Cirrus Aircraft is shaking up the personal jet market and it's new jet even has a parachute that can carry the plane in an emergency. Betty Yu reports. (7/12/17)
That’s that picture that a monkey took and the owner of the camera wanted to copyright it but since he didn’t take it and monkeys don’t have rights it should technically be public domain
One of my favs was some jack ass on 9/11 saying that looked like a 727, trying to act like he knew what he was talking about but its obvious if that shape looks like a 727 to you then don’t mention an aircraft type ever again
Couple of comments. First, this is not the world's smallest certified private jet, the One Aviation Eclipse 500 and 550 are slightly smaller, seating up to five passengers. However, they both have two engines, albeit smaller engines than the single Williams FJ-33 in the CirrusJet. They also get better fuel mileage for two engines instead of the one in the CirrusJet. The Eclipse also flies higher. Both are single pilot aircraft. The next thing is that Single Pilot Jet Aircraft are nothing new, Cessna has been doing them since the 1990's, or even earlier, with the Citation I/SP. In fact, Cessna is the world leader in business class turbine aircraft. No one sells more business jets than Cessna does. As to the CAPS, or Cirrus Airframe Parachute System, it is standard on ALL Cirrus aircraft, from the single engine SR20, it's larger brother, the SR22 and finally the SF50 VisionJet. It is a hallmark of the company, provided by BRS, or Ballistic Recovery Systems. The price of $2M for the CirrusJet is not really bad, since there are single engine turboprops that cost significantly more without much additional gains. The Piper Meridian comes to mind, but with lower fuel burn and lower operating costs, as well as insurance and training requirements, it is less expensive to operate Of course, it has a maximum take off weight of only 6,000 pounds,, and an empty weight of almost 3,600 pounds, which means you can fill it up, carry two adults and a toothbrush. To get seven passengers on board, or even five, you're not going to be going on very long trips.
Gary C all other points aside are you sure Meridian operating costs are lower? doubtful given the Williams TBO vs a Turbo Prop and fuel burn notnsyre that's any better than what Vision will do with a full load at Max altitude on cruise
You mention the Cessna ISP. These (as well as the IISP) often go, in very good condition and with good aircraft/engine times, for only around $400,000-$600,000. Making them substantially cheaper than a visionjet
In reality its really only practical for five people since the two smaller seats in the back are meant for small kids. Even with five people and luggage you can still go at least 2 hours
Ocean. Chute doesn't deploy. Land on a mountain and tumble down. Try and land the plane on a road and it not work out. Fire in the cockpit. Mid air collision.
Those parachutes are built to collapse the landing gear and damage much of the fuselage. If i have the space to make a dead stick landing, im making a dead stick landing
Great let's glide our parachutes by controlling from inside the cabins. For smaller light aircrafts it will be also a good idea. Just need more view when ya do and seat adjustment.
I'd rather have a fully customized AgustaWestland AW101 for my business to do grand tours with big groups, but at a cool $25M that's still years away for me.
Well no, first off a LOT of people used it and survived without innjuries, it falls at around 10m/s (30fts/s) with the chute open, but yes, only 20% of the planes can then be repaired, the others are written off.
You can tell when she found out $2m was cheap for a jet she was shocked! so she decided to add the “which is a bargain compared to other jets” because she assumes no one is smarter than her
Gulfstream g650's go for 70 million, a A380 goes for 450 million. 2 million is a good deal for a jet, when a 1945 designed single prop Beechcraft Bonanza goes for 700k+. It has none of the advanced manuvering systems.
Figure some big bucks for training to get your pilot certification. And some big bucks for maintenance. Plus hangar fees at an airport with a long runway. In other words, you need to be an filthy rich to afford it.
phapnui well, the runway specs are quite good, and if you already have a pilot license, the type rating and hangar should be too much of an issue. (You can trust me on this. Prowled owner/pilot of a Cessna 551(much cheaper than one of these tiny things))
Aircraft are complicated and therefore expensive. $2M is really cheap for a jet. Most are in the $5-15M range, but you can go all out and buy models for up to $100M. Add maintenance and repair on top, that's 300k to a few million annual, depending on the model. Fuel is also a factor, one complete fill will cost you a few grand.
Sorry people dont take me wrong i tried to contact to plane makers and they put me on the line to apply a job..lol..which i dont need.and i wanted to introduce tecnology to safe lives in midair or engine fails or sudden decend no no 1 wanted to listen to me just to people dont die...but who cares they wana make their own money
Plus carbon absorbs and cleans your farts which your family and pilot will need. All joking aside, do the gas masks automatic drop when a persons passes fluctuance, or is it manual?
