There are some microlights like the “Millenium” that are completely carbon fibre, and also some experimentals like the “Papa51 ThunderMustang”, 2/3 copy of the P-51 Mustang, which is also 100 percent carbon fibre. Some other kitplanes aswell.
The Cirrus was 100 % glass fibre to the G2 model. The G3 introduced a carbon fibre main spar of identical strength – but 87 lbs lighter.
Not that I know of.
Cirrus only started using carbon for the wing spar in @ 2007 with the G3 but all of the Lancair/Columbia/Ttx have carbon fibre wing spars from the first production aircraft. It is massively over-built with dual spars .Are there any all carbon fibre planes in mainstream GA?
You would get an awfully rough ride.
There are so many errors in that last post by USFlyer – me thinks it’s best just to ignore it 
Both planes are an all carbon fiber design
Really?
USFlyer wrote:
The Chinese did not ‘save’ the company…the company needed cash to complete their ambitious jet design.
Ummm, that means they saved the company. Don’t be naive. Whatever the cash was for, they didn’t have it.
The success of the Cirrus is due largely to their innovation, high quality and focused on safety/lowering pilot load. Cirrus is good to it’s customers, really good.
The Chinese did not ‘save’ the company…the company needed cash to complete their ambitious jet design. Notice Diamond and others broke their pick on their jets. Diamond did not get it’s financing help from the Canadian government when it became critical and shut the project down.
Cirrus has also broadened from the SR20 to the SR22 to the SR22T and now the SF50 jet – each filling an upward price/performance niche in the line. True they pioneered the BRS parachute as a safety feature and no doubt the presence of the parachute has smoothed the purchase for some but the parachute does not save the plane or justify the price tag alone.
Compare the Cirrus SR22T to the Cessna (Columbia) TTx. These two planes from the two survivors in GA manufacturing could not be closer in regard to price/performance/features. The SR22T has G1000/Perspective, the TTx the G2000 with touch controller. The SR22T is slightly slower but burns less fuel at max cruise. The TTx has a slightly narrower cockpit and no ‘jump’ seat in the back. The SR22T has the BRS chute, the TTx does not. Both planes are an all carbon fiber design with fixed gear and use the Continental TSIO-550. The SR22T has the spin resistant split wing, the TTx does not. Both have low wing loading, Fiki, air conditioning as an option and the same Garmin Autopilot, ADS-B and intercoms.
The TTx is about $50k more in price. The SR22T sells about 300 planes a year. The TTx about 10 planes a year.
europaxs wrote:
What a mess
Really not up to German standards! Ja wol
Yes maybe a bit old but a great one Flyer 59.
Dont know how to create a new thread so please let me know. or create a thread and post it.
Select the desired forum section and click here:
while nobody here has ever complained about Cirrus bashing.
They have… e.g. when someone posted the pic of the case where the chute that didn’t open, somebody wanted it removed. Plus several others, one rather unpleasant.
