Safety

The Cirrus technology creates a platform for enhanced safety in a light aircraft.

Active and passive safety features include:

Cirrus Airframe Parachute System™ (CAPS).
Comprehensive ice protection systems and a cuffed wing for improved low-speed handling.
Autopilot with Blue Level Button backed by Dual AHRS.
A light but strong passenger compartment roll cage able to withstand a rollover; a beveled firewall for additional protection.
Airbag seatbelts.
Primary and multifunction displays provide comprehensive situational awareness via a moving map, satellite weather information, Synthetic Vision, infrared EVS, terrain awareness, traffic information, fuel, engine and systems information and more.
Tough, composite construction that has never experienced a structural failure.
26G seats for maximum occupant protection.
Perspective ESP™ (Electronic Stability Protection).

“Plane with the parachute.”

Airframe Parachute

CAPS® – For Safer Skies

(Source: cirrusaircraft.com)

The original inspiration for the whole-airplane parachute on the Cirrus airplane was a mid-air collision that could have led to tragedy. But instead, it led to the creation of the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System® – the most significant safety innovation in over a half-century of general aviation. From the start of our company, each and every day, the profound passion for everyone at Cirrus is to create safer airplanes, safer pilots and safer skies. Not just for Cirrus pilots, but all pilots. Flying safely will always be our most fundamental mission.

The parachute system is designed to protect occupants in the event of an emergency by lowering the aircraft to the ground after deployment. CAPS revolutionised general aviation safety by providing an additional measure of safety to occupants, similar in theory to the role of seatbelts in automobiles. No other certified general aviation aircraft manufacturer in the world provides this safety feature as standard equipment.

In the event of an in-flight emergency, pulling the red CAPS handle on the ceiling inside the cockpit deploys a solid-fuel rocket out a hatch that covers the concealed compartment where the parachute is stored. As the rocket carries the parachute rearward from the back of the airplane, the embedded CAPS airplane harness straps release from the fuselage. Within seconds, the 65′ diameter canopy will unfurl, controlling the aircraft rate of descent. The final landing is absorbed by the specialized landing gear, a roll cage and Cirrus Energy Absorbing Technology (CEAT™) seats.

ESP By Garmin

Electronic Stability & Protection (ESP) is an innovative technology that address both “prevention” and “recovery”. ESP passively and unobtrusively corrects unusual flight attitudes, assisting without distracting from flying quality or enjoyment of the flight experience.

Key components and features of the Perspective+ ESP system are:

Operates when the Garmin GFC 700 autopilot has been disengaged, when hand flying the aircraft.
Activates automatically whenever the airplane exceeds one or more flight parameters.
Uses autopilot servos and sensors, yet operates even when the autopilot is turned off.
Recognises and helps correct excessive pitch attitude, roll attitude, or airspeed.
Augments pilot vigilance: Assists, but does not take control.
Can be overridden by the pilot at any time.
Increases corrective pressure as exceedances move beyond safe limits.
Gently returns the aircraft flight within normal operating envelope.
Operates unobtrusively and simulates aircraft’s natural flight stability.