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04-13-2011, 04:30 PM

Xems

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Citation XLS

Looks like I might be going from a PC-12 into an XLS. Anybody have any good, bad, ugly about the plane? Thanks.

04-13-2011, 04:45 PM

BigMike

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APU, great climb, good field performance. What's not to like.

04-13-2011, 06:43 PM

Bill Lumberg

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A buddy of mine at Netjets once told me it flies like "a big twin Cessna." I am pretty sure he likes flying it.

04-13-2011, 07:23 PM

Red Forman

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It's a great airplane, but the plus is hands down much better!

04-14-2011, 05:30 AM

grimmdj

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Nice airplanes. The Honeywell/Universal avionics interplay
leaves a little to be desired. Wet runway landing distances suffer from single
main wheels and check AP/FD for runway and ramp weight limits for a 20,200lb single wheel airplane.
Dave

04-14-2011, 08:50 AM

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Good short field performance, able to climb to 370 at a 1000fpm at gross weight. Its a little slow with the MMO of .75(TAS 420). Great for our operations.

04-16-2011, 10:49 AM

Xems

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Thanks guys. Those comments were pretty much my thoughts on the airplane. I've heard some of them come in a bit on the heavy side though I don't have any numbers on mine yet. What kind of pax loads do you see with full fuel? Home base will be sea level with a 6,000 ft runway.

Red, I'm sure the plus would be the big winner, but not in the cards right now.