Great video as always and an impressive aircraft. I did however find the music over the audio annoying and especially in the stall section it was hard to hear the speech properly. I appreciate music over everything is 'trendy' these days, but your videos don't really need it when it detracts from the content, which speaks for itself.
this ^^. When you're talking quietly yet there's a constant "upbeat background track", we can't hear you. There is absolutely no reason for BGM besides for the intro and outro - especially when you use the boring astonishingly overused free tracks. Silence is MUCH better sometimes. :D Also, if you're talking about Cirrus planes, go to Duluth and get a tour of the plant. :D
Just have to emphasize this. I prefer no background music in sections like this, but if you really want it, they need to be mixed properly. The text was spoken relatively monotonic (which isn't a critique, I have no problem with such a calm presenting style) and quite, so the background music, if present, needs to be toned down way more. I, too, found it really hard to understand everything.
I have been doing a lot of research on the Cirrus aircraft, and I have to say Cirrus has produced the all round best general aviation aircrafts. I look forward to buying one of them someday.
@@MickeLang I checked them out, their planes really look good too but you know the parachute feature on cirrus beats everything right? I still lean a little to Cirrus Hahaha
@@EddysReviews FYI the parachute was actually installed because they did not pass the spin recovery tests during certification🤷🏼♂️ They actually made a safety issue to a feature☝🏼 Imagine you pull the caps, then you can not control where to land anymore. I rather control my plane to the place I want to land than being a passenger with the wind blowing me somewhere. Think of a power line. I agree, in case of an pilots incapacitation with non aviation people on board, it saves lives. But the CAPS manual from Cirrus says the aircraft will impact with “less then 1700fpm”. That means the value will not be far away and let’s say you impact the ground with 1500 fpm, not so nice in my opinion. Yes the seats are “25G” developed but anyway, hitting a building or a highway or whatever with “less then 1700 fpm” is not a great safety feature in my eyes🤷🏼♂️
@@MickeLang Great point there, I was just giving the parachute as one reason I love Cirrus and there are more safety features I love about Cirrus. Also, useful load is greater on the cirrus than on Diamond. So according to you, why is Diamond better than Cirrus?
@@EddysReviews I am not saying it’s better I was just focusing on the parachute point. It’s for sure a great airplane and it depends on what you need/want to decide which is better☝🏼
I started my flight training way back in 1966 in a Cessna 150. Hard to imagine all the changes I have seen throughout my flying career as a private pilot. Just plotting a Cross country trip and calling it in verbally took a few hours. But you did become real proficient with the Sanderson E6 computer and folding your map back up correctly.
I did my private in a 152 last year and hopped straight out of that into a SR-20 G6 for instrument. The differences in the 2 are incredible and both hold a special role.
I’m in flight college right now and we still have to do all of that XC planning, as well as using the “whiz wheel”. Gruelling work!! Maybe it’s just my specific school that makes you learn that. However, it is nice being able to get instant access to all of the weather info. Can’t begin to imagine the hoops you would jump through in 1966 to get that info
@@clarencegreen3071 Especially at night when some towers were closed and the only way to find the runway was to double click your mike, and be sure you found the taxiway before the lights went back off.
@@ogalief The weather part was the same. You called them up and told where you were flying and the times and they read you the forecasted weather. Shorthand writing came in handy.
Would love to learn to fly in a Cirrus aircraft one day but at the time being they are super expensive compared to its counterpart Cessna 172 with the G1000. Although it does not have the number of features as the Cirrus does, the 172S with G1000 gets pretty close. Hats off to Cirrus though, would love to experience that 215HP engine. Would even like to try the SR22T one of these days. Hopefully down the road.
This is closer to what an aircraft UI should be. A clear, specific, prominent message and, if important enough, a voice saying what's going on. Not something like "ALT*" appearing in a small font in the corner of a busy screen, or a generic alarm sound. I've seen plenty of incident reports where the pilots crucially missed or misunderstood some information from the aircraft.
