Cirrus SR22T Gen 6 Perspective + Tips and Techniques-VFR Flight to Palm Springs International

On a recent VFR flight to Palm Springs Ren Baron puts his Cirrus SR22T Gen 6 through its paces and offers some of his best tips and techniques on how to get the most out of its Perspective + avionics system. Come along for the ride.

[@doggielama]

Here's a thumbs up to you; you're out there flying and putting your skills to use and learning new ones. It takes guts to break out of the comfort zone, and many never do. Sometimes your commentary is hard to hear with the background radio traffic, but that's the real world in busy places like SOCAL.

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks for the kind words Martin. Much appreciated. Cheers-Ren

[@GeezerGeekPilot]

Clarification for your viewers: 06:26 Once SoCal Approach responded to your check-in with your tail number, then you are good to enter any Class C airspace, unless instructed otherwise. So since you made this connection before entering the March Class C, you were good to enter... UNTIL SoCal instructed 06:39 "outside of the March Class C"... and then came your nice rescue with the ForeFlight charts. Steve, as usual an excellent video. Thx. Wayne

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks GGP as always! Cheers-Ren

[@davidbeardsley4465]

Love your vids Steve! Actually very helpful for me transitioning into a Cirrus from 800hrs on steam gauges in my 172. Mastering the avionics and automation is 99% of the work in these planes. More videos like this one showing best practices and tips / tricks using perspective would be great. Thanks for the excellent content!

[@colinwallace5286]

I am currently looking at 20 separate gauges on my Kenworth dash. It seems like a lot, yet each one is useful on its own way. The interesting part is how your eyes and brain start scanning across and only register when something isn’t in its normal range, essentially damping out all of the “noise” of twenty pieces of information so that you notice the one or two things that are critical. It’s interesting how that works.

[@TheRenBaron]

I have great respect for all the pilots who learned on the traditional steam guages. Keeping track of all those instruments and processing all that info is not easy. And I suppose that once you get used to that it becomes second nature. Having said that, when I started learning to fly I did virtually ALL my training on glass panels so that is all I know. I have flown a couple of planes since with the steam guages and a wall of instruments and while I managed to find my way around it convinced me more than ever that the modern glass panel setups are far and away much easier to use and provide relevant information in a much more compelling way. When things get 'critical' you get a yellow or red annunciation to grab your attention. When traffic is an issue you get audible and visible warnings while you still have a chance to 'fix' things. When you get to key altitude you get audible alerts. Now I know that for pilots who don't have access to glass panels they might be tempted to think that a good/real pilot does need all that stuff and they might be right. But I find it impossible to believe that a good/real pilot equipped with a modern glass panel setup will turn into a bad pilot once they get used to looking for that information in one centralize place. And I've had more than a few pilots who learned and still fly with old school instrument fly with me in the CIrrus. While they might have been a bit skeptical at first by the time we landed more often than not they were mightily impressed with how easy it was to make the transition and even more impressed with the capabilities that the Cirrus Perspective + avionics offered. Once you go digital I think its very hard to go back if you have the option.

[@TheRenBaron]

Fantastic! Glad you enjoyed the video. I'm going to make a less than bold prediction here. You are going to LOVE the Cirrus! Cheers-Ren

[@pslny]

Nice video Steve, on that ATIS cutting in and out, you can turn the squelch off, make sure the flip flop arrow is on the active radio, then push the volume knob. Works most of the time for me. Take care.

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks for the tip Paul! Cheers-Ren

[@raymourradhakrishnan5709]

Thanks for this great video, awesome learning experience for me👌 Really appreciate the production quality as well!

[@TheRenBaron]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers-Ren

[@MikeKobb]

I always learn something from your videos. The exchange you had with the Palm Springs tower regarding the landing traffic was actually really great to see, because it demonstrates in real life something that I think a lot of people think is theoretical -- the reason that "negative contact" is so different from "traffic in sight". When you said "no traffic in sight", he wasn't sure what you said, so he asked for clarification, and when you clarified, I think you stepped on the very end of his transmission, so he only heard "traffic in sight", and then instructed you to follow traffic you didn't yet see. \

[@renmanmb]

Your comments are spot on. Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren

[@CrooklynPilot]

Another great video, and good VFR flight tips / XC. As I progress with my XC training, I'd like to tip with ATC to re-confirm the traffic pattern.

