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Introduction
Welcome at the citation simulator site where you can follow the progress of my home cockpit for the Cessna Citation jet.
The Project
The main idea is to build a generic panel based on the newest midsize citation jets but very close to the Excel and 560XL series. The planning is to have the cockpit build in three stages, MIP, Pedestal and Shell. I will cover the several stages on the site as the project progresses.
Citation Excel
The Cessna Citation Excel (Model 560XL) is a turbofan-powered small-to-medium sized business jet built by the Cessna Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas. The Citation brand of business jets encompasses six distinct "families" of aircraft, and the Excel was the basis for one of these families. This family includes the Excel, the Citation XLS, and the Citation XLS+.
Citation XLS
The Citation XLS was the first "makeover" that the Excel received. Besides a glass cockpit based on the Honeywell Primus 1000 EFIS avionics suite, the XLS featured the upgraded PW545B engines with increased performance.
Technology
The XLS cockpit features the all new Honeywell Primus 1000 Control Display System (CDS) avionics system with three 8” x 10” liquid crystal displays; two primary flight displays (PFD), one for each pilot; and one multi-function display (MFD).
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 7-10 passengers
- Length: 52 ft 6 in (m (16.0 m)
- Wingspan: 56 ft 4 in (17.17 m)
- Height: 17 ft 2 in (5.23 m)
- Empty weight: 17,700 lb (8,029 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 20,200 lb (9,163 kg)
- Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545C turbofans, 4,119 lb (18.32 kN) each
Performance
About me
My name is Adino Martina and I live on Curacao a beautiful island in the Dutch Antilles. Since my childhood I have been font with aviation and dreaming with flying. Mainly due to financial issues I was unable to fulfill that dream. Today I work as an IT technical lead for a financial firm and spent most of my free time with my family and my aviation hobby. While now pursuing my PPL, I started building a home cockpit based on the Cessna Citation jets. Why? Well, first of all I love biz jets and secondly I like to do short regional flights sessions in FS. The possibility of landing on most types of runways makes those small jets a logical choice.
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