Dear Cirrus Aircraft, it's no secret i'm a big fan of what you do you really do make some brilliant
aircraft the sr-20 the first serious aircraft i flew is a really capable aircraft and a great
introduction to the fleet your sf50 vision jet changed the game when it came to personal
jet transportation and it's crazy fun to fly and my favorite of course the sr-22 honestly
in my opinion it's the ultimate general aviation aircraft
but talking of the sr-22 i have a couple of suggestions
So come on Cirrus you must be working on a new model of the sr-22 i mean the g6 model
the one we've got now that came out back in January 2017.
so you've got to be working on the g7 put a post up on instagram of what people thought of some of
these suggestions and the response was quite overwhelming to be honest but yeah we've all
seen that Simpsons episode and i know it's not sometimes the best idea to let your customers
decide how to design a product for you presenting the car designed for the average man what have
i done so here's my short list of requests of what i'd really like to see in the brand new g7
so firstly firstly the engine now i love the 310 horsepower continental engine we currently have
in the sr-22 it's powerful it's efficient and it makes the sr22 fast but it uses technology
that was developed like in the 1800s now i know electric power is a fair way off when it comes to
a general aviation aircraft like the sr22 but what about jet a1 in the meantime something's a lot
more efficient than burning AvGas something that starts first time on hot or cold days something
like the continental cd 300 that they've just put in the diamond d850 avgas is also getting
a bit harder to find at some airports nowadays so for us general aviation pilots that like to travel
further afield than our metropolitan city airports it would give us more options a more modern engine
that burns jet a1 would give us better range better reliability no detonation issues and easier
starts on hot and cold days but best of all that would give us FADEC which as we all know stands
for farewell all dumb engine controls one lever to rule them all basically push the lever forward
go faster pull the lever back go slower no more having to worry about manually leaning the engine
good morning
we're all using touchscreen devices now iPads phones we're so used to the tap swipe zoom
functionality that you get with a touchscreen yet inside the cockpit of the sr22s we still have all
of those buttons and knobs and dials and so can we get rid of all those buttons and just have simple
touch screens that you can tap and press and zoom and swipe just like we already do on the Garmin
GTN 650s the 750s the G500 TXIs now i'm just going to predict what some of your customers will say
which is that touch screens are bad when it comes to turbulence but i've been using the GTN 650s for
two years now and i've never had a problem i actually find the inputs when you're typing on
the screen or pointing at the thing that you want to actually activate way way simpler than trying
to navigate with knobs and dials and buttons and joysticks so please can we get rid of all of those
buttons and knobs and switches and everything in the in the cockpit and just use touch screens
there'll be less clutter less mechanical things to go wrong you just point tap swipe and go
i do appreciate the wingtip lights the app connectivity you know all the cool updates
that you did bring with the g6 but i think it's about time that we saw some some bigger
if you inputs make the new Cirrus SR22 G7 with a more modern power plant more sophisticated
touchscreen avionics in the cockpit something that could maybe do 1500 nautical miles range or even
more honestly you'd have the ultimate general aviation aircraft nothing else would come close
people would absolutely love it and to be honest
if i had the chance i'd put my name down for model 0001
thank you for taking the time to read this email i really hope you can take
on board these suggestions and i look forward to receiving your response, Stef
you