Cirrus and Lancair Make Bonanza Obsolete?

Why? The Cirrus is roomier than the Bo and has better designed seats.

This reminds me of the ridiculous argument that the Mooney folks use to make
about their planes being wider and roomier than a Bonanza. I've flown
hundreds of hours in Mooneys and hundreds of hours in Bonanzas. There is NO
comparison - the Bonanza is much more comfortable. I haven't flown hundreds
of hours in a Cirrus, but I've sat in them for 20-minutes at a stretch at
Oshkosh. They're very well-designed, have nice seats, and are quite
comfortable, but there is no comparison on room. And you can get seats that
match a new Cirrus in comfort by spending a couple grand, which you can
easily afford with the $150K you saved in acquisition costs.

Don't be get me wrong - the new designs have their merits. But don't drink
the kool-aid and think these planes have made some quantum leap ahead in
anything other than avionics.

- Mark

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Why? The Cirrus is roomier than the Bo and has better designed seats.

This reminds me of the ridiculous argument that the Mooney folks use to
make
about their planes being wider and roomier than a Bonanza. I've flown
hundreds of hours in Mooneys and hundreds of hours in Bonanzas. There is
NO
comparison - the Bonanza is much more comfortable. I haven't flown
hundreds
of hours in a Cirrus, but I've sat in them for 20-minutes at a stretch at
Oshkosh. They're very well-designed, have nice seats, and are quite
comfortable, but there is no comparison on room. And you can get seats
that
match a new Cirrus in comfort by spending a couple grand, which you can
easily afford with the $150K you saved in acquisition costs.

Don't be get me wrong - the new designs have their merits. But don't
drink
the kool-aid and think these planes have made some quantum leap ahead in
anything other than avionics.

Quite so. But their changes are more than avionics; their entire design and
structure is different.

I think the people that gravitate towards the Cirrus and Lancair are the
same ones that have to have the "state of the art" on the rest of their
toys... :~)