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Old 06-14-2016 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by cardiomd
Your post is a little contradictory
No, it isn't.

The airplane can maintain speed and slow down just fine, which matters when mixing in with faster traffic. It also does a fine job of getting down, but like most high performance airplanes, it doesn't slow down AND go down well at the same time. The issue is people wanting to use 90kt over the threshold when the book is (IIRC) 78-80kts. That's a LOT of extra energy to dissipate in the flare, landing and rollout.

I would agree that a Cirrus isn't "fun" to fly, but I feel the same way about a 182 or an Arrow or a Bonanza.

Fly it like what it is - a high performance airplane - and nothing bad will happen. But you can't jack around with too much extra energy because high performance airplanes simply aren't as forgiving as less-performing ones...
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