Carenado SR22

**VCN-1** · January 23rd, 2013, 05:19

It has been released.

http://www.carenado.com/CarSite/Port...duct&correl=81

VCN-1

**Kiwikat** · January 23rd, 2013, 05:36

Can someone let us know if it allows you to enter a flight plan from inside the unit? Carenado avoided this question like the plague on facebook...

**kernelPANIC** · January 23rd, 2013, 06:02

No, you have to load the flight plan from the simulator and then it will be loaded on the G1000. It is not currently possible to load a flight plan from inside the unit on this G1000. Maybe with a future revision...

**N428ER** · January 23rd, 2013, 06:15

Really? What a shame, bloody shame.

**Felixthreeone** · January 23rd, 2013, 06:44

It definitely looks nice lol

**OleBoy** · January 23rd, 2013, 07:07

Originally Posted by kernelPANIC

No, you have to load the flight plan from the simulator and then it will be loaded on the G1000. It is not currently possible to load a flight plan from inside the unit on this G1000. Maybe with a future revision...

What are your ties to Carenado? Based on your comment you sound as if you are on the dev team.
Curious members would like to know.

**kernelPANIC** · January 23rd, 2013, 07:58

Originally Posted by OleBoy

What are your ties to Carenado? Based on your comment you sound as if you are on the dev team.
Curious members would like to know.

I do customer support for Carenado and aircraft development on Alabeo (Although I'm here on personal grounds and not representing anybody, I was just trying to clarify things for those who asked).

**ryanbatc** · January 23rd, 2013, 08:21

Originally Posted by N428ER

Really? What a shame, bloody shame.

Really I'm not surprised. Im camping in -40 f windchill but when I come back I'm buying it easy.

**JAllen** · January 23rd, 2013, 10:17

Getting this one soon as I get home. When not flying warbirds I have been flying their 182T all over hell and back. Thank you Carenado.

**Kiwikat** · January 23rd, 2013, 12:03

I will pass on this one. Don't need yet another aircraft with poorly modeled avionics. Sigh...

**Phantom88** · January 23rd, 2013, 12:24

Originally Posted by kernelPANIC

I do customer support for Carenado and aircraft development on Alabeo (Although I'm here on personal grounds and not representing anybody, I was just trying to clarify things for those who asked).

What happened to the GeeBee? It was announced on Twitter that it would be released soon,That was over 2 weeks ago.

***Motormouse*** · January 23rd, 2013, 12:49

Originally Posted by Kiwikat

I will pass on this one. Don't need yet another aircraft with poorly modeled avionics. Sigh...

You could always buy the G1000 simulator from Garmin.... ----> https://buy.garmin.com/shop/search.do?searchStr=G1000

ttfn

Pete

**Scratch** · January 23rd, 2013, 13:24

WOW! It's gorgeous!

**Sascha66** · January 23rd, 2013, 13:25

Please let them do it for FS2004!!!

**dvj** · January 23rd, 2013, 13:29

Originally Posted by Phantom88

What happened to the GeeBee? It was announced on Twitter that it would be released soon,That was over 2 weeks ago.

Not Carenado. Albeao. Same house, different team. GeeBee and Staggerwing high on my list.

**ryanbatc** · January 23rd, 2013, 14:48

I bought it. I like it. I went in knowing what to expect (and not to expect Flight1 G1000-like avionics). It flies well, looks great. The sounds are lacking... they won't sound quite like the cirruses that fly around duluth... and the sound is very muffled during cruise, and a little distorted...

The LVL button works hehe (but we've been doing this for a long time in FS!) Night lighting is good, smooth gauges (even the g1000 is decent). I'm finding the clickspots easy to manipulate compared to previous releases. The A/P behavior is typical (misses localizer intercepts and has to correct back), but I find it works pretty good overall. There is one annoying bug I found so far with the avionics. The push direct to course knob doesn't work (similar to heading where you'd make the heading sync - the course knob usually points to the station and the direct course to - doesn't work with this release)

I'm not having fps issues like some people were reporting.

