re: Is There a Sexier Modern Day Personal Plane than the SF50?

NOT so subtle brag.

Nevertheless, if I were a pilot I’d be doing way more badass shenanigans than posting on my shitkickery on TD.

Why aren’t you flying right now?

What’s your tail number?

All the flyer forums banned you, so now you’ve come here to gloat?

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Ok boss, well I’d rather have a Stearman for general open cockpit thrills then my other ride would be a Beechcraft for the mundane.

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I flew in a Stearman at Sun n Fun a couple of years ago. A good friend of mine has a bonanza. Those have a great value.

The Bonanza is sexier than the wanna be jet.

C’mon man.

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Yes the vision jet is $2MM compared to a TBM that’s a steal.

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TBM holds more people and can fly farther.

yes, the vision jet is nice, but i'm not a fan of it's cost-performance.

It's a long shot, but if it works, Raptor will cost $130,000 and do everything and more of a $750,000 SR22. IF it works (and that's a big IF), it will change general aviation big time.

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Cirrus has built a business on fear. They first made waves because of the chute. "Anybody can fly it, if you get in trouble, just pull the chute". They did that because it couldn't pass FAA tests for stall/spin recovery. Same thing with the jet. It has the chute AND now auto land.

Don't get me wrong, the cirrus is a great aircraft, and maybe it was good for the GA market to get more people into flying, but I would venture that a large percentage of cirrus owners wouldn't have gotten into flying if it weren't for the chute on that plane and its perceived safety.

I don't think you can buy even a base model vision jet for 2MM. It will probably be pouching 2.5MM by the time you addd everything to it that you see in the pics and that you would want. Sink that much into it and you are slower than a TBM on more fuel and you are by far the slowest jet in the sky.

For the money, buy a 90's citation II and fly so much faster and carry twice the passengers.

As for the OP and his SR22 - Average going rate for a 2011 sr22T is.......wait for it.......approximately $350K.

Not completely out of reach, especially not for the OT crowd, but who owns a plane and doesn't immediately have 50 pics available to post? I own a tiny experimental homebuilt and I could post way more than that in short order.