For those of you flying the SR-22, at what speed do you shoot approaches? If less than 104, are you doing it full flaps?
:yeahthat:I've found 100 knots with half flaps (one notch) seems to work pretty well.
I've found 100 knots with half flaps (one notch) seems to work pretty well.
I guess i'll give my impressions of the airplane thus far if anyone wants to discuss it.....
I really like the aircraft. Great speed for a low fuel burn, never feels underpowered, not cramped at all inside the cabin, and has a fantastic avionics set up...
That said, I can certainly understand why so many people get themselves in trouble in this little airplane...It's just too easy to forget what your actually flying, which is a single engine piston with fixed gear. For someone with experience, the overwhelming amount of info the PFD/MFD provides the pilot is a great resource, but I can imagine that could become very overwhelming to a new pilot...I imagine a lot of low time cirrus guys are 90% inside, 10% outside, instead of how it's actually supposed to be...
Things I don't like about the aircraft or would like to see...
Yaw Damper
Rudder trim
Individual altitude pre-select box away from the PFD
Higher approach flap speeds...Maybe somewhere in the 140-150 knot range.
Possibly more "tabs" in the fuel tanks...Only way to be sure what amount of gas you have per tank right now when filling from empty is to the tabs or topped off...I think some intermediate markings would be nice.
And most importantly, an increased useful load.
Yaw Damp - New Models Have
Rudder Trim - Don't Need w/ the Yaw Damp in the new Models
Okay, while we have a Cirrus instructor onboard i'll throw a question out....
Is there anyway to turn the autopilot off, but keep the flight director on without the autopilot disconnect warning through the speakers? My understanding is there is three ways to disconnect AP....Trim, AP disconnect switch if installed, and AP OFF FD ON. First two will completely kill AP and FD, and the toggle switch will kill AP and keep FD on, but it gives this loud and annoying warning for about 6 seconds....
Any way around that warning? If i'm flying a coupled approach, the last thing I want to do is get around minimums and elect to continue with the FD off if thats what I have been using the whole time...That said, I think it's gonna scare some passengers to reach minimums, and hear this annoying warning 200 feet above the ground. Any way around it, or am I just going to have to brief them to expect the sound?
Okay, while we have a Cirrus instructor onboard i'll throw a question out....
Is there anyway to turn the autopilot off, but keep the flight director on without the autopilot disconnect warning through the speakers? My understanding is there is three ways to disconnect AP....Trim, AP disconnect switch if installed, and AP OFF FD ON. First two will completely kill AP and FD, and the toggle switch will kill AP and keep FD on, but it gives this loud and annoying warning for about 6 seconds....
Any way around that warning? If i'm flying a coupled approach, the last thing I want to do is get around minimums and elect to continue with the FD off if thats what I have been using the whole time...That said, I think it's gonna scare some passengers to reach minimums, and hear this annoying warning 200 feet above the ground. Any way around it, or am I just going to have to brief them to expect the sound?
The Avidyne/Stec FD implementation is sorta half-assed actually. It's doesn't really behave like the FDs in most jets/turboprops/etc... and guys who have flown those in the past tend to get annoyed with the thing.
I guarantee you, the only Cirrus pilots who have tried to fly with the FD only are former t-prop/jet guys. The AP OFF FD ON switch is the least used one on the airplane.
I guarantee you, the only Cirrus pilots who have tried to fly with the FD only are former t-prop/jet guys. The AP OFF FD ON switch is the least used one on the airplane.
Is there anyway to position taxi charts into "forward" mode?
Is there anyway to position taxi charts into "forward" mode?