So the maw engine inlet on the engine pod is quite large. The Excel has two PW500 turbofans, this version is the PW545B, which has an additional LP turbine stage to drive a larger diameter fan. All VHF and UHF antennas are present and correctly done. Panels access panels and the highlighted (Dot3 bump mapping) riveting is well done, There are a few drawn lines, but nothing to worry about, the excellent tail and rudder assembly is the highlight. You see and feel the construction of the C-560XL.
There was also a hydraulically-operated grid speed brake on top of each wing.ĭetail is very good, your not going to get exceptional at this level, but the modeling and the detail is quite impressive here. All the flight control surfaces were manually actuated, except for electrically-driven flaps, and an electrically-driven elevator trim tab. Flight control surfaces were conventional: ailerons, one-piece flaps, elevators, rudder, and trim tabs. The Citation distinctive wing has a slight dihedral, while the tailplane had a steeper dihedral. Not too small or short, or too large to be cumbersome, I really like the look and feel of the machine. But as noted for a first release it is extremely impressive and I have also been very impressed with Mark Eduljee's (developer) responses and quick fixes, which is all you need for a good developer.
So you have to, and as I have done in the review is don't expect the absolute extreme of say Aerobask quality. As we will see this is a very impressive debut aircraft, but still a new debut aircraft from a first time developer.
#Cessna citation x plane simulator#
This AirSim3d Cessna Citation 560XL is currently only being released in X-Plane 11, X-Plane 12 compatibility will come after X-Plane 12 goes final.ĪirSim3d are a new developer to the X-Plane Simulator and a very welcome one. There is the Citation CJ4 Proline21 by Netavio, Carenado Cessna Citation ll S550 and the Citation X coming as a default aircraft in X-Plane 12. DDEN's Challenger 300 changed all that, and lately there has been a flurry of Private/Business Jets now of all sizes, except the really big transcontinental machines, the Aerobask Dassault Aviation's Falcon 8X is still in development, but the Gulfstream 550 was released last month.įor Citations there are a load of them. If you go back a decade, there was virtually no Business Jets in the X-Plane Simulator. The Excel has the roomiest cabin in its class of light corporate jets and can seat up to 10 passengers (in high-density configuration typically the number is six to eight in a corporate configuration), while being flown by a crew of two. To produce the Excel, Cessna took the X's wide, stand-up cabin fuselage, shortened it by about 2 feet (0.61 m) and mated it with an unswept wing utilizing a supercritical airfoil (based on the Citation V Ultra's wing) and used the tail from the Citation V.
#Cessna citation x plane series#
So rather than being a direct variant of another Citation airframe, the Excel series was created to be a combination of new technologies and designs. But that also puts the aircraft out of reach to a certain lower segment of purchasers, so you have to diverse the order to create a product for that particular segment. The problem is with a successful family is that the next aircraft in the series has to be better, faster, bigger and have a longer range. The Citation is a very large and diverse line of successful business jets, but within that long line, there is always a compromise aircraft to fit into a certain aircraft market segment. Within any family there are the odd branches, certainly in the families of very successful aviation aircraft and in this case it is the Cessna Citation family. Aircraft Review : Cessna Citation 560XL by AirSim3d
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