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Cessna Citation Longitude ↗Simulator documentation

Citation Longitude · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024

Fuel management includes automatic pump logic

The guide’s simulation notes describe automatic boost and recirculation pump management, transfer-valve and scavenge logic, and custom gravity crossflow behavior. Fuel temperature also responds to the wing skin, fuel mass and returned fuel. These are documented parts of the simulator model beyond simply reducing tank quantities as the engines run.

Archived Model 700 guide · PDF p.55; installed package revision not observed

SourceCessna Model 700 Operator’s Guide ↗Microsoft / aircraft developers
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Cessna Citation Longitude ↗Simulator documentation

Citation Longitude · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024

The cabin environment is part of the model

The documented air-conditioning simulation follows bleed-air temperature through the pack and into the cabin. It includes automatic temperature control and separate air-cycle-machine-only or heat-exchanger-only modes with different heating and cooling capabilities. This provides another system to explore through the aircraft’s environmental controls.

Archived Model 700 guide · PDF p.83; installed package revision not observed

SourceCessna Model 700 Operator’s Guide ↗Microsoft / aircraft developers
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Cessna Citation Longitude ↗Simulator documentation

Citation Longitude · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2024

Three axes, different control paths

The Longitude guide describes mechanical pitch and roll controls, hydraulically operated roll spoilers and an electronically controlled rudder. Its simulated hydraulic failures can affect rudder, yaw-damper and spoiler authority. The guide also marks locks, disconnects and secondary trim as unmodelled in the documented version. Engine FADEC, the APU and fuel transfer have their own detailed sections.

Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.39,104,117; simulation notes

SourceCessna Model 700 Operator’s Guide ↗Microsoft / aircraft developers
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Cessna Citation Longitude ↗Simulator documentation

Cessna Citation Longitude · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020

Fuel management includes automatic pump logic

The guide’s simulation notes describe automatic boost and recirculation pump management, transfer-valve and scavenge logic, and custom gravity crossflow behavior. Fuel temperature also responds to the wing skin, fuel mass and returned fuel. These are documented parts of the simulator model beyond simply reducing tank quantities as the engines run.

Archived Model 700 guide · PDF p.55; installed package revision not observed

SourceCessna Model 700 Operator’s Guide ↗Microsoft / aircraft developers
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Cessna Citation Longitude ↗Simulator documentation

Cessna Citation Longitude · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020

The cabin environment is part of the model

The documented air-conditioning simulation follows bleed-air temperature through the pack and into the cabin. It includes automatic temperature control and separate air-cycle-machine-only or heat-exchanger-only modes with different heating and cooling capabilities. This provides another system to explore through the aircraft’s environmental controls.

Archived Model 700 guide · PDF p.83; installed package revision not observed

SourceCessna Model 700 Operator’s Guide ↗Microsoft / aircraft developers
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Cessna Citation Longitude ↗Simulator documentation

Cessna Citation Longitude · Microsoft Flight Simulator · MSFS 2020

Three axes, different control paths

The Longitude guide describes mechanical pitch and roll controls, hydraulically operated roll spoilers and an electronically controlled rudder. Its simulated hydraulic failures can affect rudder, yaw-damper and spoiler authority. The guide also marks locks, disconnects and secondary trim as unmodelled in the documented version. Engine FADEC, the APU and fuel transfer have their own detailed sections.

Archived simulator manual; installed package revision not observed · PDF pp.39,104,117; simulation notes

SourceCessna Model 700 Operator’s Guide ↗Microsoft / aircraft developers
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Cessna Citation Longitude ↗Research-based aircraft background

Cessna Citation Longitude

The Longitude is Cessna's Model 700. It first flew in 2016 and received certification in 2019. The design uses the Latitude's fuselage cross-section with a longer cabin, paired with a new swept wing and Honeywell turbofan engines.

Its modern appearance does not imply that every primary control is fly-by-wire. The simulator operator's guide distinguishes mechanical pitch and roll controls, hydraulic roll spoilers and the electronically controlled rudder. Those differences make the Longitude a particularly useful aircraft for systems-minded readers.

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