Relatively new MSFS2020 simmer here and the Citation CJ4 is absolutely my favorite sim airplane. I use it exclusively as it seems to be the best modeled jet in the sim. It was great and most informative to review this flight and I understood quite the vast majority of what you did and why by your oustanding dialog. 🙂
You have to love the wonderful weather along the routes. Always a challenge. Safe Flying and thank you for showing you can make the deviations like that as you are the PIC at all times.
Thank you for the video. I love videos like this. I live my aviation enthusiast each through videos like this. From Christopher in Melbourne Australia.❤❤
Thank you so much for making this video! I fly this plane in flight simulator and recently started using Vatsim for ATC. Everything you explained and even phraseology with controllers has given me a huge confidence boost in what I was doing right and areas for improvement. Maybe one day I can scrounge up enough for my PPL 😂
makes more video, your videos are very satisfying. We can't wait for you to post for us to watch. when you give post more every week lol. I am passionate about airplane would love to be pilot more this difficult. just from you posting this CJ4 plane shines my eyes. Maybe one day I can enjoy this moment.
Can't wait for part 2! So happy that you talk to yourself while flying. I've come across a few people recently who fly in really cool places, but are dead silent apart from radio comms. Makes me incredibly nervous... Also, unless I missed it, I don't think you ended up telling us what the automatic radar does in the CJ4! 😄
Great video. I was a Cessna 172 pilot in real life before being sidelined with medical issues. Now I often fly the CJ4 in MSFS 2020 and love it. I just subscribed to your channel and will check out your other content.
Ryan I am a chef but I also love aviation, a good pilot is like a chef, PRIOR PROPER PLANING PREVENTS PISS POOR PERFORMANCE . Thanks for the videos mate.
Had a CJ pilot attempt to multi task during taxi, exited the taxiway with left main, mired in the mud, attempted extraction with local car towing company, ruptured left main fuel tank. Just saying.
Great video an absolutely excellent job narrating as you fly! 🤙 I think CJ4s are really clean looking airplanes and my buddies that fly a new one absolutely love the performance of that plane. I have some time in CJ2s and would love to move up to CJ4s at some point. Great job putting together this video! I’m definitely subscribing and looking forward to more CJ4 vids in the future!
..as a recent sub..many thanks again Ryan..for taking us along.. on another really extremely exciting trip..and yet another really great video..and please keep em coming..
Nice video Ryan! :) Quick question, during the decent you did "flight plan sequencing" from point CAGNU which is a FAP, and you got vectored more or less 1-2nm before that point when you were cleared for the appr. EASA has regulation that during vectors for RNP app, last point that you can be vectored to is IF (KUYRE point in this case). That is not the regulation per FAA?
Hi Ryan, congrats for your youtube channel, it's AMAZING!!! I am a software developer to helicopters on Lockheed Martin Prepar3D and MSFS2020 flight simulator. I don't know much about airplanes but I would like to understand better about the performance of the Cj4 engines. The avionic system of Cj4 on MSFS2020 is very good but I can't understand if the flight dynamics are realistic or not, so Just one question: if we are on fly with flaps and spoiler to zero and the two engines on IDLE, is it possible that the power of the engines is enought to mantain the airplane stabilized just only with a little bit of trim? Sorry for my bad english, I hope you understand what I saying Thanks again and sorry for the banal question. Enjoy!👍😊
To an extent, yes. It wouldn't so much be the engines powering the airplane, so much as the remaining energy that the airplane had from being at cruise. This is actually a demonstration that we do in the simulator during training. At cruise, you move the thrust levers to idle. The airplane does slow down eventually, but it takes a shockingly long time.
It is indeed automatic in the tilt axis. I mentioned that I was going to explain it in the video, but then I got busy an never did. Once selected on in the automatic mode, the radar sweeps a few times, filters out ground clutter, and then basically gives you a composite image pretty similar to XM, except it is real time radar. At least that's how I understand it! It really is a great feature. Pretty much set it and forget it.
I always wanted it too! I have the flight after this one from Monroe to Bozeman filmed. I'll be editing and releasing it in the next couple weeks. More weather on the departure of that one!
