Cirrus Sr22

I've been looking at planes on Trade-a-Plane and Controller, and I've noticed something that surprised me.

Early SR22s (~2001-2002) seem to be going for around $180,000. Meanwhile, a cessna 182 from around the same year won't be much cheaper than $250,000 (and often times much more expensive).

My understanding is that SR22s have more features and go quite a bit faster, so I was surprised to see 182s going for so much more. Anyone have a clue why that might be?

Trying to buy my first airplane. I'm a low time pilot who has not flown in consistently in decades. My first goal will be to get used to flying again, and completing my IFR training.

         Range     75% Cruise

SR20 627nm 155kn

SR22 811 184

Anticipated Typical Missions; with shorter ones occurring more frequently.

Range nm SR22 time SR20 time Delta

186.          1.01 hr.         1.20.              11 min
     

187.          2.03.            2.40.              23
     

188.          3.63.            4.30.              41
     

189.          5.15.            6.12.               58
     

The longest mission requiring a stop for both types; the second longest probably requiring a stop one way for the SR20.

It seems to me, I'd be better off in an SR20. Y the SR22 is wildly more "popular".

I would probably get into a G3 SR20, or w G2 SR22, everything else including cost being the same.

Thanks!

Edit: convinced to go with SR22. Thanks for all the feedback.

On December 10, 2020, about 1500 mountain standard time, a Cirrus Design Corp. SR22, N577CP, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Ogden, Utah. The pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A friend of the pilot reported that the pilot told him the engine experienced a partial loss of engine power shortly after takeoff from runway 17, and that the airplane would not climb. The pilot performed a right turn and landed on runway 3, however, could not stop the airplane before it overran the departure end of the runway and impacted terrain. The airplane sustained structural damage to the left wing and fuselage. The wreckage was recovered to a secure location for further examination.

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Have any good ones come out? I can't seem to find any in search.

Flight Model: Modern

All items in the assistance tab set to Hard.

Whilst I have not tried every aircraft, the only aircraft that I have tried that can spin is the Cessna 172. I cannot spin most other aircraft including the Cessna 152 Aerobat and Cirrus SR22, including with full rudder, hard-over ailerons (including cross controlled), and yoke fully back. It feels like most aircraft are on rails and are always fully controllable no matter how much I abuse the controls.

I understand that spin modelling is difficult, however, this seems very odd to me.

Is this a bug?

I've been spending most of my time in the Cirrus SR22. I started to try to gather some specs on it so I knew what Vy, Vx etc. were. And I came across specs that said the Cruise speed was 183 KTAS. The game says it's 150 KTAS.

I was digging trying to find out if the game SR22 is a different engine than what I'm finding online for the model, but I'm not finding anything like that. I don't know much about the SR22 IRL, so I figured I'd ask here if anybody knows why the in game SR22 lists the cruise speed so much lower than everything I can find about it online.

HISTORY OF FLIGHT

On September 4, 2020, about 2055 central daylight time, a Cirrus SR22 airplane, N733CD, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Chester, Arkansas. The private pilot and three passengers sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.

According to initial information, the accident pilot called his flight instructor/airplane mechanic at the Muskogee-Davis Regional Airport (MKO), near Muskogee, Oklahoma, on September 4, 2020, about 1900, and advised the mechanic that he intended to fly to North Carolina. The mechanic advised the pilot to leave in the morning. Fueling records showed the accident airplane was refueled about 1949, with 36.41 gallons of 100 low lead aviation gasoline.

According to initial radar data, the airplane departed from MKO about 2027. The airplane flew eastward, had climbed up through 8,500 ft, and the pilot established radio communication with an air traffic controller. The pilot was asked by the controller where the flight was destined and the pilot said it was Pickens County Airport, near Pickens, South Carolina. The airplane was radar-identified, was issued depicted weather, and the controller suggested a 20 right turn for the weather. The airplane flew about 4 four miles on this heading and then reversed course. The flight was queried on its heading and the pilot replied that they were returning to MKO. The airplane was observed on a northwest heading by the controller who asked the pilot if he still intended to return to MKO, and advised the pilot that the airplane appeared to be on a heading of 340. The pilot replied that the airplane had been caught by the wind and he was correcting its course. However, the airplane turned northeast and began descending. The controller issued the flight a 20 left turn and no response was received in reference to that turn. The controller then advised the flight to turn left heading 270. The pilot acknowledged the 270 heading. The airplane continued to descend and turn right. The controller then advised that the flight appeared to be losing altitude rapidly and advised the pilot to level the airplane's wings, and fly southbound. The controller subsequently queried the flight multiple times, advised that radar contact was lost, and no response was received. An alert notice was issued, a search conducted, and the wreckage was found in wooded terrain on September 5, 2020.

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Cirrus has a parachute system called CAPS on the SR22. Does the FS2020 include this? I havent' seen any footage or reference to it yet

Basically title, regrets, unexpected things, pros, cons, etc

On October 24, 2020, about 1200 central daylight time, a Cirrus SR22 airplane, N183V, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Tishomingo, Oklahoma. The pilot and three passengers were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 flight. The pilot stated that after descending to about 1,800 ft above ground level, the engine started to lose RPM and subsequently lost all power. After noticing that forced landing options were unsuitable, the pilot pulled the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS). The airplane descended under parachute until impact with terrain, which fractured an engine mount. On site examination of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed significant thermal damage to the engine and an empty oil reservoir, with oil covering the underside of the airplane.

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