Cirrus attracting pilots with 'The Wrong Stuff'?

I haven't flown a Cirrus, ;( , so I can't speak to the flying
characteristics. But the flight characteristics offered by "Toly":

"but in the air the plane is very slippery and feels like it's skating on
ice, only in three dimensions"

sounds like a recipe for disaster, especially for a pilot that is rusty. One
of the things I really like about my TR182 is that it like flying a rock.
Yes, it is boring, and I have thought lately about trading it in for a fun
airplane like a Maule or Citabria - but, in it's defense, when I haven't
flown for a while it is incredibly forgiving of imperfect piloting.

Michael

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:OiQhc.2643$aQ6.415323@attbi_s51...
There's been some discussion here about Cirrus' less-than-stellar safety
record. snip

Michael,

"but in the air the plane is very slippery and feels like it's skating on
ice, only in three dimensions"


That's just, well, sorry, BS, IMHO. The Cirrus is one of the best flying
planes I have flown. It tops the Bonanza. Notice that Toly compares it to
flying Pipers and such. Well, it definitely doesn't fly like a spam can.
That's great!

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 14:42:07 GMT, "Michael 182"
wrote:

I haven't flown a Cirrus, ;( , so I can't speak to the flying
characteristics. But the flight characteristics offered by "Toly":

"but in the air the plane is very slippery and feels like it's skating on
ice, only in three dimensions"

This description is crap. I fly a Cherokee 180, and got my first time
in a Cirrus 2 weeks ago. The handling is a bit sportier than my
Cherokee, but is by no means uncontrollable. It took me all of 5
minutes to get used to it.

-Nathan

Nathan,

fully agree.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

I don't think the Cirrus is hard to fly. It feels a little
different because of the sidestick, which takes a few
minutes to get used to, and it IS a pain to hand fly because
of the poorly setup trim controls. But I don't think it's
especially slippery if that means difficult to control.

Someone mentioned the flying article, however that
was written just before the recent crop of three incidents.

John

"Michael 182" wrote in message
news:3RQhc.2723$_L6.433903@attbi_s53...
I haven't flown a Cirrus, ;( , so I can't speak to the flying
characteristics. But the flight characteristics offered by "Toly":

"but in the air the plane is very slippery and feels like it's skating on
ice, only in three dimensions"

sounds like a recipe for disaster, especially for a pilot that is rusty.
One
of the things I really like about my TR182 is that it like flying a rock.
Yes, it is boring, and I have thought lately about trading it in for a fun
airplane like a Maule or Citabria - but, in it's defense, when I haven't
flown for a while it is incredibly forgiving of imperfect piloting.

Michael

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:OiQhc.2643$aQ6.415323@attbi_s51...
There's been some discussion here about Cirrus' less-than-stellar safety
record. snip

Bull****! I have flown the SR22 and I thought it handled quite
nicely. I question the piloting skills of anyone who would say
something as inane about it as the bald tire bit listed below. It
wasn't any harder to fly than a Piper Archer II.

Dean

"Michael 182" wrote in message news:3RQhc.2723$_L6.433903@attbi_s53...
I haven't flown a Cirrus, ;( , so I can't speak to the flying
characteristics. But the flight characteristics offered by "Toly":

"but in the air the plane is very slippery and feels like it's skating on
ice, only in three dimensions"

sounds like a recipe for disaster, especially for a pilot that is rusty. One
of the things I really like about my TR182 is that it like flying a rock.
Yes, it is boring, and I have thought lately about trading it in for a fun
airplane like a Maule or Citabria - but, in it's defense, when I haven't
flown for a while it is incredibly forgiving of imperfect piloting.

Michael

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:OiQhc.2643$aQ6.415323@attbi_s51...
There's been some discussion here about Cirrus' less-than-stellar safety
record. snip

Huh? What "bald tire" bit?


"Dean Wilkinson" wrote in message
m...
Bull****! I have flown the SR22 and I thought it handled quite
nicely. I question the piloting skills of anyone who would say
something as inane about it as the bald tire bit listed below. It
wasn't any harder to fly than a Piper Archer II.

Dean

"Michael 182" wrote in message
news:3RQhc.2723$_L6.433903@attbi_s53...
I haven't flown a Cirrus, ;( , so I can't speak to the flying
characteristics. But the flight characteristics offered by "Toly":

"but in the air the plane is very slippery and feels like it's skating
on
ice, only in three dimensions"

sounds like a recipe for disaster, especially for a pilot that is rusty.
One
of the things I really like about my TR182 is that it like flying a
rock.
Yes, it is boring, and I have thought lately about trading it in for a
fun
airplane like a Maule or Citabria - but, in it's defense, when I haven't
flown for a while it is incredibly forgiving of imperfect piloting.

Michael

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:OiQhc.2643$aQ6.415323@attbi_s51...
There's been some discussion here about Cirrus' less-than-stellar
safety
record. snip