Flight model seems fine from my limited SR22 time. I found the yaw axis to be quite sensitive on this version. I flew an older G1 SR22 and the rudder wasn't nearly this touchy both on the roll and airborne. Could be my hardware, could be my lack of time. Matt what do you think?

Overall, possible a little pricey for what you get but I love the Cirrus so I was bound to get it anyway

p.s. I stuck the RXP 530W as a popup in this plane. The A/P works like usual and tracks the various legs. I bet if you put the link on in the .ini file it might show on the G1000 MFD? I don't use that so maybe someone could check?

p.s.s The turbo seems to be working fairly well yay! Numbers for a quick typical high altitude test are close (FL250 - I'm getting 17.5 gph @ 83% power) I should be doing 18.3 gph @ 85% power. ISA TAS should be 214 and I'm getting 213 really nice!

**Phantom88** · January 23rd, 2013, 14:54

Originally Posted by kernelPANIC

It's coming out early Feb (as in the first 10 days of Feb). We try to time our releases so they don't clash with each other (SR22 came out today). But the next one on the pipeline is the GeeBee.

Cheers,Thanks very much!

**Felixthreeone** · January 23rd, 2013, 16:55

Originally Posted by ryanbatc

Flight model seems fine from my limited SR22 time. I found the yaw axis to be quite sensitive on this version. I flew an older G1 SR22 and the rudder wasn't nearly this touchy both on the roll and airborne. Could be my hardware, could be my lack of time. Matt what do you think?

Well, Ryan...If the 22 you flew was an Avidyne equipped aircraft, then that would say a lot about the rudder sensitivity. I have flown all Cirrus models, and the new gen aircraft---those with the perspective avionics, all have done away with the 'rudder/aileron interconnect'. That flight control feature essentially 'tied' the rudder to the ailerons to make for smoother, more coordinated turns even if the pilot was lazy with his feet..It didn't mean you could fly feet-off, just that it eased coordination (and a few other things). In the newer Cirrus aircraft, if one was to approach and compare, say, ramp stance...the first thing you would notice is that there is more dihedral with the older gen aircraft, and they also sit lower to the ground. A bit of the dihedral has been removed and ground stance raised on the newer models (also for a number of applicable reasons). So, in essence, if this addon (I have yet to purchase it) has what seems to be a 'sensitive' rudder, that would be why. Having flown the new models, I can attest that they indeed are far more foot-sensitive than earlier models

**ryanbatc** · January 23rd, 2013, 17:06

Thanks .... seems the touchy yaw axis is correct then.

The only other question is about descent. Out of FL250 I had full power in (around 83%) and in a -1000 fpm descent I wasn't redlining. In fact I barely went past vno. This plane is far more slippery than that isn't it?

**Felixthreeone** · January 23rd, 2013, 18:25

Originally Posted by ryanbatc

Thanks .... seems the touchy yaw axis is correct then.

The only other question is about descent. Out of FL250 I had full power in (around 83%) and in a -1000 fpm descent I wasn't redlining. In fact I barely went past vno. This plane is far more slippery than that isn't it?

Well, TBH, I would assume so...but I haven't delved that deeply into high altitude flying IRL in the Cirrus so i would hesitate to comment. A lot of factors there...but maybe one of my COPA Turbo owner friends can shed some light on it, assuming he isn't out flying right now lol....

**bstolle** · January 23rd, 2013, 23:16

If you look at Engine out glide table you will see that the SR22 isn't a slippery airplane. just average. Not surprisingly if you don't have a retractable gear...

**ryanbatc** · January 24th, 2013, 09:21

I did look at it this morning... 8:1 ish yeah not nearly as well as I thought!

Still you would think at full power in a descent the thing would overspeed? I guess technically it is at 180 kias. Which is past VNE at FL250 (170 kias)