First time that idiotic Star Wars toy blocks your vision from a plane coming at you, I bet it gets ripped off the dash and appropriately thrown quickly into the trash.
Great video and to share. I am now in a difficult situation. How can we compare to an SR22T? there are only a few (TTX, Columbia in Brazil), so it is difficult to compare with an SR22T. speaking of performance, i think columbia seems to me to be much better and is also approved in another category, am i right?
Jose, we should discuss more. Outside of the US, you should strongly consider the support aspect of your purchase. Meaning, what maintenance facility would be maintaining your eventual aircraft? Are they good with either the SR22 or TTX? Can they get parts quickly? On its own, I think the Cessna 400 is a superior aircraft in many ways... importantly, it's just more fun to fly! As much as I like it, if it's hard(er) or more expensive to keep in the air, it may not be your best option. Does that make sense?
@@ChaseAviation I have owned my Cessna 400 since 8/19. Purchased it with 665 hours and today it has 835 hours. Earned my instrument in it. Great plane!
The video makes it look like we're close to the clouds but truly we were well outside the horizontal minimums. We would not have cleared them had we kept going though and that's why we made the turn.
Dude no offense, I love you videos but quite a few have sound issues. Either real quite or real loud or you may need to invest in a mic sock or something. Stay Safe.
Totally agree and did, finally buy some new sound equipment. New video dropping later this week with that equipment in use. Hang in there. It's gunna get better!
It’s is about the same, maybe a little more. Much less support from the manufacturer and parts supply but Cirrus hasn’t been doing great at it lately either.
Why did cessna stop making these? Thus thing could DIRECTLY COMPETE with the SR22 which is one of the most popular G.A. aircraft on the market. Big mistake, Cessna. Big.
I'm sure there's an "official story" out there but from what I gather, the 400 was just so expensive to build that their sales price would have continued to rise and be less competitive with Cirrus who already "owns" this market segment. The 400 is certified to Utility Category Standards which are much more rigorous but I think make it better, safer aircraft. They also don't need a parachute to get out of a spin!
I would've at least picked up the ATIS to get the proper altimeter setting. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but ADS-B out relies on that, right? Hard to know how accurate the traffic warnings are if your plane doesn't know what altitude it's at. Other than that, it was a short VFR flight, and back in the day before ADB-S out was mandated you could fly VFR with literally zero instruments. Ultralights still do it all the time, and often those don't even have radios.
I've always heard that, generically speaking, fixed gear cost something like an 8 knot penalty. It's hard to say for sure having not been involved in the engineering of the plane and, since there's no retractable gear version. But with as small as these gear are and as aerodynamic the wheel fairings are, the added weight, cost and maintenance requirements of retractable gear would decidedly not be worth whatever the speed improvement would be.
It manages a ceiling of FL250 which it will easily get to and economy cruise of 170-180ktas on 13-16gph even at low altitudes as seen in this video. Not having that retractable gear saves tons of money on the annual and maintenance. Unfortunately it's still such a hot little plane that insurance is through the roof, just like a Cirrus. This is a dream plane right here.
It's definitely similar in a lot of ways. The Columbia is a lot more fun to fly though. The side stick makes it a lot more intuitive and extremely smooth flight controls. It's also much better built and manufactured... because of that, more expensive to build and ultimately, why it's no longer in production. 😟
Very nice airplane….I’m in!!
Such an awesome plane. Too bad there are like ZERO for sale right now!
First time that idiotic Star Wars toy blocks your vision from a plane coming at you, I bet it gets ripped off the dash and appropriately thrown quickly into the trash.
The dark force is strong with this one. 😂
Great video and to share. I am now in a difficult situation. How can we compare to an SR22T? there are only a few (TTX, Columbia in Brazil), so it is difficult to compare with an SR22T. speaking of performance, i think columbia seems to me to be much better and is also approved in another category, am i right?
Jose, we should discuss more. Outside of the US, you should strongly consider the support aspect of your purchase. Meaning, what maintenance facility would be maintaining your eventual aircraft? Are they good with either the SR22 or TTX? Can they get parts quickly? On its own, I think the Cessna 400 is a superior aircraft in many ways... importantly, it's just more fun to fly! As much as I like it, if it's hard(er) or more expensive to keep in the air, it may not be your best option. Does that make sense?