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks for posting Anderson. If in doubt...ask. Good policy in the air and on the ground Cheers-Ren

[@f-16guy30]

VFR flying utilizes a whole different set of skills, and often it is harder to fly VFR than IFR for the reasons you mentioned in the video. Definitely harder in SOCAL. Not so bad out here in NM !! Excellent video !!

[@TheRenBaron]

I agree. I'll be passing your much more civilized airspace in early December on the way to Santa Fe. I'll wag my wings on the way by. Thanks for posting F-16! Cheers-Ren

[@Shaneepe1]

Always learning! That is why I love watching these videos. I was just talking to my cfi about decent planning and the monkey wrench atc gives you with a crossing restriction. Great job. Btw just finished my 6th lesson. Progressing nicely for my ppl. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks Shane. Glad to see you are staying at it. Descent planning is important. What gos up must come down and doing it smoothly makes everybody feel better. The Garmin avionics takes alot of the math work out of it which makes my job alot easier. But one of these days that thing is going to fail me and I'll have to figure it out old school. That's why I keep that pen and paper handy! Cheers-Ren

[@colinwallace5286]

I like when you leave the radio audio up for us. It just shows what sort of distractions are just “there” at all times, even on a routine flight.

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks Colin and I agree. I know its a bit annoying for some folks but what you hear is what is really going on and if you are learning to fly ( particularly in a busy airspace like So Cal) you best get used to the real world. Cheers-Ren

[@donaldjohnston8948]

Another great video Steve, Thanks for sharing!

[@TheRenBaron]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching and posting. Cheers-Ren

[@JeffBronstein]

I would have absolutely landed on the taxiway if not for that little tidbit of info.... thanks!

[@TheRenBaron]

Trust me the first time I landed at PSP I started going for that 'runway' and I had actually read the airport info that warned me. Visually it just sucks you in. Fortunately the 31R threshold is much further down the road and I had time to correct and make it look like that was where I was going the whole time. But I knew. Now you know as well. Cheers-Ren

[@pilothound1582]

That was great and also very helpful and very informative. Thank you 🛩👌

[@TheRenBaron]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers-Ren

[@pilothound1582]

@@TheRenBaron quick question can you navigate nearly all the menus with just the center GCU not needing to use the soft keys on the g1000? Cheers

[@TheRenBaron]

@@pilothound1582 There are still some softkeys that you can't access on the GCU. Some that come to mind are Nearest, Engine, some MAP functions but its a small percentage of the pie that's for sure. You could pretty much count the times I hit a softkey of this video which is a pretty good representation of how I use the avionics system and where I'm accessing it. All the radio stuff, transponder, Flight plan, Alt and Hdg select, and autopilot stuff I prefer to access from the GCU.

[@pilothound1582]

@@TheRenBaron perfect 👌🏼 I was hoping this was the case. I’d imagine you will be purchasing the new GCU Real sim gear have released being the perspective plus 👌🏼 If you want to sell your older one I’m keen 😂 Just building a home Cirrus hybrid as we speak and getting through my ppl here in Gold Coast AU next up heading to Cirrus training centre in Brisbane 👌🏼 Love the aircraft

[@TheRenBaron]

@@pilothound1582 I'm definitely getting the G6 GCU when its available. I'm hoping to trade it in but if that does not happen I'll let you know.

[@jakegreenbaum131]

Love the videos. Recently certified Private Pilot, and N808DC (at the end of the video) is actually one of the planes I fly. Next thing I am looking forward to is receiving my Complex/HP Endorsements and Instrument Rating. However, because of my financial situation, it will probably be a while before that unfortunately. Thinking about starting a flying channel myself. Thought it might be interesting for people to see a UCSB student balancing college while also beginning their flying career. Anyway, maybe we can fly sometime. Keep up the great videos!

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks Jake. So you are a UCSB Gaucho. Good stuff on the PPL. I get up to SB quite a bit so maybe we'll run into each other (not literally) at the airport one day and we'll go flying. It's kind of like my aviation equivalent of hitting a bucket of golf balls. Before you start that KZbin channel though I'd finish up at UCSB. I'm admittedly a third rate video editor but it takes alot of time to edit a flight to something watchable and the pay is not good at all. Cheers-Ren

[@dansanchez9906]

Excellent video, love the content !!!

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks for the kind words Dan. Are you a new subscriber?-Ren

[@dansanchez9906]

@@TheRenBaron Yes about a month ago!