Call up any local flight schools near you, most will offer a discovery flight or something along those lines for under $200. Usually about an hour up and down to familiarize you with the airspace and aircraft.
8:51 Hallo Joe, just wondering. Did you talk about what you would need to do differently prior to landing, compared to your "normal" aircraft. Do you have more footage of the landing phase, which you could share and maybe comment on? Love your channel.
Currently training on PA-28, w/ G1000. When I grad my CFI, going to rent a SR-22 from my school and fly the family to Catalina (after getting type rated) was wondering how was the transition from yoke to sidestick? Is it a big difference?
It's a fascinating aircraft that catching up to the modern era like cars are. This episode, especially whe pointing at the chute, made me think of Just Plane Silly episode where you took a flight with Bryan.
Currently looking into local flight schools so I can start my journey and one of them recently purchased an SR-20. I am definitely intrigued! Looks like you had a blast, too!
If I wasn't 68, had vision in both eyes, had the money for lessons and VFR and IFR licenses and boatloads of money - this would be my choice. Nikko's Wings always paints a very favourable picture. Fast, high-altitudes and safe - especially with the parachute system. Great for both business and pleasure flying. The biggest advance in general aviation history - by a long shot.
Hi Captian Joe, I think I speak on behalf of alot of people that watches your channel, we would like to see an updated video of your morning routine as an airline pilot, keep up the good work💪💪
I was doing a 300 mile flight simulator ride in a cessna 152 just yesterday. While I did kind of miss the GPS navigation and auto-pilot, it was still a pleasant experience, because the basics of flying an aircraft will never change. :-)
You forgot an Amazon affiliate link because now I want to buy one of these.. 😉 Of course there's the link to Cirrus though.. Thanks for this wonderful impressions! 👍
Thank for this review. I started my Cirrus journey about a year ago and now routinely fly an SR20 and SR22 G6 with Perspective+. These Cirrus aircraft are truly amazing and make me reluctant to fly “legacy” GA aircraft. I hope that you may point me to finding an answer to the following question: what are the rules for a US certificated pilot to fly a GA aircraft in Germany, and the EU more generally? I have a US PPL with Instrument Rating. Additionally, where could I rent a Cirrus SR20 or SR22 in Germany. I received my Cirrus transition training and FIKI training in the US. I am originally from German and I am fluent in German. Thank you!
Good content spoilt by the sound mix. Background music competing with the narration. Why have background music at all? Obvious massive sound level differences between scenes.
Also I believe United Airlines in the US started a flight school exclusively with Cirrus Aircraft as they feel it’s an excellent transition to type ratings in the Jets
Wow thanks for sharing Joe that was excellent. With all the recent GA accidents it would be wonderful if some of these systems could be retrofitted to some older aircraft. At the very least the parachute system for pilots that find themselves in over their heads. Better to walk away from a destroyed aircraft than to ride it to the scene of the destruction. Even better is to know your limits.
I am not afraid of flying, in fact, I love it, but I do fear flying in a single-pilot aircraft. If something happens to that pilot, like a stroke or a heart attack, it's the end. That parachute system is a must.
Wow, 4 people in an SR20!? The tanks must've been really low! Perhaps weight & balance would've been beneficial in a safety video? Good presentation, nice plane, but the music was a bit too loud and interfered with the narration. Also, a Cirrus is going to cost a lot more per hour in training than an old, worn out 152/172 or light Piper plane. But it is great to be able to train in a Cirrus, and airline-bound students will have a bit of a jump in modern technology.
I think those are honestly great features even for non students which all of thenm have been common place in Millitary and Video game/sims for a while now great to see them trickle down to a trainer!
Truly blessed, with your valuable knowledge in Aviation and wide-angle in- dept details of errors in which pilots have to deal with..Many Thanks Best wishes to Sir Joe..God Bless
With out any real background knowledge. I think it has mostly to do with balance. As with general aviation most fuel if not all will be stored with in the main left and right wing. If let say they only would use the left tank until that is empty (and only then switch). that left tank and wing would become lighter. where the other tank stays as heavy as it was at take of. With out corrections the right (more heavy wing) would drop and in doing so the aircraft would start to bank to the right. where if you use both tank in more or less the same time that effect would be way less of a problem.
