Thu, Mar 24, 2005
Engine Testing Also Underway
Cessna commenced engine testing and slow speed taxi evaluations
on the Citation Mustang prototype on Tuesday, March 22, 2005. This
is one of the remaining system tests to be completed before the
first flight, which is scheduled for this summer. Cessna installed
the Citation Mustang's engines and FADECs to the prototype airframe
in February 2005.
Cessna has already accumulated over 210 hours of flight time on
its engine test bed since April 2004. Flight-testing on the
Citation Mustang's Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) PW615F
engine continues on Cessna's engine test bed as well as on
P&WC's flying test bed in Canada. In addition to being the
first 600 series engine P&WC ever delivered to any
manufacturer, the PW615F also marks the first time a P&WC
engine flew on an aircraft manufacturer's engine test bed prior to
being flown on P&WC's Boeing 720 engine test bed. The engines
are flat rated at 1,350 pounds of takeoff thrust at sea level to
ISA +10�C. Each engine is controlled by a dual-channel Full
Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC). Engine certification is
anticipated by fourth quarter of 2005.
The Citation Mustang is Cessna's newest entry-level business
jet, and will offer customers the same quality, safety, value and
support that have been the foundation of the Citation program for
over 30 years. It will be certified as a FAR Part 23 aircraft, with
a cruise speed of 340 knots, and maximum operating altitude of
41,000 feet. Cessna has received firm orders for over 230 Citation
Mustangs.
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