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Cessna Citation X · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
Flight planning and radio management have separate interfaces
Laminar’s guide directs flight-plan work through the control display unit and refers to the separate X-Plane FMS manual for detailed operation. The radio management units provide communication, navigation and transponder controls, including active/standby frequencies and traffic-display selections. The illustrated cockpit uses these physical-key interfaces rather than the X+ touchscreen arrangement in some real-world accounts.
Laminar Citation X guide · PDF pp.38–40
Cessna Citation X · Laminar Research · X-Plane 12
Powered controls and spoiler roll assistance
Laminar's Citation X overview describes powered flight controls and the spoilers' contribution to roll control. The simulator setup section supplies electric stabiliser-trim commands. The aircraft's control architecture is therefore documented independently of the other Citations in the catalogue.
Laminar CitationX guide · PDF pp.5,17,19
Cessna Citation X
The Citation X is Cessna's Model 750, first flown in 1993. Its strongly swept wing and large rear-mounted engine nacelles set it apart from earlier Citations. The later X+ stretched the cabin and introduced further changes.
The type is an interesting contrast with the smaller CJ family and the newer Longitude. In X-Plane, its flight deck and powered control systems have their own documentation; the Citation name alone is not a guide to the controls or avionics installed in a particular model.
Aircraft / family
Flight Test: Citation X+ marks Cessna’s bid for the high-speed crown
Mike Gerzanics · 21 October 2014 · X+
The king of speed
Cyrus Sigari · 5 March 2015 · X+
From the Archives: Flying the Citation 10
28 March 2022 retrospective quoting David M. North’s 23 September 1996 report
Cessna CitationJet 525 · TorqueSim · X-Plane 12
The Honeywell panel belongs to the original CJ
The product describes a custom Honeywell ED600 EADI/EHSI suite, combining electronic flight instruments with traditional gauges. This differs from the later CJ1 panel discussed in Horne’s real-aircraft account.
TorqueSim CJ525 for X-Plane 12 · public product feature panel, retrieved September 2026
Cessna CitationJet 525 · TorqueSim · X-Plane 12
Navigation choices have different availability
The listing names VOR, FMS and RealityXP GNS/GTN options. It still labels TDS GTNXi integration as forthcoming; that wording does not confirm its availability in an installed package.
Public product description; optional integrations and their present installed operation were not tested
Cessna CitationJet 525 · TorqueSim · X-Plane 12
Circuit breakers connect with custom systems
TorqueSim describes custom electrical, hydraulic, fuel and pneumatic systems, with circuit-breaker changes affecting connected equipment. The feature description gives no independently measured fidelity result.
Developer feature description for X-Plane 12
Cessna CitationJet 525
Cessna launched the CitationJet in 1989 and flew the Model 525 prototype in April 1991. Deliveries followed in 1993. The design combined part of the earlier Citation fuselage lineage with a new wing and T-tail, powered by two Williams FJ44 engines. Later CJ and M2 versions belong to the wider family, with distinct specifications.
Turbine Edition: Pilot in Command
Phil Boyer · 1 October 2008
CJ Step-Up
Thomas A. Horne · 5 August 2000
