Colorado Cirrus Life | Episode 1 

Thank you for riding along!

Thanks for watching!

Yeah its a really tough one! Thanks!

Thanks Hayden!

The (MFD) shows the aircraft flying over a sectional, an Instrument plate or the moving map. Note the half arc in front of the plane...that is the calculated point at which the plane will achieve the altitude bugged. Synthetic vision is on the PFD.

Hi Brian, I flew the SF50 last year for the first time, but no I'm not typed nor am I going to be typed anytime in the near future. I've got another job announcement/edit to the Aspen departure video coming up soon of what I will be typed very soo in ;)

fall

I had exactly the same thought! I do think it's fall based on the second video.

Yes, the profile view has, but we didn't show completely the VSD function which is new to the G6. For the synthetic vision, it is a fantastic reference for multiple items: traffic awareness, terrain awareness, and on an instrument approach in IMC you can see a synthetic runway to improve your situational awareness.

@@ColinPrenger The profile view of the terrain is in the G5, so are winds aloft. All the elements shown, moving map, synthetic vision, instrument plates with georeferencing are also in the G5.

@@speedomars I own a G5, but have also flown in a G6. As Colin says, the G6 adds the "vertical situation display", which not only shows you the profile, but also your projected flight path based on your VNAV setup or your current descent. It's a nice addition, especially on an approach. The other thing that is not in the G5 is the ability to split the MFD and display the plate plus other information. Overall, the G6 has a lot of nice evolutionary improvements, especially the much faster performance for things like panning and zooming. I couldn't justify the additional expense over the G5 (~$100k price bump on the used market for comparable planes comparing last year of G5 to first year of G6) but for those who do buy the G6, they'll definitely have a sweet setup.

@@MikeKobb There is a vertical situation display in the G5 for terrain and it shows the flight path in relation to terrain. There is also VNAV profile and flight paths shown. And there is the arc that shows when you will reach the VNAV altitudes. You can display plates on the MFD with georeferencing, not sure what a split screen display offers since its already difficult to see the text on a plate in full screen overlay. The NXi has faster processors. But there are no revolutionary changes between G5 and G6. Cirrus does that on purpose. You note the $100k price bump...and THAT is the most significant thing between the G5 and G6. These lights and incresed processor speeds and change in the keyboard layout do not justify that price hike. But Cirrus did me a solid because not only did they offer Cirrus owners free transition training when selling their planes, but they made the G5 more valuable since getting into a G6 costs so much more.

Yeah. $100 pancakes...

Yup, that's what some Cirrus drivers call her. She does all sorts of call outs for us. Including now she calls out 600' AGL for the CAPS altitude.

*$975K. I do have an OSMO, the gyro struggles in the airplane to stay upright.

The G6 new is near $900k loaded (deicing, YD, A/C etc).

@@gbigsangle3044 Fully loaded the 22T G6 is $975K

OR it was just a busy day at Centennial (pretty much most days). They tend to talk fast here with all the traffic. Gotta stay on your toes at APA!

No shit! why in aviation cant people just talk normally???

JoJo/Clem Kadilihopper I believe you, but you forgot the 1st rule of time travel...

yes keep it shut .

Sure. You can search on youtube for Cirrus trans-Atlantic flights. They follower the great circle route which crosses into Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Scotland and then into Europe.

Its quite shocking in the climbs. It burns around 16 gph in the cruise

@@ColinPrenger i think i like the 8 gph in climb and 4 gph cruise of a da40ng :)

Ed Moore If the engine fails they pull the parachute.. That’s what we call technology that solves the problem.

Even if you don't win the lottery, and/or you can't buy a Cirrus, you can still rent and enjoy the Cirrus Life! It is just as fun!