Correct. Airspeed alive means that the airspeed indicators are showing airspeed, so you know everything is working in that system. You do a cross check to compare the left to right airspeed indicators and make sure they match. They are two separate systems, so you check them against each other. Most airplanes I would say you do this at 80 knots. In the glass cockpit CJ’s, the logic inhibits certain warnings/cautions at 70 knots so usually it is done at 70. The CJ4 accelerates so quickly, and I was already looking there at 60 that I decided to just do the cross check then, so I said “at 60”. This kept me from diverting my attention once more, or any longer to see the cross check.
@@TheRunwayRyan Got It...I looked up cross check and it always referred to flight attendants checking doors so that's why I asked you what you meant. Like I said, I am a newbie MS Flight Simmer. Well now that Cross Check is added to my takeoff / muscle memory to do. I now have: -- Takeoff Thrust Set -- Good Engines Check -- Air Speed Alive -- Cross Check -- V1 Speed -- Rotate -- Positive Rate of Climb -- Gear Up -- 400ft V2 plus 10 -- Climb Thrust Reduce -- Flaps Up -- and Yaw Damper Engaged And I noted your often verfication three times of gauges across the console. Thanks guy! 👌
Hands down, no question asked, I prefer the Garmin. I will however mention that I’ve got about 800 hours with the Garmin and 150 with the proline, so there might be some experience bias there.
@@TheRunwayRyan Thanks - I've never used either. I come from a background of piston twins. The other comment I have is looking at the WX radar I wasn't concerned about the ice - especially with hot wings. Does the de-ice bleed degrade the performance significantly? I like your prudent approach and no ice is good ice.....
@@alanmortensen4166 Yes, it does make a noticeable impact on performance. Mainly when both the wing and engine anti ice are on. The engine anti ice on its own make a difference, but not as big. The CJ3+ and CJ4 both have quite a bit of excess thrust, so it doesn't impact these airplanes as much as some others. Other jets can flat out stop climbing at certain altitudes because of the impact of having anti-ice on.
Relatively new MSFS2020 simmer here and the Citation CJ4 is absolutely my favorite sim airplane. I use it exclusively as it seems to be the best modeled jet in the sim. It was great and most informative to review this flight and I understood quite the vast majority of what you did and why by your oustanding dialog. 🙂
Glad you could follow along!
Yeah, daywalker same here.
@@Howrider65 Glad to be able to help connect it to the real thing for you!
Same here✌🏼
Same here 😁
Thank you for the video buddy. Much appreciated.
You are quite welcome!
Awesome narration, good Sir. Your videos are very well done, indeed. TYVM!
Thank you very much!
Thumbs up 👍 interesting following along with weather and windy 🌬️ day above.
Glad you liked it!
Great video and it is a great airplane!
Thank you, it sure is. Very blessed to get to fly it!
Again , another well narrated video Ryan. Thx for letting us fly with you.
Thank you very much!
Working on Commercial right now and I get giddy watching your videos! Thanks for taking us along
You are quite welcome, more to come!
You have to love the wonderful weather along the routes. Always a challenge. Safe Flying and thank you for showing you can make the deviations like that as you are the PIC at all times.
Thanks for watching!
Hey Ryan, thanks for the ride along. Interesting flight, and as always . . . I always learn something new when I fly along with you.
You are quite welcome!
Best CJ pilot on the field!
2nd best, but I do know who the best is! I try to be like him every day!
Great camera work and narration. No nonsense, pure flying. Great job!
Thank you very much!
Terrific video! Really enjoyed it 😊
Thank you Rufus!
Thank you for the video. I love videos like this. I live my aviation enthusiast each through videos like this. From Christopher in Melbourne Australia.❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nicely done, from the camera placement to the narration while still flying like a pro. What a great aircraft too.
Thank you very much! I have really been working on the camera placement!
Thank you so much for making this video! I fly this plane in flight simulator and recently started using Vatsim for ATC. Everything you explained and even phraseology with controllers has given me a huge confidence boost in what I was doing right and areas for improvement. Maybe one day I can scrounge up enough for my PPL 😂
You are welcome, thanks for watching!
makes more video, your videos are very satisfying. We can't wait for you to post for us to watch. when you give post more every week lol. I am passionate about airplane would love to be pilot more this difficult. just from you posting this CJ4 plane shines my eyes. Maybe one day I can enjoy this moment.
You are so kind. I should have some more videos coming out shortly. Sorry for the delay!
Good stuff as always. Good to have you posting such great content! Thx!
You are welcome, thank you!
Can't wait for part 2!
