I joined and it looks like no posts in over 30 days there.

It turns out my account is still waiting to be approved by a moderator. Hopefully I'll be able to see the posts after approval (if I'm deemed worthy...)

I had signed up for this site months ago, but I didn't see any current postings. I will go back now and check.
Thanks

The CAAC site is a paid site. When I was shopping I requested an account and the gave me a free preview account. No posting privileges but I was able to do a lot of research.

It is $50 year to join. Worth it if you fly one for sure. It is a small community but there's a steady number of posts. Being a fairly new owner I've been posting there a lot lately.

I registered but didn't see anything about a fee to join. Still waiting for moderator approval.

This has been said, but I second it and back it up with the fact that it came right out of Lance Niebauer's mouth... land 5 knots faster and you're good. I started flying it onto the runway like a big airplane and it lands like a dream.

Nice, I really liked the TTx when I demoed the plane back in 2011.

Tim

I have probably 800 hours or so in the TTx and a couple hundred in the G36 and various other older Bonanzas. The best way I could describe flying the TTx is a massively overpowered F33. The G36 is heavier in pitch but lighter in roll than the TTx. The G2000's a fantastic avionics platform and the FIKI system is extremely robust. The Achilles heel of the airplane is weight and balance. It's extremely payload limited and practically speaking is a 2 person airplane when you start looking at adding TKS, luggage, and taking enough gas to go someplace. There were some teething pains early on but now they're fairly reliable. Cessna just doesn't know how to market a SR22-type airplane to SR22 customers...

Mark,

Is it TKS? Looks beautiful. You'll love her I bet.

Yes! Having FIKI makes all the difference for me in capability and legality. The G2000 is simply amazing with up to 6 viewable split screens at the same time, intuitive touch-screen controller and extras like fully coupled AP go-arounds etc...

Just love my new sports car of the skies, she handles like a dream.

I disagree with this. They are very reliable. After we purchase a TTx, even a brand new one, we run them through the shop and most of the times the customers are able to go annual to annual with only oil changes in between. We have very, very few reliability issues with them.

Dispatch reliability is right on par with the 400's and just about any other piston aircraft I've dealt with.

I disagree with this. They are very reliable. After we purchase a TTx, even a brand new one, we run them through the shop and most of the times the customers are able to go annual to annual with only oil changes in between. We have very, very few reliability issues with them.

Dispatch reliability is right on par with the 400's and just about any other piston aircraft I've dealt with.

That's funny. But you can get into a 2008 400, which in my opinion is the pinnacle year, for less than the cost of a 2006-2008 G36. If you go with a 2006 or 2007, which are still amazing planes, you'll save even more.

Of course the TTx is a lot more expensive as they're newer but if one is in the market for the plane the real compelling reason to get a TTx is FIKI. If you don't need, or don't care about it, I'd take a hard look at a low time 400.

The speedbrake came in so useful, I used it almost every approach, and even then I ended up too fast or too high a few times (I'm still learning to manage the energy in this plane). I want to get to the point where I don't need the speedbrake (is it cheating?). But the benefit is you can avoid cutting the throttle all the way, and thus avoid shock cooling the engine.

I'm a little late to the discussion. I own a 2008 Cessna 400 with thermawing and a 1970 A36.

When going somewhere by myself or with one other person, we always take the Cessna. It's a very enjoyable plane to fly, faster, and better suited for bad weather.

If it's more than 2 people in the plane or I have a need to haul a lot of stuff, we take the Bonanza. Also, we have a gravel runway we fly into a lot and we take the Bonanza for that as well.