I don't think the Cirrus is hard to fly. It feels a little
different because of the sidestick, which takes a few
minutes to get used to, and it IS a pain to hand fly because
of the poorly setup trim controls. But I don't think it's
especially slippery if that means difficult to control.

Someone mentioned the flying article, however that
was written just before the recent crop of three incidents.

John

"Michael 182" wrote in message
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I haven't flown a Cirrus, ;( , so I can't speak to the flying
characteristics. But the flight characteristics offered by "Toly":

"but in the air the plane is very slippery and feels like it's skating on
ice, only in three dimensions"

sounds like a recipe for disaster, especially for a pilot that is rusty.
One
of the things I really like about my TR182 is that it like flying a rock.
Yes, it is boring, and I have thought lately about trading it in for a fun
airplane like a Maule or Citabria - but, in it's defense, when I haven't
flown for a while it is incredibly forgiving of imperfect piloting.

Michael

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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There's been some discussion here about Cirrus' less-than-stellar safety
record. snip