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Originally Posted by Comet
noob again here
what's are the stall characteristics of the Cirrus? It stalls earlier than a 172?
a lot of Cirrus bashing going on here :S
and people hating on the parachute lol
If you are reasonably coordinated the nose will barely drop and neither of the wings will drop (IME). The wing cuff design allows you to use some aileron to control the aircraft even when full stalled.
When I have students who are nervous about stalls I will sometimes show them a stall and maneuver the aircraft into gentle banks while fully stalled.
The biggest problem with the stall characteristics are that it can sometimes be difficult to recognize the stall. Because there is no nose or wing drop the first sign is usually full back-pressure with no gain in altitude.