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Old 27th Nov 2009, 10:43
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Is the Columbia/Cessna or Cessnalumbia built quality bette than Cirrus?
It's weird that Cessnalumbia 400 costs almost 100k more than the Turbo GS Cirrus SR22, though they have similar performance figures...
Based on what I have seen so far, absolutely - in 15 cirrus hours more niggles than in 50 Columbia hours. A lot more.

The performance figures are only similar - with the same fuel flow, the SR22 is a slower aircraft by 10-20 kts depending on altitude, because of its larger cabin and its lower-speed wing - you pay for that with the poor short field capability of the Columbia. You can fly the Columbia rich of peak and burn 24 gallons to get an extra 10+ kts on top of that, but that is silly. 235-240kt TAS at FL240 is nice to prove a point, but hardly sensible.

The Cirrus I currently fly struggles to keep CHT reasonable in one cylinder above FL120, but that might be a one-off problem.
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