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Timothy
I’ve only flown one once so I’m going completely by what I’ve read and heard from a pilot friend with more experience in one. Basically it’s more unforgiving in handling.
- Spring loaded control yoke, reduces tactile feedback.
- Behavior in stalls and ease of entering into a spin, at which point Cirrus says pull chute.
For comparison, I was very interested in a DA40, known for having very benign flight characteristics, being very forgiving in handling, and best safety record. Ultimately I couldn’t fit in that cockpit so I went another direction for now.
Furthermore, all that being said, I still would like to have a Cirrus eventually. Like I said, it’s the one thing about them I didn’t like. I like everything else about them. Building my chops on a cheaper and easier airplane first. Currently a student approaching checkride.
Then to put it bluntly, learn more before you continue posting OWT.
Cirrus compared to a few other planes I have flow is actauly difficult to get into a spin. It stalls very straight forward, no wing drop, still has control through the root wing stall when the nose drops.
In a Cirrus, you do get minimal control force feedback in your hands, instead you feel it in your a**, see it in your eyes, feel it in your inner ear. It is a question of many pilots just being lazy on the controls and using the force feedback on the controls instead of actually listening to what the rest of the plane is saying. And what the rest of the plane is saying is much more critical.
Tim