is that you are on the ILS 7, nothing else required since approach has informed them of your arrival. A saying like “out of the box” is a bit frowned upon. I’ve heard it said good aviation communication is a question of semantics and nuance, if that makes sense.

[@theflyingplumber]

There's nothing like the real thing. Glad that you're back in the left seat and sharing the experience. By the way. Did the mechanic say why your cylinders were in need of replacement? Will you need to watch for issues with the other cylinders in the future?

[@TheRenBaron]

The cylinders were not replaced. There was a minor issue with exhaust valves which were repaired at TCM and returned. Things just grinded along at Covid speed. Happy to be back in the air!

[@jasonchipkin]

That was a good video. Just a quick note, there's no zero or "oh" in runway designations, just "seven," and you don't need to provide the ATIS to the tower on an IFR approach. For most VFR towers in SCT airspace, specific approach sectors require the ATIS (or we can simply read you the numbers) before switching you to tower. Nice plane 👍🐾

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks for the input. Much appreciated. Are you a controller?-Ren

[@jasonchipkin]

@@TheRenBaron I cover the LGB/SNA area. I think I made a shout out to the Ren Baron a while back 😆

[@TheRenBaron]

@@jasonchipkin I remember that!! Thanks for the help. You guys do an amazing job with lots of planes to handle. Kudos to you and all your colleagues. Cheers-Ren

[@jasonchipkin]

@@TheRenBaron Let us know when you're down here if you want to take a walkthrough.

[@fredhorsman]

The SoCal departure controller sounded drunk

[@royspradlin5960]

Glad to see you have your Cirrus back and up in the air again- to maintain the warranty, did you have all of your 25-hour oil changes performed at a Cirrus center, or did you have the oil changes performed elsewhere?

[@TheRenBaron]

Roy I've had all my maintenance performed at Cirrus Service Center at KSMO.

[@tomgoodson4627]

Are you going to post your return legs from Merida?

[@HB-nt8xr]

If you are on an IFR flight plan how come you have the VFR Chart?

[@TheRenBaron]

I find it easier to reference certain things on the VFR charts rather than IFR charts. SB is a flight I've done a bunch of times so I know what the IFR enroute altitudes are which is what I typically look for on the IFR charts.

[@HB-nt8xr]

@@TheRenBaron Makes sense. I might be buying an SR22T before the end of the year. Going from basically 6 pack 1980 182 to this is going to be a change!

[@TheRenBaron]

@@HB-nt8xr Well its going to be alot easier than you think. If you could keep track of all those instruments analog you are going to love finding them all in one place.And you'll have alot more valuable info at your fingertips as well.

[@HB-nt8xr]

@@TheRenBaron yes exactly! If you could pick again would you do the SR22 or SR22T?

[@TheRenBaron]

@@HB-nt8xr Living and flying on the West Coast or Western US where you have lots of mountains and terrain the turbo is a must. SR22T all the way all day! Cheers-Ren

[@dsimpson6241]

You should not add flaps below 1000 feet if you are in IMC or 500 in VMC.

[@TheRenBaron]

Interesting. I've not heard that advice before Dave. Seems a bit hard and fast to me. In my Cirrus I need to get at least the first level of flaps in to get my speed down to the 90-100 kts. From there I'd feel comfortable landing without full flaps in IMC assuming I had enough runway. In full VMC I typically think about adding full flaps a couple miles from the runway to give me and the plane time to adjust to the new setting which is what I did here at about 700 agl. That's worked well for me in 768FS. Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren

[@dsimpson6241]

@@TheRenBaron the new version of the AFH is specific regarding altitudes below which changing configuration is not recommended. That is 500 in VMC and 1,000 in IMC. So if you wish to configure for a landing out of an approach in IMC, you should configure 100% flaps before 1,000 AGL. If you are below 1,000 AGL at only 50% flaps, the FAA guidance is to remain at 50% and land. This is important on FAA checkrides as well as practical application.

[@TheRenBaron]

@@dsimpson6241 That's good info but I'm wondering what in this approach made you think about that. Flaps 1 went in at 2,000 AGL and flaps 2 at 700 AGL. -Ren

[@dsimpson6241]

@@TheRenBaron You did it perfectly - just a comment if you were in IMC.

[@TheRenBaron]

@@dsimpson6241 Ahh thanks. Dave can I ask what kind of plane you fly?

[@464RJ]

How much would you say an average annual cost for your SR22T ? Thx

[@TheRenBaron]

6K