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Old 1st July 2008 | 20:37
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SNS3Guppy
 
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Oh dear Mr SNS3 I better never fly a 747 ever again.
What has that to do with the price of tea in china, exactly? Seems that the cirrus stalls just the same, and stalls and departures have happened in many different airplanes, light or heavy. Your light dismissal of the possibility of a stall is clearly in error, and you can cloud the issue all you like...but the fact is you were wrong to so state, and you're still wrong.

And yes, doubtless you'll not find yourself flying for a living. Your attitude would certainly seem to preclude it.

Fujiabound, clearly the SR20 didn't exhibit favorable characteristics for spin recovery. Emphasis was placed on stall avoidance and spin prevention, with the use of the parachute as a secondary method to back up a pilot who didn't manage to keep the airplane shiny side up in the first place.

In the SR20 proper execution of recovery control
movements is necessary to affect recovery, and aircraft may become unrecoverable with
incorrect control inputs.
So far as comparisons with multi engine airplanes that have large masses and assymetrical thrust laterally displaced outboard of the longitudinal centerline...it's a ridiculous comparison. Start by comparing it to other single engine airplanes, first.

Truth is that Cirrus is in the middle of a series of lawsuits right now regarding fatalities which have occured following fatal crashes (and yes, some involved parachute failures). The details of those cases will not be made available until the matters are concluded. Unfortunately a personal friend is embroiled in the matter. That has no bearing on my view on the aircraft or the company. While I was a supporter of Cirrus before they became public, and have always wished Klappmeier and company well, I have also never been silent regarding my distain for their marketing of the parachute system and the effect it has had on an inepxerienced and unwitting market. Nearly overwhelmingly, the attraction to the BRS installation appeals to those with the least experience, and that is telling.

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