Why are Cirrus SR22 so expensive?
The answer is undoubtedly weight, complexity, and cost—in order to create a fixed gear airplane (simple) that is still fast (performance), something had to be sacrificed and that was a steerable nose wheel. Taxiing the SR22 is certainly not hard after a few flights, but without practice it can lead to problems. It’s surprisingly simple. For all its high performance, the SR22 is actually quite easy to fly. Compared to the Cessna 210, there is no gear lever, no cowl flaps, and no propeller control. The after takeoff checklist has basically one item: retract flaps.