MSFS 2020 | TUTORIAL: How to fly the Working Title Cessna Citation CJ4 | Complete Lesson

Learn along with me as I take to the skies in the Working Title Cessna Citation CJ4 (version 0.10.2) under the expert tuition of Matt, one of the Working Title developers. If you're looking for guidance on something specific, click "show more" for chapters.

The CJ4 with the Working Title mod is an incredible plane. It's a joy to fly and, at the time of publishing, it's probably the most detailed and realistic aircraft in MSFS. It eats up the miles like the airliners but it allows you to fly into small airports and explore parts of the world that airliners just can't reach. If you haven't flown it yet, you absolutely should! And following along with this lesson is a great way to get started.

As we fly a short flight from London Luton (EGGW) to Inverness (EGPE), this lesson will teach you everything you need to know to conduct a simple flight, just as it would be flown in the real world. Matt takes us through setting up the aircraft from cold and dark, starting the engines, taxiing, taking off, climbing, cruising, descending and shooting an ILS approach. Along the way, we discuss the autopilot, VNAV modes, how the FADECs work, speed management and real world ops procedures.

Here's the route, for those who want to follow along:

EGGW/07 OLNEY2C OLNEY T420 TNT UN57 POL UN601 TLA DCT FOYLE N560
NESDI DCT GUSSI DCT INS DCT EGPE/05

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CHAPTERS
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PRE-DEPARTURE

00:00:00 - Introducing Matt & the Working Title CJ4 project
00:06:30 - Flight planning
00:07:50 - Powering up
00:08:42 - FMC initialisation
00:10:00 - Connecting ground power
00:11:35 - Importing a flight plan
00:15:33 - Adding departures & arrivals
00:23:03 - Dealing with discontinuities
00:24:58 - Performance settings
00:30:35 - Switching between hPa & inHG
00:31:16 - Built-in checklists & passenger briefings
00:35:00 - Starting the engines
00:38:27 - Setting takeoff trim & flaps
00:41:10 - Autopilot & yaw damper discussion

TAXI OUT, TAKEOFF, CLIMB & CRUISE

00:42:36 - Taxi out
00:45:49 - Before takeoff checklist
00:50:03 - Autopilot takeoff options
00:50:50 - Line up
00:52:05 - Takeoff autopilot setup
00:53:57 - Takeoff procedure briefing
00:54:58 - Takeoff
01:02:20 - Climb
01:13:53 - Cruise
01:19:51 - Cockpit lighting
01:22:00 - PFD & MFD features

DESCENT, APPROACH, LANDING, TAXI IN & SHUTDOWN

01:27:14 - Descent preparation
01:29:49 - Autopilot descent options (VS, VPATH etc.)
01:31:21 - VNAV descent - snowflakes & donuts
01:32:33 - ALTS vs ALTV
01:34:15 - ATC clearances & VNAV descents
01:35:58 - VNAV path smoothing
01:37:16 - Speed during descent
01:38:45 - Approach preparation
01:42:56 - ILS tuning, NAV-to-NAV transfer, pre-select navigation source
01:47:20 - Seatbelts & landing briefing
01:48:03 - Initial approach & approach performance setup
01:51:18 - Switching to intercept leg & intercepting final
01:55:50 - Final approach & landing
02:02:02 - Taxi in
02:04:25 - Parking & shutdown

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WORKING TITLE CJ4 LINKS
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Working Title CJ4: https://github.com/Working-Title-MSFS...

Working Title Discord:   / discord  

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SCENERY ADD-ONS USED
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UK2000 Luton 2020HD: https://www.uk2000scenery.co.uk/luton...

UK2000 Inverness 2020HD: https://www.uk2000scenery.co.uk/inver...

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SYSTEM SPECS
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i7 8700k processor
32GB RAM
GeForce GTX 1080Ti
LG UltraWide 25UM58 25-inch Monitor
Thrustmaster T16000.M flight stick

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MSFS GRAPHICS SETTINGS
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