Cirrus Product Details

Forced Aeromotive Technologies is currently developing belt-driven supercharger systems for the Cirrus SR-22.

UPDATE: We expect to complete flight testing in January of 2008 and submit all our supporting documentation to the FAA in February.

Please contact us anytime for more information.

Technical Information

The supercharger is belt driven off the accessory drive, similar to the alternator. It will run much cooler than a turbocharger and should result in much lower maintenance costs. It will add 7-8000 feet of altitude performance to the Cirrus SR-22. Impeller speed is a function of engine RPM and therefore over speed and bootstrapping are not considerations. There are no MP fluctuations while adjusting the throttle, or mixture. Idle cool down periods are not necessary. Manifold pressure is limited to 29.6 inches at full power.

• Efficient - uses approximately 4.0 horse power at cruise
• Light weight - approximately 39 pounds
• Cool engine temperatures
• Easy pilot workload - no bootstrapping or overshoot.
• No TIT to monitor
• No pre-shut down cool down required.
• Easy installation - no modifications to exhaust system, fuel system, or intake system passed the throttle body.
• No engine-oil driven control systems
• No scavenge pump
• No waste gate
• Can be removed and the aircraft returned to the normally aspirated configuration

Recent flight data:

M5:

On our trip to Duluth we decided to go as efficiently as possible and ran lean of peak at 2480 RPM at 15000'. We had a couple ATC deviations but at 11.7-12.3 GPH , 170-175 KTAS, and we made the 704 NM trip from Denver on 53 gallons.

People who flew the Super Cirrus at M5, and also flew a new turbo, reported no difference in performance to 12000'.