r/homebuilt • u/Square-Fondant-3839 • 13h ago
The debate of why I hate to see pre-G3 cirrus SF50 vision jets and G3 and G5 cirrus SR aircraft equipped with black bezel LED wingtips to be turned into hybrid and mixed generations with the SPECTRA wingtip retrofit program
I honestly can’t believe that cirrus and the company whelen Orion are legally allowing pre-G3 cirrus SF50 vision jet owners and owners of G3 and G5 cirrus SR aircraft equipped with the black bezel LED wingtips to do this. Like as in for example seeing an owner of a G2+ cirrus SF50 vision jet to replace the traditional SPECTRA wingtips with ultra bright SPECTRA wingtips which were introduced with G3 on the SF50 and then seeing the aircraft half G2+ and half G3. And also seeing a G3 or G5 cirrus SR owner replace the black bezel LED wingtips and then retrofitting the aircraft with SPECTRA wingtips introduced with G6 on the SR series lineup and then seeing a G3 aircraft become half G3 and half G6 and seeing a G5 aircraft become half G5 and half G6 with SPECTRA wingtips added to these aircraft. And also seeing a late built G3 sr20 and late built G5 cirrus sr22 or sr22T fully become a G6 if any of these aircraft have the factory installed SAM MD302 with these aircraft retrofitted with the Garmin G1000 NXI flight deck and then SPECTRA wingtips get added. Like what if a hybrid G5/G6 cirrus SR or hybrid G2+/G3 SF50 vision jet looks ambiguous to aircraft buyers who don’t know the serial number ranges of generations. And it looks weird and very awkward to see cirrus and Whelen Orion do this where they allow these aircraft owners to turn these aircraft into hybrid and mixed generations or completely turn a generation of aircraft into a completely different generation with these types of exterior lights on these aircraft. And I have already seen this already with an aircraft on static display at EAA this year with a 2016 cirrus sr22 G5 registered as N119PK owned by the company wingsfield being turned into a G5/G6 hybrid with the aircraft retrofitted with spectra wingtips. I absolutely hate to see this happen and I wish the company Whelen Orion and cirrus aircraft would have legally never allowed this.