The Cirrus SR22 just got better...

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The Cirrus SR22 just got better...

#1 Post by Cacophonix » Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:04 am

At a little over +- $800,000 I am sure that some folks here will be out there bidding for one of these models.

Cirrus today officially introduced the new generation of SR-series piston singles — known as G6 — that add a long list of capabilities and features to the 2017 model year airplanes, including the new Perspective+ avionics system that is based on Garmin’s just-launched G1000 NXi platform.

Flying recently had the chance to experience the 2017 SR22T on a number of long cross-country trips where the Perspective+ avionics stood out as among the most important upgrades in the history of the SR series introduced in the late 1990s with the first generation. Features pilots are sure to appreciate include animated Nexrad weather graphics, a qwerty-style keyboard, a handy HSI map overlay on the primary flight display, the ability to choose IFR visual approaches from the procedures menu that mimic the guidance cues of precision approaches, improved connectivity for flight plan and database uploads, and a crisper, cleaner overall look.

The new Garmin avionics system is also much faster thanks to a marked increased in processor speed and computer memory, advances that have allowed developers to bring many of the capabilities from the G3000 and G5000 avionics systems to Perspective+.

The G6 models also add new Spectra LED wingtip lights designed with lighting specialist Whelen Engineering along with courtesy lights underneath each wingtip, on each step and in the baggage compartment. The exterior courtesy lights automatically turn on and remain on until after take off when reaching 200 feet agl. The lights then automatically switch back on when descending for landing passing 200 feet agl. In airplanes equipped with a yaw damper, it also automatically engages and disengages at 200 feet agl with no pilot input required.


Light aircraft with yaw dampers and avant-garde avionics that would equal some of the standard kit in a 737-800! Quo vadis?

http://www.flyingmag.com/cirrus-launche ... ODE5NTYwS0

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Re: The Cirrus SR22 just got better...

#2 Post by Bob » Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:31 pm

I'm not saying I would refuse one as a gift, but if I could afford that sort of money, I would spend it on something interesting and fun, always fancied a Beaver on floats
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Re: The Cirrus SR22 just got better...

#3 Post by Pinky the pilot » Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:50 am

What Bob said, but rather than a Beaver on floats I'd go for a reasonably low hour C404.

Always a bit of work about around here for a good example of those. :-bd
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