So happy that you talk to yourself while flying. I've come across a few people recently who fly in really cool places, but are dead silent apart from radio comms. Makes me incredibly nervous...
Also, unless I missed it, I don't think you ended up telling us what the automatic radar does in the CJ4! 😄
You are correct, I got busy and completely forgot to explain the automatic radar. I answered it in another question here that I will pin to the top!
Unpleasant conditions...well mastered!
Thank you!
You're a pro Ryan.
Thank you!
Geat and concise explanations and flying, and great ATC phraseology. I wish I had flown the Proline 21 when I was flying corporate! Subscribed!
Thank you, the Garmin is even better!
Great video. I was a Cessna 172 pilot in real life before being sidelined with medical issues. Now I often fly the CJ4 in MSFS 2020 and love it. I just subscribed to your channel and will check out your other content.
Thank you! Glad to have you here!
I love the camera angle on on the MFDs and PFDs, really good stuff!
Thank you! That's a fairly new angle for me.
great video ryan, keep up the good videos
Thank you! At least one more video in this little series.
Exceptional; well done, thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Ryan I am a chef but I also love aviation, a good pilot is like a chef, PRIOR PROPER PLANING PREVENTS PISS POOR PERFORMANCE . Thanks for the videos mate.
You are quite welcome!
Awesome video! I really hope to run into you someday at an FBO. You seem like the most genuine "RUclips Pilot". Keep it up!
Wow, thank you! If you do see me, please do come say hey!
@@TheRunwayRyan I really mean it and yes I absolutely will!
Had a CJ pilot attempt to multi task during taxi, exited the taxiway with left main, mired in the mud, attempted extraction with local car towing company, ruptured left main fuel tank. Just saying.
fantastic CJ4!
Superb!
Thank you!
Great video an absolutely excellent job narrating as you fly! 🤙 I think CJ4s are really clean looking airplanes and my buddies that fly a new one absolutely love the performance of that plane. I have some time in CJ2s and would love to move up to CJ4s at some point. Great job putting together this video! I’m definitely subscribing and looking forward to more CJ4 vids in the future!
Thank you very much! I also love the clean look of the CJ4. I've got the Bozeman leg in editing now so stay tuned!
Smooth flight, nice job!!
Thank you!
..as a recent sub..many thanks again Ryan..for taking us along.. on another really extremely exciting trip..and yet another really great video..and please keep em coming..
Thank you, glad to have you here!
Excellent presentation
Thank you!
Fantastic videos man!
Thank you! Glad you like them!
Simflyer here as well. Good flight
Thank you!
Badass pilot rite there.. I just subscribed
Thank you very much! Glad to have you!
Nice video Ryan! :) Quick question, during the decent you did "flight plan sequencing" from point CAGNU which is a FAP, and you got vectored more or less 1-2nm before that point when you were cleared for the appr. EASA has regulation that during vectors for RNP app, last point that you can be vectored to is IF (KUYRE point in this case). That is not the regulation per FAA?
Hey man great video!!! I'd love to sit right seat on a flight with you sometime. Happy flying
Hey Brandon! Thank you very much! I’m sure with all the flying you’ll be in my seat soon!
Hi Ryan, congrats for your youtube channel, it's AMAZING!!! I am a software developer to helicopters on Lockheed Martin Prepar3D and MSFS2020 flight simulator. I don't know much about airplanes but I would like to understand better about the performance of the Cj4 engines. The avionic system of Cj4 on MSFS2020 is very good but I can't understand if the flight dynamics are realistic or not, so Just one question: if we are on fly with flaps and spoiler to zero and the two engines on IDLE, is it possible that the power of the engines is enought to mantain the airplane stabilized just only with a little bit of trim? Sorry for my bad english, I hope you understand what I saying Thanks again and sorry for the banal question. Enjoy!👍😊
To an extent, yes. It wouldn't so much be the engines powering the airplane, so much as the remaining energy that the airplane had from being at cruise. This is actually a demonstration that we do in the simulator during training. At cruise, you move the thrust levers to idle. The airplane does slow down eventually, but it takes a shockingly long time.
@@TheRunwayRyan thanks so very very much for your answer 🙏🏻
The collins suite in this jet makes it seem like you're flying an airliner.
It's pretty advanced
epic stuff,
Thanks for watching!
I knew I recognized that CJ4. I work across the street at Atlantric.
Nice!
