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#6361
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I like to "know" how much performance I can get out of my plane. If I have to do a steep bank into an accelerated stall, I can feel by the flight controls and the buffeting exactly how my plane will react, it talks to me before I will ever spin. The Cirrus really doesn't. I didn't really like flying the plane other than "Point A to Point B on auto most of the way" which is fine, but not the plane for me, nor for any of the numerous people who crashed.
I could fly it completely fine treating it like an airliner (like the person above said "never spin.") But for example I like to make short approach often just for fun, which I would never even consider doing in a Cirrus.
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I could fly it completely fine treating it like an airliner (like the person above said "never spin.") But for example I like to make short approach often just for fun, which I would never even consider doing in a Cirrus.
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I don't know your definition of a short approach so I can't speak to that.
Personally, I didn't like it much. I found the sidestick intuitive, but I hated the spring loaded flight controls. But while I didn't like it, I never felt it was unsafe. And we solo'ed lots of folks in it.
The last report I had read on safety record was in avweb a year or so back. Perhaps the report was wrong, I was under the impression it had a pretty good record over last few years.
#6362
The JFK ground controller last night. He decided to teach all us dumb pilots a lesson about stepping on radio calls and just stopped replying to anybody, thereby making the traffic jam worse than before as more and more aircraft got on freq to ask for taxi clearance. 2nd trip in a row I've had to listen to this guy's power trip while trying to get from the gate to the runway.
#6363
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The JFK ground controller last night. He decided to teach all us dumb pilots a lesson about stepping on radio calls and just stopped replying to anybody, thereby making the traffic jam worse than before as more and more aircraft got on freq to ask for taxi clearance. 2nd trip in a row I've had to listen to this guy's power trip while trying to get from the gate to the runway.
#6364
The JFK ground controller last night. He decided to teach all us dumb pilots a lesson about stepping on radio calls and just stopped replying to anybody, thereby making the traffic jam worse than before as more and more aircraft got on freq to ask for taxi clearance. 2nd trip in a row I've had to listen to this guy's power trip while trying to get from the gate to the runway.
Maybe if more people would figure out how to use a radio, the controller wouldn't get so frustrated. When will people understand that hurrying to get your call in, doesn't work?
#6365
Ha. You posted that as I was typing. It really does get embarrassing sometimes.
#6366
The JFK ground controller last night. He decided to teach all us dumb pilots a lesson about stepping on radio calls and just stopped replying to anybody, thereby making the traffic jam worse than before as more and more aircraft got on freq to ask for taxi clearance. 2nd trip in a row I've had to listen to this guy's power trip while trying to get from the gate to the runway.
#6367
He wasted half his radio time trying to get some WB past an RJ that wasn't even on freq. Had to listen to the controller tirade about the RJ when he could've had a warm cup of STefU and actually moved aircraft that were capable of moving. The entire problem was caused by the controller, made worse by the controller, and complained about by the controller.
#6368
More on that "over the top" stall/spin:
Cirrus Stall - AVweb Insider Article
Beware the "Safe" Airplane
The Latest "Advances": Parachutes, Glass Cockpits, etc.
Today, we have the "safety" of airplanes with parachutes. Yet the Cirrus SR20/SR22 family apparently has a crash rate easily five times as bad as the Skylane RG -- an airplane quite comparable in cost, specifications and performance. The Cirrus, in fact, seems to be killing off pilots at a rate that would make critics of those "crash-prone" common single-engine retractables -- (fill in your favorite here) -- reluctant to ride a fixed-gear Cirrus.
Today, we have the "safety" of airplanes with parachutes. Yet the Cirrus SR20/SR22 family apparently has a crash rate easily five times as bad as the Skylane RG -- an airplane quite comparable in cost, specifications and performance. The Cirrus, in fact, seems to be killing off pilots at a rate that would make critics of those "crash-prone" common single-engine retractables -- (fill in your favorite here) -- reluctant to ride a fixed-gear Cirrus.
#6369
There have been times when I'm tempted to believe that they're all idiots. I wasn't there on the day in question, but I have been there during a push, when everyone wants to be first in line. All that happens is that transmissions get blocked.
Meanwhile, I just sit and wait. It keeps my blood pressure low, and I get paid by the minute anyway.
#6370
There have been times when I'm tempted to believe that they're all idiots. I wasn't there on the day in question, but I have been there during a push, when everyone wants to be first in line. All that happens is that transmissions get blocked.
Meanwhile, I just sit and wait. It keeps my blood pressure low, and I get paid by the minute anyway.
Meanwhile, I just sit and wait. It keeps my blood pressure low, and I get paid by the minute anyway.
I seized my opportunity after the 2nd scolding by the controller. After the 1st one nobody talked for like 10 seconds so right after he berated everybody the 2nd time I was able to get my callsign out there. I didn't say anything for about 3 minutes and out of the blue he cleared us to taxi .
That said, when captain Happy had his tirade we all (rightfully) berated him. While the controller didn't stoop to that level of toolery, he was out of line in the way he was acting. It's not always our fault when things go wrong. No need to defend a ground controller when he crosses the line past unprofessional and deep into tooldom.
As an aside, it gave the captain and I something to joke about for the rest of the night.
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