Dan Luke wrote:

"Matt Whiting" wrote:


I suspect that flying an SR22 might change my opinion as the main thing
with the SR20 is that it felt underpowered, just like the Arrow. After
flying a Skylane for 6 years, I really miss the performance, particularly
on takeoff.


The SR-22 I flew surprised me with its relatively sluggish takeoff
performance. It did not seem notably quicker than my 180-horse Cutlass on
initial power application, even with all that hp out front. I can well
imagine that the SR-20 is no rocket ship--same airframe; much less
horsepower. Definitely not short field airplanes.

Yes, I didn't try to gauge the ground roll precisely, but we used at
last half of Wellsboro's runway. It was a warm day yesterday (upper
80s) and we had three people onboard and I don't know how much fuel.
Even so, it was pretty sluggish on takeoff, but probably not much worse
than the Arrow I fly. Both have three blade props which doesn't help
take-off performance.


Matt