"Michael Houghton" wrote in message
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Howdy!

In article ,
C J Campbell wrote:

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Who says I am anti-Cirrus? The Cirrus manual says the airplane cannot
recover from a spin except by deploying CAPS. Is Cirrus anti-Cirrus?

The following was quoted elsewhere in the thread:

(Cirrus Airplane Parachute System - CAPS) The minimum demonstrated
altitude loss for a CAPS deployment from a one-turn spin is 920
feet. Activation at higher altitudes provides enhanced safety
margins for parachute recoveries. Do not waste time and altitude
trying to recover from a spiral/spin before activating CAPS.

This does not say "don't even thing of trying". It notes the need for
prompt action at lower altitudes. If one is two miles up, one can
take a moment to try to recover and still have room to deploy.

Pray cite exactly where, in the Cirrus manual, it says that a spin
is irrecoverable without using CAPS? Until you can back up your
peculiar claim, you are trying to blow smoke up our posterior
orifices, and that dog don't hunt.


I would never think of blowing smoke up your particular orifice, Michael.

The following was quoted elsewhere on the thread:

"Spins
The SR22 is not approved for spins, and has not been tested or certified
for spin recovery characteristics. The only approved and demonstrated method
of spin recovery is activation of the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (See
CAPS Deployment, this section). Because of this, if the aircraft “departs
controlled flight,” the CAPS must be deployed."

Now, Mr. Ferguson is the only person who has been kind enough to point out
that this may be outdated (though not without being rather abusive about
it), but it is still on Cirrus' web site and it remains the best official
information that I have.

If you clowns want to argue that the pilot in this case should not have
followed the instructions in his flight manual then I guess I really don't
know what to say, other than that I think you are idiots. I would be happy
to go up with anyone in his Cirrus and we can see if it will recover from a
spin without CAPS.