Typically high wing aircraft will have a “Both” setting so that fuel will be draining from both the left and right fuel tank in each wing. However, in low wing aircraft such as the Cirrus, there typically isn’t a “Both” setting and only “Left” and “Right” and hence you must switch between the two tanks so you have wings with Similar weight on each side.
@Captain Joe, I do believe this is indeed one of the safest airplanes out there, BUT a question that never stops lingering: If they are indeed the safest, why are there so many incidents of people using the parachute? Safety could be measured by lives saved, or better yet by incidents, in which case the Cirrus does not fair very well, as it feels like there is always an incident shown on the news where the parachute "saved" someone's life. Could it be that because the option of the parachute is available, pilots are more inclined to activate it before it's actually necessary?
But when is absolutely necessary? I mean- how many lives have been lost trying to save the airframe (ie save money)? Better to confirm safety and waste a replaceable item.
@@TheReadBaron91 Agreed 100%, I'd save my life as well. But the question still remains, why are there so many scenarios, where the pilot is forced to make such a decision? Pilot error could always be a factor, but most of those instances are related to engine issues. I'm just curious as if they were indeed the safest planes out there, wouldn't you say you shouldn't see many cases where the parachute had to be used in the first place? Don't take me wrong, I do belive they are amazing planes, I would love to have one myself, but I'm just very curious
Hi Joe, i like your videos a lot and just also reading your book! I‘m happy that you‘re flying in Augsburg - my home city :-) Thanks for the always interesting and inspiring content!
Nice plane and video, but PLEASE lose the horrible background "music" in future videos when there is conversation, etc. going on. It is extremely annoying and makes understanding very difficult, especially since the audio quality wasn't that good to begin with.
My dream trainer is the Beechcraft Bonanza (classic six-pack with some more modern nav aids). In my opinion the less tech features you have during your flight training, the more you feel and learn about the craftsmanship of being a pilot. I know that nowadays in most cases you'll fly either Boeing or Airbus computers with wings, but as history shows, some basic muscle skills like for ex. feeling the stall incoming without need of electronic indicators may have changed a fate of many ( Air France 447 or others ). At the end you want the pilot in training to sweat his/her butt off right? Correct me if I'm wrong. There is no reason they say that in cirrus you have only one thing in the engine failure checklist: -pull the chute bro 😉. Enjoy your evening guys
Just so you know, even very old six packer aircrafts (bonanza, piper cub...) have a stall warning. They are not saying "stall stall", but it's a horn, or a bip bip you hear :) It's made by a basic tab on the wing, which you have to test when doing your preflight inspection 😉
@@glujaz yup i know. But it happened to me more than once that the airplane i was flying had the stall circuit inoperative but still it wasn't something that kept me stuck on ground. Further back my flight instructors used to pull the fuse on my stall warning multiple times so it didn't even surprise me to much when it wasnt working another time. At the end you don't even need any airspeed indicator in GA airplane because you can still feel and judge the airspeed pretty precisely by the way it handles and sounds 😉
Just need to know, as I'm gonna start my flight training that, does training on Cessna 162 aircraft hours counts? Because I heard that since it's a light sport flying aircraft and it's cockpit is rather different and irrelevant to commercial aircrafts hence, there's no benefit to get flight training on Cessna 162 and the flight hours don't count. Plz need proper and correct guidance?
Wouldn’t touch Cirrus for that very reason. Couldn’t give me one of those things. Diamond as well. Cessna and Beechcraft are American owned. Piper is owned by the government of Brunei, oddly enough. Better than China, though. Would be nice if Embraer out of Brazil would try the GA market.
I know this is sponsored by Cirrus, but almost all the facts and features are accomplished through the Garmin Avionics. If you would fly in a Cessna or a Diamond for instance, most things, aside from the sidestick and the CAPS, would work the same way.
