I flew the TTX many years ago (N400UK) and the stick on that was very positive and accurate. No spring loading.
The size of the stick isn’t important 
I trained on Cessnas and after getting my license, the first plane I flew (for over a year) was a C206.
I then moved to the SR22T. The first couple of flights were challenging to adapt to the side stick. But today, I can’t tell the difference. It just works and does everything I need. I never thought “oh I wish it was like the Cessna”.
I watch the video and all I see is stall + yaw = spin.
Preferring a given control size/configuration is down to personal opinion… personally a centre stick with pushrod controls (cough.. RV.. cough) is my preferred option for comfortable and precise flying. The only side stick I’ve flown with was in a Shark UL that had very sensitive controls, but the aileron design was compromised in that it has servo tabs to lighten control forces, but also spring loading to prevent pilots from over controlling…
Back to topic, I don’t see how the control stick was a contributor to this accident.
It’s not. It’s just an anti Cirrus knocking lever for anyone who can’t afford one. Along with the BRS. Or the slippery wing. Hey ho.
Problem with that sort of one-liner is that it kills off discussion of possible contributory factors. Every time somebody tries to analyse the crash of a plane (which just happens to be selling for 1M+) someone could say they cannot afford it, hey ho, end of discussion.
No idea who that comment was aimed at.
someone could say they cannot afford it, hey ho, end of discussion.
I agree, such attitude doesn’t bring anything while the goal should be finding the root cause of the accident.
@emir the only people who can find the root cause of the accident are the investigators.
We humans are terrible at waiting so we like to speculate. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. This thread has touched in really interesting aspects of flying. But this time, because it involves people I know and on my base, I feel less tolerant. My problem really.
I understand where @pig is coming from. Very often , including in this thread, we read blank statements about “the typical cirrus pilot” – rich, not enough flight experience, loves autopilots and open parachutes. At times, it gets old and is annoying, specially when most cirrus pilots I know don’t fit that profile. I’m still to see a proper report that backs that up.
Naughty corner for me then.
Nicely articulated Fernando.
