The RV–10 and SR22 stand side by side on the 100-foot-wide asphalt and rev the engines. Our fly-off starts on the grooved surface of Runway 23 at Frederick Municipal Airport. Cirrus currently is the world’s largest manufacturer of FAA-certified, single-engine aircraft with more than 7,000 SR models delivered to customers around the world. A cuffed wing for spin resistance, a single power lever for operational simplicity, glass-panel avionics, and an airframe parachute as standard equipment are among the innovations that the Klapmeiers pioneered in the SR series. Van’s Aircraft has become the world’s largest maker of experimental/amateur-built kit airplanes with more than 10,700 completed, registered, and flown, including about 1,100 RV–10s.Īlan and Dale Klapmeier, two brothers who founded Cirrus in 1984, set out to build the world’s most technologically advanced and safest single-engine piston aircraft with their SR20 and subsequent SR22 models. They emphasize control harmony, visibility, and economy. Van’s Aircraft models from the single-seat RV–3 (introduced in 1971) to the four-seat RV–10 are mechanically simple, relatively light in weight, and highly versatile. He emphasizes “total performance,” a term he coined for aircraft meant for a variety of sometimes contradictory purposes: cross-country travel, maneuverability, and short-field performance. Richard VanGrunsven, founder of Van’s Aircraft, is a minimalist at heart. New SR22s are aimed at “lifestyle” customers and have a base price of $655,000 while fully optioned, highly customized models can approach $1 million. RV–10s are designed for cost-conscious amateur builders, and prices for finished airplanes rarely exceed $250,000. The designers of the RV–10 and SR22 also have fundamentally divergent philosophies and serve vastly different markets. Most RV–10s are powered by a Lycoming IO-540 (260 horsepower) SR22s have a Continental IO-550 (310 horsepower). The RV–10 has a traditional power quadrant with throttle and propeller rpm levers the SR22 has a single power lever that controls both throttle (manifold) and engine/propeller rpm.
The RV–10 has pushrod elevator and aileron connections the SR22 uses cable-operated control linkages and a spring centering system. The RV–10 has floor-mounted control sticks the SR22 is flown via side yokes that resemble side sticks.
The RV–10 has a constant-chord “Hershey bar” wing the SR22 has a cuffed, two-panel tapered wing. The RV–10 is metal the SR22 is composite. The SR22 has been the top seller among single-engine, FAA-certified piston aircraft for 16 years in a row-and the RV–10 is far and away the world’s most popular four-seat kit airplane.īut the RV–10 and SR22 have major differences, too.
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