Comments on: Upside-down in a Cirrus http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396 Online perspective from the editors of "AOPA Pilot". Sat, 18 May 2013 17:56:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Neirinck, Cam http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396&cpage=1#comment-183403 Neirinck, Cam Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:03:00 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396#comment-183403 Looking good, but will it be approved for a Beech Bonanza
model S-35 (1964 model)

]]> By: Mark http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396&cpage=1#comment-98045 Mark Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:49:05 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396#comment-98045 I wonder if Garmin has done this same thing in a Cirrus with their GFC700?

]]> By: Scott http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396&cpage=1#comment-97717 Scott Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:28:37 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396#comment-97717 Marty,
Are you really as dumb as you sound? Kind of ironic isn’t it?

]]> By: Pilot Store http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396&cpage=1#comment-97219 Pilot Store Sun, 03 Oct 2010 05:19:20 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396#comment-97219 Truly Amazing!

]]> By: Da Yooper http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396&cpage=1#comment-97166 Da Yooper Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:29:33 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396#comment-97166 Please wash the belly of that airplane!! And tell the video editor this is not MTV . . .

]]> By: Dave Hirschman http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396&cpage=1#comment-97144 Dave Hirschman Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:58:41 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396#comment-97144 Yes, Gonzo, you’re confidence is well placed! Both the airplane and the pilot were wearing parachutes. Also, the maneuvers also were done off airways, above 1,500 feet agl, and with more than three miles visibility.

]]> By: Marty http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396&cpage=1#comment-97143 Marty Sun, 26 Sep 2010 01:55:38 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396#comment-97143 Oh, well i guess the Cirrus will finally be a safe airplane now that another candy-apple tech will allow the uniformed to text & fly at the same time….
I would rather hunt with Cheney than fly a Cirrus….

]]> By: Gonzo http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396&cpage=1#comment-97138 Gonzo Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:23:10 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396#comment-97138 I am confident that the pilots were wearing parachutes to comply with the FARs during these maneuvers.

]]> By: Jay Earnshaw http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396&cpage=1#comment-97134 Jay Earnshaw Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:53:48 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396#comment-97134 If Avidyne can do it, why can not every acft, that can be fitted with an A/P, have the S&L function? Seems like a simple enough sensing and reaction sequence. I’d like to see a rudder actuator added however. Too many of our ‘lost control’ incidents involve spins.

]]> By: Dave Hirschman http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396&cpage=1#comment-97131 Dave Hirschman Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:22:57 +0000 http://blog.aopa.org/blog/?p=1396#comment-97131 Ryan,
In answer to your question, there were no additional modifications to the airframe of this particular SR22TN — but the stresses on the airplane during the DFC90 flight (+2.5Gs and -0.5) were well within Standard-category limits of +3.89 and -1.56). The maximum speed flown during the maneuvers was 185 KIAS, 16 knots below Vne.
Best,

Dave

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