Maybe you should use a check list.
Always! Not shown but it was in my lap. And of course had a highly experienced CFI with me.
awesome!
Thanks!
Lovely aircraft
sooner have one than a cirrus sr22.
Me too... but I just bought an SR-22!!
Fantastic aircrafts...own a 2008 Cessna 400...I love the aircraft. Wish they would keep building them.
Well let me know if you ever want to do something crazy and sell it!
@@ChaseAviation Hahaha...get requests often to buy it...it is well taken care of and flown!
Would be very interested to hear how many hours you've been able to put on your IO-550. I'm hearing 600-1000 at most is typical in the TTX.
@@ChaseAviation I have owned my Cessna 400 since 8/19. Purchased it with 665 hours and today it has 835 hours. Earned my instrument in it. Great plane!
VFR flight .... pilot stares inside the cockpit the whole time ... 11:20 violates VFR cloud cleared rules
The video makes it look like we're close to the clouds but truly we were well outside the horizontal minimums. We would not have cleared them had we kept going though and that's why we made the turn.
Geez, turn that music off! Lol
Dude no offense, I love you videos but quite a few have sound issues. Either real quite or real loud or you may need to invest in a mic sock or something. Stay Safe.
Totally agree and did, finally buy some new sound equipment. New video dropping later this week with that equipment in use. Hang in there. It's gunna get better!
Hello. Anybody knows, what about maintanence costs in compare with SR22T? Thanks
It’s is about the same, maybe a little more. Much less support from the manufacturer and parts supply but Cirrus hasn’t been doing great at it lately either.
@@ChaseAviation thanks
So there are old, bold pilots after all!!
A rare breed!
Why did cessna stop making these?
Thus thing could DIRECTLY COMPETE with the SR22 which is one of the most popular G.A. aircraft on the market.
Big mistake, Cessna. Big.
I'm sure there's an "official story" out there but from what I gather, the 400 was just so expensive to build that their sales price would have continued to rise and be less competitive with Cirrus who already "owns" this market segment. The 400 is certified to Utility Category Standards which are much more rigorous but I think make it better, safer aircraft. They also don't need a parachute to get out of a spin!
No spin certified POH says
That was a very poorly prepared flight. Scary.
I would've at least picked up the ATIS to get the proper altimeter setting. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but ADS-B out relies on that, right? Hard to know how accurate the traffic warnings are if your plane doesn't know what altitude it's at. Other than that, it was a short VFR flight, and back in the day before ADB-S out was mandated you could fly VFR with literally zero instruments. Ultralights still do it all the time, and often those don't even have radios.
It's a relaxing video
how much does the fixed landing gear affect performance
I've always heard that, generically speaking, fixed gear cost something like an 8 knot penalty. It's hard to say for sure having not been involved in the engineering of the plane and, since there's no retractable gear version. But with as small as these gear are and as aerodynamic the wheel fairings are, the added weight, cost and maintenance requirements of retractable gear would decidedly not be worth whatever the speed improvement would be.
It manages a ceiling of FL250 which it will easily get to and economy cruise of 170-180ktas on 13-16gph even at low altitudes as seen in this video. Not having that retractable gear saves tons of money on the annual and maintenance. Unfortunately it's still such a hot little plane that insurance is through the roof, just like a Cirrus. This is a dream plane right here.
It reminds me of Cirrus sr22 so much !
It's definitely similar in a lot of ways. The Columbia is a lot more fun to fly though. The side stick makes it a lot more intuitive and extremely smooth flight controls. It's also much better built and manufactured... because of that, more expensive to build and ultimately, why it's no longer in production. 😟
SR22 has side stick also....
Great job!
Checklists?
Of course. All these videos are heavily edited down for time. The fixed camera makes that very easy to look seamless.
Wonderful ttx video looove this airplane
There definitely will be more Columbia videos coming so stay tuned and SUBSCRIBE! Thanks for watching!
Woow please get back to any TTX to know about this amazing plane