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|image =Cessna550.jpg
|image =Cessna550.jpg
|name =Cessna 550 Citation II
|name =Cessna 550 Citation II
|type =Business Jet
|type =Business jet
|authors = Curtis Olson, Syd Adams, Ludovic Brenta, chris_blues
|authors = Curtis Olson, Syd Adams, Ludovic Brenta, chris_blues
|fdm =Yasim
|fdm =[[YASim]]
|status-fdm=5
|status-fdm=5
|status-systems=4
|status-systems=4
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|fgname = Citation-II<br/>Sierra-Super-II
|fgname = Citation-II<br/>Sierra-Super-II
|ready = rembrandt
|ready = rembrandt
|development = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/fgaddon/HEAD/tree/trunk/Aircraft/Citation/
|download = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/fgaddon/HEAD/tarball?path=/trunk/Aircraft/Citation
|download = http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/fgaddon/HEAD/tarball?path=/trunk/Aircraft/Citation
}}
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The '''Cessna 550 Citation II''' debuted in [[FlightGear]] 0.9.8 in January 2005. It has two "special views": passenger 1 and passenger 2.
The '''Cessna 550 Citation II''' debuted in [[FlightGear]] 0.9.8 in January 2005. It has two "special views": passenger 1 and passenger 2.
{{note|This article describes the Citation II in Subversion (as of January 2015), not the 3.2 release.}}


== Overview ==
== Overview ==
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At low altitude, this aeroplane is light and slow enough for sightseeing in the canyons. At high altitude, it is fast enough for medium-haul, multiple-hour flights and GPS navigation.  You can fly VFR or IFR, with or without GPS.
At low altitude, this aeroplane is light and slow enough for sightseeing in the canyons. At high altitude, it is fast enough for medium-haul, multiple-hour flights and GPS navigation.  You can fly VFR or IFR, with or without GPS.
== Download ==
=== Option 1: SVN ===
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
$ svn checkout http://svn.code.sf.net/p/flightgear/fgaddon/trunk/Aircraft/Citation Citation
$ svn up
</syntaxhighlight>
=== Option 2: Tarball ===
The other way is to download a tarball from Sourceforge.
[http://sourceforge.net/p/flightgear/fgaddon/HEAD/tarball?path=/trunk/Aircraft/Citation Link]


== Startup ==
== Startup ==
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This activates the Route Manager, which you can of course still control with the generic Route Manager dialog.  The ZVK500 unit in POSITION mode will then display where you stand on the selected route.
This activates the Route Manager, which you can of course still control with the generic Route Manager dialog.  The ZVK500 unit in POSITION mode will then display where you stand on the selected route.
== Development ==
=== Recently updated ===
==== Systems ====
* Several checklists have been added.
* A realistic startup procedure.
* A major overhaul of the Autopilot-systems.
* The FDM got upgraded and several bugs got fixed in the process.
* All knobs can now be turned with the mouse-wheel.
==== Instruments ====
* Added a new Lighting Panel to the pilots panel. All knobs and switches, which actually have a function are animated.
* Instrument Panel got new textures. Looks a bit more used now.
* RMI now is switchable on Nav1/ADF and Nav2/ADF.
* HSI can be switched between Nav1/Nav2/GPS with the AP control panel's NAV-button.
* A ZVK500 GPS instrument was added on the pilots instrument panel.
* A CDU was added on the center pedestal.
==== Model ====
* All exterior lights are now Rembrandt-capable.
* The missing door-ladder was added and animated.
* The speedbrakes got a major overhaul and are now much closer to the real thing, also the lower speedbrakes are added and animated.
* Several small additions to the cockpit and cabin, including an accurate circuit breaker panel, sadly without functionality for now.
=== Todo ===
* Interior Rembrandt lighting
* Fine-tuning of speedbrake's animations and add LOD
* More interior model details (e.g. better textures, overhead lights, air conditioning outlets etc.)
* Create different liveries for Citation II and Sierra Super II.
* CDU needs more functions and bug fixes


== External links ==
== External links ==

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