Neat experience today.

Matt,

I recently sold my C310 (after about 650 hours in it). The C310 was a
joy to fly, when trimmed it almost flew hands off. The plane had no
autopilot, so all those hours where hand flown.

I joined OurPlane and have been flying a SR22G for the last 6 months. I
found that the ground roll is about the same as my twin Cessna, but the
climb performance is probably better.

I also found that there was very little effort in transitioning from the
yoke to the side stick. However, the SR22 does not like to be hand flown
because the trim controls are not responsive enough. It only has an
electric trim, no hand trims. The plane likes to flown on autopilot.
With all this in mind, it remains a wonderful plane to fly.

Cary

Matt Whiting wrote:
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The rudder came alive pretty quickly on the takeoff roll, but
acceleration was sluggish compared to a 182, but probably similar to the
club Arrow I know fly, which I also consider sluggish. I don't know the
typical weight of the SR20, but it probably is nearly as heavy as the
182 with 30 less HP. The rotation speed is similar to the Arrow (65
knots was what the owner recommended) and a fair bit higher than the
182. Climb was sluggish, again much like the Arrow and at a similar
speed (90K). Once at 3500' I leveled off and the speed built up nicely.

The side stick would take some getting used to, but it wasn't bad. I
found the controls to be more sluggish than my 182, but less so than the
Arrow.

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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.


Matt

Cary Mariash wrote:

Matt,

I recently sold my C310 (after about 650 hours in it). The C310 was a
joy to fly, when trimmed it almost flew hands off. The plane had no
autopilot, so all those hours where hand flown.

I joined OurPlane and have been flying a SR22G for the last 6 months. I
found that the ground roll is about the same as my twin Cessna, but the
climb performance is probably better.

That is really amazing that an SR22 can outclimb a C310. I thought the
310 was a pretty nice performing twin ... with both turning anyway.

Matt