Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
The Cirrus is a high-performance single and flies as such; it isn't remotely as forgiving as a Skylane. That said, it isn't exactly a F-104 waiting to kill you.
Fly it by the numbers and it is a fantastic aircraft, but like most high-performance airplanes, it doesn't tolerate being slow and in a skid.
I've done PLENTY of slow flight, power-on stalls, etc. in a SR22 and the *only* time it ever entered an incipient spin was because I purposefully did a power-on stall with my feet flat on the floor. Stall broke, wing dropped, and the maneuver was recovered within 90 degrees of heading.
Airspeed, airspeed, airspeed...
I agree with that above and hoped you'd chime in.
FWIW I think the SR20 may be a bit more risky for a pilot like her on the climbout due to lower power; trying to yank it up quickly may lead to rapid airspeed decay.
But seriously do you do short approaches and high angle approaches with the Cirrus? I wouldn't. I simply would not recommend anybody fly it near the edge of the envelope where you can easily drop a 172 with a precision landing, or slow it up on short final, or load the wing to arrest a rapid descent close to the ground; I did not feel anywhere the margin of safety flying the cirrus.
I wonder how I would have felt after 30 hrs in the cirrus, but I decided not to buy.