Inside The New Cirrus SR22 G7

The all new Cirrus SR Series generation 7 was announced this past week by Cirrus Aircraft. The SR22 Cirrus is one of the best selling single piston engine airplanes and it also happens to be the most expensive. Think of Cirrus as the Bentley of single pistons. They carter to customers who want practicality, luxury and comfort. The new SR22 G7 will continue that tradition.

So what's new? here are some cool new features in the SR22 G7

- New touch screens in the center of the cockpit - Cirrus is doing away with the chunky keyboard and now you have touchscreens similar to the cockpit of the Cirrus Jet

- Side sticks - you also get new side sticks mirroring the Cirrus SF50 jet

- Push to start - Cirrus is doing away with turning an ignition key even with an old engine. Now you have a push to start button to rev up your engines, just like you have in modern cars.

- Safe 3D Taxi map - Fancy but a very neat safety feature.

- Auto fuel selector - This may be my favorite new feature in the G7. Now you can Automatically alternate between fuel tanks every five gallons during flight to ease fuel management. Any safety feature that can reduce the work load on a Pilot I think is pretty awesome.

[shanecarter]

Mike you literally explained why going THE SLING TSI route is a better choice. Cirrus is now catching up with some tech but still fail to add a FADEC powerplant. At a 3rd of the price the TSI provides more value hands down.

[kerrylloyd]

Dude, you crack me up so much. I started watching you about a year and a half ago. I’m an old guy at 67 years and have 23, 000 hours. Keep doing what you’re doing it’s really good and I enjoy it. It’s great entertainment!

[johnjohn]

All these new features should be in every airplane. Even though the price is pretty high, it’s good to see Cirrus modernizing general aviation. More companies will definitely follow which will drive down prices eventually when it becomes standard.

[haroldlocay]

Yes my Bristell 915 has push start, touch screens, IFR IMC equipped and chute but I ordered a G7 22T. More payload and speed. Great warranty and many nearby service centers.

[alanluster]

If I spend a million dollars on an airplane, its got to have at least a PT6.

[Cirruslife]

I own a 2020 SR22T for over 2 years. It’s amazing. I definitely would have liked to see a PT6 in the new G7. But like you said in this video. Cirrus is the top piston plane bar none so with that being said I would get this for sure.

[sandyprice]

It's not as fast but I think the Diamond DA40 NG looks like a worthy competitor. Mike, would like to see a video on this plane!

Edit as of 1/19/24: Mike has older videos that show he trained to fly in an older DA40 and one covers that plane well. This plane is faster, uses Jet-A and has lower fuel burn. I'd still like to see a video covering the newer plane...and maybe Diamondshare as well.

[larrygast]

I have watched you for a long time and you are super cool! Love your smooth delivery of aero info. You are the king of aircraft salesmen!

[clayellis]

If you order one be aware there will be a addendum to the contract. The price you agree to will actually be less than what you pay. It will take a minimum of 18 months to deliver and you will be responsible for cost increases. If you ordered a fully equipped SR22T today 1.3 will balloon conservatively by 10% before it is delivered.
Things to consider.

[mittman]

Great Job, Mr. Mike! I always enjoy your videos! Thank you!

[bse]

A thoughtful review of avionics, performance, and interior amenities. Thank you, MojoGrip! Nice video.

[AC-jkwq]

Nice work Mike!

Your presentations get better every year.

😃

[richardbates]

The Interior and panel are really nicely done! Sleek, beautiful and well laid out. The price, not so much! I'm actually surprised they don't offer various power plants. That has always stumped me about Cirrus. Great Vid my man!

[DanFrederiksen]

I didn't know the Piper m350 was in similar price range. I think the key to Cirrus' success is that it's slightly modern in appearance, it's among the faster planes, has fancy looking avionics and maybe the parachute is ultimately the deal clincher. What's the one thing you want out of a plane? to not die. It's important :) It might be as simple as looking new and having the parachute. Because most of the others look like they were indiana jones' childhood plane. And afaik Cirrus completely dominates the small plane market, I think they just reached 10000 planes sold, maybe 400million dollars annual sales but somehow they haven't managed economy of scale, only scale of greed. I've noticed one common issue crippling all of GA, that's the engine costs. Now Cirrus are masters of greed themselves but as big of a company as they are, they should actually develop engines of their own. They could do their own IO550 in a bit more modern version, it's not impossible and worth it for them but ironically it's actually easier to make the equivalent turbofan engine and have two engines and be so much cooler and faster. There is no twin jet in car seat size planes despite it being very possible and it would instantly devastate both everything in the piston world, I mean foggedaboudid, but it would presumably also really cut into socalled light jets because who wants the hassle of getting a pilot and servicing of a private jet if you can just drive your car style jet without all the overhead. As surprising as it is, turbofan jet planes can match or exceed the fuel economy of piston props. An Eclipse 550 literally has better mileage than a Baron 58 despite being 60% faster. The first to make a car twin jet for even remotely decent money will murder the market. Jets are so reliable that for personal use they'll last you a lifetime. Who ever flies 3500 hours for personal use.
Also it might well be possible to make a jet engine that can run on any kind of fuel around, mogas, avgas, diesel, jetA. Pretty cool selling point. And with a strong power to weight ratio it can do short runways with the best of them. Grass runways are not that demanding on landing gear. Imagine the freedom of a twin private jet with LSA fuel economy.

[dennisnbrown]

I think the best feature on the new G7 is the automated flaps. This will save lives. The airplane is not forgiving to retracting flaps lower than specified speed and has cost pilots their lives in the past. Good job. The engine in the airplane is a solid engine platform and I see no need to change it but I do believe Sarah has bumped their head on the pricing as Mike said there are plenty of other aircraft for the same or less price with other attractive features. A comment onoutselling other manufacturers. The fact that they have a pair of Ute is the biggest reason for that. Having that data, I think all manufactures of new aircraft should include the option.

[backcountyrpilot]

The Diamond DA40NG (Diesel) has a push to start button. I giggled the first time I pushed it and heard the engine start and idle like a car.

[steveh]

The newer Diamond DA pistons also have push to start

[clwtrade]

Love the plane. 2 things that would keep this as a hard buy is the power plant as you mentioned. Also for this price the suspension on the mains should be updated. No reason for this type of suspension with so many good examples that could be used. Thanks for the video

[BrianWilliamsInspires]

Love in the their announcement video where they say, "If you are a new pilot, this is the perfect plane for you!" - - - Could you imagine the insurance on a $1.1m plane as a brand new pilot??

[aldohattonduran]

Excelente video Mike! Still.. take a trip to Velocity please 😁