How I PRE-FLIGHT my CIRRUS SR22T - in-hangar prep to pre-start all the steps I go through in order

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Not Instructional - entertainment only

Learning to fly ? New to plane ownership ? Just curious how planes are prepared for flight ?

I am a Commercial Pilot with an Instrument Rating and over 300 hours in the Cirrus SR22T. Through those flight hours and experiences I've developed a pre-flight process that works for me. Maybe this will help you ?

In my experience pre-flighting a plane is absolutely critical. I've taken the Cirrus POH pre-flight checklist and expanded in quite a bit to suite my needs. This way when I turn on the plane I'm pretty sure that anything I could have eliminated on the ground has been taken care of.

Here are the chapters in the video:
:00 - :25 - Overview - In-Hangar Work
:26 - 1:05 - Tire Inflation
1:06 - 1:38 - Icing Fluid (TKS), How much it weighs
1:39 - 2:05 - Oil, Why I'm sometimes lower after an oil change
2:13 - Exterior Pre-Flight , Outside Work begins
2:19 - Sources of information on pre-flighting for this plane
2:35 - Bat 2 activation
2:52 - 3:35 Checking the Lights - I do this even in VFR flying conditions
3:52 - 6:23 - Second walk-around to check exterior condition of plane
6:24 - 7:30 - Sumping fuel, checking tanks and fuel levels *NOTE - a correction here that water sinks below not floats on top as I stated
7:30 - 8:11 - Manual dipstick method
8:12 - 8:37 - Final inspection prior to starting-up plane

What I find that with some practice this entire process can take 10-15 minutes. When I do this listening to ATIS I find time to note the details in my ForeFlight screen and I'm ahead of the game when ready-to-taxi !