Why the Cirrus Vision Jet is Excellent

Describing it as the "slowest, lowest, and cheapest jet available, they had planned the jet with a 300 knots cruise speed at around 25,000 feet with a Williams FJ33 engine and a whole-airplane parachute recovery system and it was referred to as a "personal jet."
In June 2008, at the annual Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association, the company unveiled the prototype publicly, and the jet made its maiden flight on July 3, 2008, at the Duluth airport. The following year, Cirrus was hit hard by the great recession and wanted to abandon the project due to a lack of funding, but CAIGA, a Chinese enterprise, came to the rescue.
The jet has undergone many changes in its name and was initially developed under the project name "The Jet" or "The Jet by Cirrus". On July 9, 2008, Cirrus announced the marketing name of "Vision SJ50", with "V" for the V-tail and "SJ" for the single-jet. By March 2009, the aircraft was re-designated as the "Vision SF50", as it uses a single-fanjet engine. By April 2016, Cirrus was calling it the "Vision Jet" and on October 28, 2016, it was certified as the "Model SF50".
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[peacemoyo]

I can't afford a plane, hell I can't afford flight training but I come here just to keep the dream alive

[aboriani]

Great video!

I've been professionally flying the Vision Jet for the last year and it is a great plane. Very capable, easy to fly and extremely comfortable for the pilot and the passengers. For 600-800 NM missions with pilot and 2-3 passengers, there is no better plane in the market!

Just a couple of corrections:
- The engine does not seat directly above the rear passengers, it's just the intake. The engine is 2-3 feet behind.
- The avionics installed is the G3000, not the G1000
- Fuel burn at 31000' and 300KTAS is 60-65 gph
On our G2, depending on the external temperature, we see cruising speeds up to 320 which is the maximum speed (Vmo).

As a side note, the jet at 14:57 is the first of 14 SF50s delivered to Brazil.

[AviaZouA]

Diamond D Jet reminds me of an Early Jet Fighter from the 50's :3

[degraham]

Ryan.
This Cirrus is awesome.
A starting point, dear.

[supercat]

This aircraft is true engineering innovation and ingenuity!!

[barnold]

I like them, but if I was that rich I would try to get a Honda Jet.

[theSatanist]

Paint it green and it'll look just like a 70s Pacer!

[swaggyg]

Cirrus vision jet is Soo beautiful and awesome.

[bernardanderson]

Both the Vision and the Honda Jet are perfectly good for a personal business or pleasure

[terrarecon]

I see a lot of, "would rather haves of different planes." The issue with that for some people is many of the planes people keep mentioning are more expensive to buy and operate. compared to the VisionJet. Someone mentioned they would rather have a Honda Jet, that comment makes no sense, not because the Honda Jet is not an exciting and better plane in many ways, but it is 3 times the initial cost of ownership and operating cost. It also does not compete with the VisionJet. People keep getting the plane confused just because it has a jet engine. It's not intended to compete against other VLJs. It's intended to compete against turboprops. It does very well in its intended market. A TBM 960 costs as much as $4.7 million to the $2.8 million of the VisonJet. Both are great planes with their own pros. If you want a plane but can't budget $4.7 million but you can do $2.8 million what is the problem?? The issue is people comment too impulsively very vague thoughts and no one knows the background of their whys. I prefer X over Y does not say much of anything.

[mdsx]

Just saw one of these take off and was wondering what it was

[isaiasrozentul]

good aircraft , please make a video of Piaggio p180 avanti ❤

[djal]

Have you seen the FLARIS LAR 01? That is a beautiful personal jet? and at only 1.5 mil!!!!

[mjdinjv]

Adoro questo piccolo-grande aereo. È il massimo risultato col minimo mezzo. Concettualmente mi ricorda la leggendaria FIAT Panda che aveva come slogan "Se non ci fosse bisognerebbe inventarla"
Se qualcuno me lo regala per Natale mi fa felice 😂

[wormyboot]

The Piper PA-47 is a good looking airplane.

[golfhound]

As the jet has a range of 1000 miles, I think a bathroom might be in order. Or I suppose if you have to go, then land at the nearest airport. But I wonder how much more would a bathroom cost? I imagine the fuselage would have to be lengthened an extra 3-4 feet.

[stevenhershman]

This plane looks like a copy of the "heinkel 162 salamander" .

[armyranger]

The Vision Jet cost about the same as the Epic E1000 turboprop. Yet the Vision Jets is slower, has a shorter range while burning more fuel, has a rate of climb that's about a third of the E1000, takes a longer runway to take off and land and it's full fuel payload is less than half of what the E1000's is. So what makes it "excellent"?

[condedraculable]

Bonito avión para volar VMC, no me gustaría tener una falla del único motor en vuelo nocturno

[hvylv]

It’s an interesting aircraft for ATC to deal with. Too fast in pattern with props but to too slow in traffic with the turbo and jets.