The great debate
I think of them both as assisted suicide devices for people with severe main character syndrome but I guess cirrus has that parachute thingy right? Did I confuse them with lancair?t. noplanez
I used to work for cirrus. I know nothing about planes, just made them for a few years.
>>2071620Did you have an employee discount?
>>2071621Not on planes. I actually did not work there for a few years, I lived in Duluth for a few years, only worked there for about two years.
>>2071611Flying is fucking boring bros.I once flew in a ultralight, a helicopter and of course normal passenger planes.Whats the fuss about? I mean if you have a nice car its glorious to ride on pass roads in the italian alps. You see the beautiful landscape while cutting corners on perfect roads.Flying is just a straight line, its cool for like 5 minutes and then it gets boring af.Boomers paying 6 figures on some stupid small planes is the most retarded thing ever.
>>2071652Maybe as a passenger it's boring, but as a pilot it's a complex high skill activity that requires continuously executing a lot of things really well just to not die. That's what makes it so fun.
>>2071652t. obviously never flown a plane as pilot
>>2071652>Flying is just a straight linelol, lmao even
>>2071689this. clearly.
>>2071611>The great debatenot a debateSF50 > DA62 > DA50RG > SR22T > DA42 > SR22 > DA20
>>2071652I just want to fly over traffic in California and not be stuck in it
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imagine trying to compete with thismurricans could never
>>2072168I'd like to see one in a good custom paint scheme instead of the boring factory livery
I've never flown a Cirrus, but I have a few hours in a DA40-180 and really liked it. I'm a big fan of the traditional stick and its solid linkages that make the controls super responsive and direct, which I find much more intuitive than the sloppy cable controls of 172s etc., and the one I flew also had a CS prop with a lever which I also really prefer, I think manifold pressure is much easier to manage than prop RPM when doing maneuvers.
>>2071615>main character syndromewhat is this? A derisive term invented by low agency fags?
>>2073366You're just finding out that /n/ is heavily populated by extremely poor crabs in a bucket that look scornfully upon anyone who actually tries and succeeds at doing things. Stick to /gag/ for the airplane bros.
>>2073988Most of them are the same way too. I post a lot of pilot related stuff on >>>/o/>>2071611Frankly, neither. The real answer is probably either the Pipstrel Panthera or the current model Bonanza (and I am leaning towards saying the Bonanza).
>>2073991>Bonanzahahahahaha yes 40s tech is so cool and hip amirite?
‘60s rigid Cessna with slicks
>>2074093The modern Bonanza has not much in common with the 1940s models. It is longer, larger, seats more, new control system, modern cockpit, etc., etc. and is much roomier than a Diamond or Cirrus.
>>2071689>everyone can be a pilot>flight is obviously only for pilotsLove to see the plane with 300 fisher piece mock cockpit instrument clusters at every seat....
>>2071611No reason to fly any small plane without an emergency chute like the cirrus.
>>2076278unless it has 2 engines, like this one >>2072168
>>2071652>pass roads in the italian alps>on perfect roadslol, lmao even
>>2076278Planes don't need parachutes, they can glide. Using a parachute gives you far less control than simply being able to perform an engine-out landing. Imagine if you panicked and threw the parachute only to find out here are power lines directly underneath you and there's literally nothing you can do about it. If you simply looked for a proper landing area within your glide range instead you could've avoided such a scenario. A parachute if anything is just the manufacturer admitting their plane is shit and that they don't trust the engine not to die in a bad circumstance.
>>2076324you have 0 flight hours and it shows
>>2076324>Imagine if you panicked and threw the parachute only to find out here are power lines directly underneath youHas that ever happened in the entire existence of the Cirrus CAPS system?