[@TheRenBaron]

@@dansanchez9906 Awesome. Welcome aboard. Cheers-Ren

[@JonMulveyGuitar]

The Ren Baron bringing the wisdom down from up high to educated and enlighten!:-) I really appreciate your format, and style of content. No wonder Incubus was so successful!:-) I grew in Palm Springs a thousand years ago. And cant wait to fly in. Do you ever fly west of San Jacinto. Over Anza Berrego and come up the Valley? Thanks Steve!

[@TheRenBaron]

Ahh thanks John you're too kind! I don't think I've flown that route (I'll need to check my VFR charts to be sure). I saw your latest video trib to Robin Trower. You mentioned that you opened some shows for him. What band were you in?-Ren

[@JonMulveyGuitar]

@@TheRenBaron Thanks for checking out the clip! I have opened for Robin for years. As well as every one of my hero's it seems:-) Under my own name and with a regional California artist Cat Mclean. When Robin's wife got sick in 2014 I became band leader for Robin's singer at the time Davey Pattison. He was also Montrose's singer in Gamma. So we went out doing Montrose/Gamma and Trower music. Tons of fun. I will put a link to Cat below. I hope I am as thorough and focused a pilot as you when I finish my training. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJazd5KArbJ5qdk

[@CanuckFlyer]

Love PSP Atlantic. Always had great baked goods and cold Iced Tea!

[@TheRenBaron]

They still do! Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren

[@Osoruiz123]

Love when KZbinrs fly into KPSP. Great video love it

[@TheRenBaron]

Glad you enjoyed! Cheers-Ren

[@GeezerGeekPilot]

21:57 I'm sure you know this, but better to say "negative contact".

[@justsmy5677]

Nice video. Question on the video editing, ATC is pretty loud and sometimes you are narrating over ATC, making it hard to hear you. Can you put the ATC audio on one track and your narration on a second track, which would allow you to turn the ATC volume down when it’s just chatter with other airplanes and they aren’t talking to you? You have an awesome airplane and it’s been fun watching you improve and master the new plane and avionics!

[@TheRenBaron]

I would love to do that Just Smy if only I could figure out how to do it. I've had lots of folks identify the problem and I keep hoping one of them actually has some solid advice they could share with me so I can make it happen. Are you my guy? Please be my video editing guru! Thanks for the kind words on the flying part of things. Cheers-Ren

[@ronnieeubanks6559]

Wow, even flying VFR you still have your hands full. How you liking the home flight simulator you purchased?

[@TheRenBaron]

Thanks Ronnie. Yeah its always busy here in the neighborhood. I'm loving my sim setup! I think I've flown more 'flights' on the sim this last month than in the real thing. But, it definitely keeps you sharp particularly when I use it with PilotEdge atc. Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren

[@connorsievert9708]

Did you use to fly for airlines, or corporate? Love the videos by the way!

[@TheRenBaron]

No I was never a professional pilot but I'm flattered that you would think so. I started flying 4 years ago and I'm still learning! Thanks for posting and I hope you check out some more of my videos. Cheers-Ren

[@connorsievert9708]

@@TheRenBaron Thanks for the quick reply, I’ve been flying for little over a year now and I can just tell you have things down! Keep up the awesome videos

[@stephenpair3836]

During climb out, you say “there’s our little shake, rattle and roll” ... what are you referring to?

[@TheRenBaron]

The nose wheel rattles a bit as it stops rolling. If I hit the brakes after liftoff it would not happen but usually I have my right foot shoving the right rudder in and don't hit the brakes. It's no big deal.

[@stephenpair3836]

@@TheRenBaron ah, ok, thanks for the answer ... I've noticed a similar vibration as well, but didn't know what was causing it.

[@TheRenBaron]

@@stephenpair3836 Sadly I cannot do more than one thing at a time with my feet. That's why I'm a horrible dancer! Cheers-Ren

[@Bobbyboucher9814]

Can’t hear you over all the radio chatter

[@evadmcgillicuty1779]

Oh, wouldn’t it be nice if we all pilots had a million dollar aircraft to practice in every day, but I guess that’s what most California pilots have. Not so much here in the east coast.

[@TheRenBaron]

Well I wish that were true but I think at the end of the day it doesn't much matter what kind of plane you are flying. The more important point I think is that you get to know 'your' plane so that you can enjoy flying safely. Thanks for posting. Cheers-Ren

[@johnqdoe]

Very disappointing video quality.