Cirrus Expert Tells Us Everything Wrong With Our Cheap SR20!

Today we have an expert cirrus mechanic take a look at our 2003 Cirrus SR20 G1. We bought the plane earlier this year, and flew it home 1000 miles to AZ. It was by far the cheapest Cirrus for sale in the world! What could go wrong? What will he find? In this video we go over the numerous items he found and show fixing them! Cylinders, brakes, avionics, etc. Yikes!

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[Airplanefish]

Thanks for having me out. I had alot of fun working with you guys.

[infatuatedwithmyfro]

These videos are awesome. I’m trying to learn as much as I can from you guys

[ellonysman]

Cheapest Cirrus? Have a lottery they win everything!

[RosssRoyce]

Amazing! How was he able to detect the problematic cylinder amongst all the rest?

[citabriaable]

I don't mean to be dismissive, but what's the deal with these two dweezils wisecrackin when the adult is trying to teach them something ?? If Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum would just zip-it and listen, maybe they'd one day become real pilots.

[TIOS]

Lol @ 3:30 "you've got 6 cylinders, a couple more than most 4 cylinder planes." I can't argue with that!

[toldibldr]

Too much interruption by the owner .Pls let the expert talk, this is the time where /when you learn.Stop talking listen.

[jimhearnden]

When a expert speaks listen! The verbal diarrhoea is annoying.

[kenbryant]

I really like that guy. He really knows his stuff.

[chrispollard]

Impossible to listen to with the perpetual nonsensical interruptions.

[kmg]

What a awesome technician. Fish said something that I really appreciate. It was his name going into the book, that really means a lot about his attitude (wonderful!) and about the industry philosophy as a whole.

[jeromes]

I bought a Mooney M20C a month ago. This video gave me a great view of the engine area and what certain parts do. Got it with fresh annual from Don Maxwell and everything is working great so far.

[johnwhyte-venables]

Everyone should have a Fish in their life - an expert to sort everything!

[collinreesejones]

Wouldnt trade my Mooney Ovation for a Cirrus in a million years! Love the video though...Sure do enjoy you guys!!!! Great Channel! 😁

[danielc]

I'm more interested in how these 20 somethings can afford to live like Donald Trump.

[mikejw]

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum. Perfect LOL

[Builditathome-Restoration]

Thanks alot for the good vidss i got inspired. Building a xr400 now on yt

[gregreverdiau]

Awesome video guys! Considering everything you got pretty lucky with a fairly clean aircraft! You will learn a lot more than the average student by talking with your mechanic and learning with him about your airplane, it will make you a much better pilot. Cheers!

[goldmedals]

Boys, don't worry that your plane is 17 years old. Remember that the engine design hasn't changed much since about 1945 or 46. Planes run the most basic, simple, least moving parts engines compared to any car engine. They're not even liquid cooled while almost 100% of snowmobiles are liquid cooled! Think about that.

[hawk]

I built air systems and paint systems and heating and cooling systems that were as large as your house for 40 years. Industrial sheet metal. But I've also worked on aircraft. I was great with this guy and I know that it's a minor detail. But the letter T in the word duct... is silent. Just like the L in salmon. Or the first L in the word salmonella.
Having built ductwork for several decades, it is a pet peeve of mine that people do not know how to pronounce words that came into the English language from other countries but it is a pet peeve of mine the reason is is that people often use the word decimate when the word they're looking to use is devastate. If you start mispronouncing words you will soon find yourself using words that you're not supposed to use and that do not have the definition that you believe that they do. Decimate means to reduce a military force by precisely 10%. I can count on one hand the number of times I've heard somebody use that term properly just in the last 30 years since somebody started to try to apply it instead of the word devastate.
Good video but with that hot cylinder you might want to look a little bit deeper. Anytime I get that deep into an engine, I always check the Pistons, lifters, valves, everything I can possibly inspect before I put it back together.