Why Cirrus Planes Are Extremely Well Designed

[@NamelessRider]

As someone who has logged about 700 hours in the SR series, I do like the SR-22. For a fixed gear, four place A/C, it is a nice aircraft to fly and the performance is state of the art. If I was in the market for a four place aircraft, I'd probably look elsewhere as the price tag is steep for a new aircraft.

[@escapetarkov3838]

Indeed. Plus if you've spin trained in one, they don't like to come out it very easy. Of course you gotta really mess up to get it into one.

[@flightwriterNG]

2:53 CAPS was "borne out of" Alan Klapmeier having survived a midair collision in the Eighties; the pilot of the other plane did not. The parachute did later serve as an alternative means of compliance for the SR-series to satisfy stall/spin requirements, but it was already designed into the SR20 long before those tests began.

[@hud86]

Not sure why a 15 minute video is needed to say "YES"

[@flashcar60]

With the word "overrated" in the title, I thought this would be more of a frank discussion than a blatant commercial message.

[@alexdarcydestsimon3767]

Great video, really !

[@burtlakebuddy]

IMO when bashing Cirrus in favor of a cessna 172/182, you sound like GM in the 70's who laughed at Toyota.

[@alexdarcydestsimon3767]

I thought 1911 and a Glock but your view is better. GM an Toyota I like these two situations compared. It is very much alike. Spot on comment ! I prefer Cessna GM and 1911 though. :-)

[@therealajnelson]

Haha yea they do

[@tf51d]

The one issue I have with the CAPS system, is that pilots could come to reliant on it and use in areas it could cause more harm then good! In the example shown in this video what if instead of softly landing on the lawn infront of a building say its a school, it lands about 200 ft back and crashes through the roof of a Classroom full of kids? Its a good safty system when knowingly used in areas with minimal risk of collatoral damage and casulties! Used though in more densely populated areas, you're playing russian roullete! In these areas it should be used as a last resort, not at the first sign of trouble!

[@dmimcg]

Yes.

[@bernardanderson3758]

I’ve flown the SR22 and would love to fly the SR22G3

[@patuxent78]

We’re in G6 now for years, since 2017.

[@alexdarcydestsimon3767]

Cirrus Jet... Fourth or fifth flying v-tail available i know of. Fouga Magister Beechcraft Bonanza Subsonex Cirrus Jet Rizen Ultralight ( There are also an iranian VTail and the F117 but they are hardly available for general aviation) Do you know some others ?

[@steveasher9239]

I had a V tail Bonanza and really liked it.

[@scottmoseley5122]

I get all the reasons for the fixed gear...but cmon man!

[@tomedgar4375]

For the cost difference, I’d prefer to fly a bonanza or Comanche This appears to be a paid commercial

[@Mobev1]

I’ve have all my hours but about 50 in an sr22. My only problem are the wing spars. I don’t like the reports coming out

[@rafalwyszkowski70]

Cirrus is not overated but overpriced

[@naughtyUphillboy]

Very true.

[@tomedgar4375]

Exactly, I’ll take a Bonanza or Comanche any day

[@steveasher9239]

QUIT doing that stutter jump between frames. It's EXTREMELY ANNOYING. I"m not one of them fortunately, but I can imagine all the seizures you're triggering.

[@rmorgan4358]

Lancair is better for a 1/4 of the cost!!

[@jimarcher5255]

An RV10 is even a quarter of that.

[@ticenits1926]

sure if you want to fly in something Joe Blow built in his garage in his spare time

[@michaele8347]

Composite is certainly NOT easier to repair. Sorry!

[@DWBurns]

I would be a Cirrus fan but with the airframe and engine manufactures being owned by the Chinese Communist Party, I will pass. Auto-land getting hacked and becoming auto crash, auto kidnap, auto repo, auto assassinate, would make me a little nervous if I were a big fish that someone would want out of the way. I am having new Garmin stuff put in my plane as I write this, I am not happy some of the parts are Chinese. I am getting a JPI Engine monitor, it claims to be made in California, where I was made, likely with Chinese parts….

[@ticenits1926]

conspiretard found

[@sibtainbukhari5447]

Yes , Overrated and overpriced

[@theresacaron4238]

Cessna 172 are the bestselling aircraft of all time. It sounds like you do not perform a lot of research into your subject matter. For Cirrus the CAPS handle is in the roof and the rocket and chute are in the baggage compartment, not the roof. I stop0ped listening to your video at 4 minutes, can't stand BS.

[@rmshivo]

Has is outsold the Cessna 172? i doubt it.

[@cdogg86]

In most of the last 20 years it has

[@rmshivo]

@@cdogg86 prolly right but i doubt if they've beaten the 172 total sales which is what the author seemed to suggest.

[@米空軍パイロット]

@@rmshivo I think you're the only one in the room who got that impression from the video.

[@rmshivo]

@@米空軍パイロット at 1:39, he says that the model was the best seller GA aircraft of all time. My interpretation was that it sold the most airplanes of all time. I was wrong. Thanks for pointing it out.

[@bernardanderson3758]

Yes they are overall overated market prices and even on the used one just look throughout trade @ Plane