Great video! Which system do you like better? The G3000 or Pro Line 21?
Thank you! No question at all, I drastically prefer the Garmin. A much better system.
Is the runway you took off on the old Adams Field runway near Central Flying Service?
Yes it is.
Great Video Ryan! You mentioned that the CJ4 has an automatic radar. Is that automatic in the tilt axis? Can you elaborate?
It is indeed automatic in the tilt axis. I mentioned that I was going to explain it in the video, but then I got busy an never did. Once selected on in the automatic mode, the radar sweeps a few times, filters out ground clutter, and then basically gives you a composite image pretty similar to XM, except it is real time radar. At least that's how I understand it! It really is a great feature. Pretty much set it and forget it.
@@TheRunwayRyan thank you for the explanation. That is a nice feature to have, especially in a busy dynamic environment.
@@gblank70 yes it is. It makes single pilot in that fast of a jet much easier
Can you do a video that has a visual approach with fms display? I am trying to see how you do a visual approach setup in the cj4.
I will see what I can do.
Ty and btw you taught me alot in this plane bro much love ty
I lOVE WX RADAR FOOTAGE!!! Can you please upload more!? :)
I always wanted it too! I have the flight after this one from Monroe to Bozeman filmed. I'll be editing and releasing it in the next couple weeks. More weather on the departure of that one!
@@TheRunwayRyan I’ll be on the lookout for it! Btw, if you ever need a safety pilot, count me in!
On take off after you sounded out "air speed alive", it sounded to me that you said "cross check at 60". If so, what does that mean?
Correct. Airspeed alive means that the airspeed indicators are showing airspeed, so you know everything is working in that system.
You do a cross check to compare the left to right airspeed indicators and make sure they match. They are two separate systems, so you check them against each other. Most airplanes I would say you do this at 80 knots. In the glass cockpit CJ’s, the logic inhibits certain warnings/cautions at 70 knots so usually it is done at 70. The CJ4 accelerates so quickly, and I was already looking there at 60 that I decided to just do the cross check then, so I said “at 60”. This kept me from diverting my attention once more, or any longer to see the cross check.
@@TheRunwayRyan Got It...I looked up cross check and it always referred to flight attendants checking doors so that's why I asked you what you meant. Like I said, I am a newbie MS Flight Simmer. Well now that Cross Check is added to my takeoff / muscle memory to do. I now have:
-- Takeoff Thrust Set
-- Good Engines Check
-- Air Speed Alive
-- Cross Check
-- V1 Speed
-- Rotate
-- Positive Rate of Climb
-- Gear Up
-- 400ft V2 plus 10
-- Climb Thrust Reduce
-- Flaps Up
-- and Yaw Damper Engaged
And I noted your often verfication three times of gauges across the console. Thanks guy! 👌
Hey, are there times when you leave the cockpit after putting the plane on autopilot ?
Not as a single pilot. If there is more than 1 pilot then you can.
O wow I used to work there when it was Central flying service
Nice! They are still here, just at a lesser capacity.
The CJ 4 has the Collins Proline as opposed to the Garmin 3000. Do you have a preference?
Hands down, no question asked, I prefer the Garmin. I will however mention that I’ve got about 800 hours with the Garmin and 150 with the proline, so there might be some experience bias there.
@@TheRunwayRyan Thanks - I've never used either. I come from a background of piston twins. The other comment I have is looking at the WX radar I wasn't concerned about the ice - especially with hot wings. Does the de-ice bleed degrade the performance significantly? I like your prudent approach and no ice is good ice.....
@@alanmortensen4166 Yes, it does make a noticeable impact on performance. Mainly when both the wing and engine anti ice are on. The engine anti ice on its own make a difference, but not as big. The CJ3+ and CJ4 both have quite a bit of excess thrust, so it doesn't impact these airplanes as much as some others. Other jets can flat out stop climbing at certain altitudes because of the impact of having anti-ice on.
The proline in the CJ4 is awesome. I like it a lot more than the Garmin in the M2
Ryan, What do you think of thoses williams FJ44 engines?
I really like them, especially when they have FADEC. They are very smooth engines, use very little oil, and have a very quick response time.
That’s my brother in law !
thanks Ryan. Love the Cam views and your recorded FMS Actions and Instruments. So we see logical actions at your Navigation and Flow.
You’re welcome! That’s something I always wanted when I was watching videos, so I’ve been working on filming that way.