PART 2: 2020 G36 G1000 NXi Demo Flight 

A station wagon can carry more than a sedan while burning more fuel to go slower? Crazy. Unless there's ice. Or you need to put anyone but a very small child in the back and still land with enough fuel to not have burned your CG out the back. Or you want to get into the flight levels to top weather or catch some wind. Notwithstanding they are planes built for different missions, it's instructive to research how many of each type are on active 135 certificates. Charter operators need high dispatch rates, high uptime, and low maintenance costs. The Cirrus has fewer and simpler mechanical systems, a higher service ceiling, a more capable ice protection system, and a better ride owing to much higher wing loading. Subjectively, having flown both for several hundred hours, the Cirrus is just nicer to fly. The Bo is a fine plane but there's a reason it has a fraction of the market share. People who don't need 6 seats prefer the more comfortable, cheaper to operate Cirrus; people who do really need 6 seats will give up a few knots for the more comfortable, fly-with-anything-you-can-close-the-doors-on, land anywhere 206 or they will spend a little more for the security of a Baron. Textron uses buyer profiles to find and keep track of probable and possible buyers throughout the world. In fact, if you walk in to a Cessna pilot center and you've been previously identified by the Textron algorithm, it will ID you when the CFI enters your info and you will get, at the very least, a personal call from a hired gun like Mindy or Sarah. These buyer profiles are specific to each model. Almost all the Textron models from the Skyhawk to the Latitude are targeted at buyers based on tangible, value-added, market leading attributes. Only the Bo is targeted based on intangibles like prestige and tradition, because it can't win on numbers. When I taught at a Cessna Pilot Center in a large NE metro, we got to know the various product line reps pretty well and it was downright spooky how good the computer is at guessing what airplane you might want to buy, but no one needed a computer to figure out who was getting a Bonanza ride when the piston rep called.

gasfiltered there are way more Bonanza around and for many years before that fibreglass junk Cirrus ever existed. Ive been flying for forty years and mostly twins but if I wanted a single I’d buy would buy a Bonanza to put my family in any day over a Cirrus...bloody pieces of shit they are.

The biggest fault I see in the Cirrus is the side stick controls. You just can’t get good leverage (2 hands) on it in a full flaps go-around situation, when the nose wants to pitch up. Other than that it’s quite a nice airplane.

@@gasfiltered So what would you say the average ground speed for each plane would be at 8000 feet flying from north to south

The sr22 has about 140 pounds higher useful load than the bonanza and cruises at the same speed with less fuel burn

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You’re too kind. 😅

Wait, you can add a Mindy and Sara to a bonanza purchase ?

Thank you! Much appreciated. Cub will make it on here soon :)

Thank you for the kind words!!

Yes, the NXi is incredible. Kudos, Garmin!

Haha yes, a much different style of flying these days! Thanks for watching :)

Its never too late to get current again and just enjoy flying

Yes- love them both but both have different missions. A comparison is a great suggestion. Thank you for watching!

It was scheduled this year to happen again last week but was cancelled due to COVID-19. Its rescheduled for 2021 😊

@@Schmiiindy , Wow, that's still good news, then. :) Thanks for the update.

This is just a peak at what the Bonanza can do! Unfortunately, we can’t show every scenario..it’s just meant to give you a little taste. That’s all. If you’d like to know more, feel free to ask questions. Thanks for watching!

It is a funky looking vortex generator

Real Eyes Imaging hi there! The new G1000 NXi (2019 and later) comes standard with the envelope protection. I don’t believe you get it if you retro fit your current suite as the envelope protection involves all new servos integrated into the autopilot system.