However, mechanicalįailures are not a very common cause of small airplane crashes. Parachute would be a nice feature indeed. If the engine were to quit over water or the mountains at night, the What you'd find on a twin-engine plane or pressurized single.Īccident and insurance rates started coming down in 2006 and theĬirrus has settled into roughly the same safety record as other planes High insurance rates and recurrent training requirements similar to The combination of novice pilots and a fastĪirplane resulted in a mournful accident record that was reflected in The enhanced safety provided by the airframe parachute and theĬomputer screens showing the airplane's position relative to airports, Nonpilots) with ads in generic rich people magazines, a strategy thatīeech, Cessna, and Piper pursued in the 1970s but gave up whenĪirplanes went out of mass production and yuppies decided that flying surprisingly large and comfortable cabinĬirrus has marketed its airplanes to generic rich people (i.e.,.side yoke instead of a center stick (Diamond) or center yoke (Cessna).better visibility toward the front than the Cessnas due to a lower.The things that distinguish the Cirrus from its competitors such as theĭiamond Star DA40 and the Cessna 172/182 are the following: (The latest G6 with all of the options would be closer to Instruments on the MFD bumped up the total price to about XM weather, a 3-blade prop, leather interior, and engine/fuel Adding an upgraded MFD, dual Garmin 430s, the deluxe autopilot, Gallons per hour of fuel through its six-cylinder 200hp fuel-injectedĬontinental engine. The Cirrus is remarkable for its cruise speed of 150-155 knots on 12 (Avidyne glass panel 6-cylinder Continental engine 3000 lb. Otherwise indicated it is a statement about the G2 model airplane Where the article talks about "the SR20" or "the Cirrus," unless The planeĪuthor currently teaches in this plane, N707WT, at East Coast AeroĬlub in Bedford, Massachusetts (KBED). Into Anchorage, Alaska, and then back to Boston. N707WT, from Boston to Kugluktuk, Nunavut on the Arctic Ocean, down The author has flown the airplane, christened Up new at the Duluth, Minnesota factory in May 2005. This review is based primarily on owning a 2005 G2 model SR20, picked gross weight, potential to stuff three slender people in the back seat (five legal seats) 2017 G6: Garmin G1000 Nxi ("Perspective Plus"), Lycoming 4-cylinder 215hp engine, 3150 lb.2004 G2: new door latches (slam and pray), tweaked interior and exterior.1999 Original: steam gauges, Continental 6-cylinder 200hp engine, 3000 lb.Selling more four-seat piston-powered airplanes than anyone but Was introduced in 1999, and within a few years Cirrus Design was Its passengers down for a 1,500 fpm landing on the ground. Known for its incorporation of an airframe parachute, which, in theĮvent of a midair collision or other disaster, can float the plane and Cirrus SR20 (and a bit about the SR22) Cirrus SR20Īn owner's review by Philip Greenspun, ATP, CFII, in July 2005, updated April 2018Ĭirrus's SR20 is a low-wing four- or five-seat composite airplane best
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