X-Plane 12 Citation-X Checklist
10 May 2026If you are trying out the Citation-X with X-Plane 12, I can really recommend the XChecklist plugin and the checklist file for the Citation-X. To help you with finding all the different controls, I created this interactive page.
PRELIMINARY
- Aircraft Doors: OPEN
- Parking Brake: SET
- Landing Gear Handle: DOWN
- Speedbrake Handle: CHECK ZERO
- Throttles: CUT OFF
- Battery Switches 1 & 2: ON
- Eicas Switch: ON
- Battery Volts (Elec Page): CHECK 24
- Refuel: AS NEEDED
- Fuel Balance: CHECK IMBALANCE <200 lbs
- Eicas Switch: OFF
- Battery Switches 1 & 2: OFF
- Standby Power: TEST
- Passengers & Cargo: BOARDED & CHECK
COCKPIT PREPARATION 1
- Battery Switches 1 & 2: ON
- External Power if Available: ON
- Left & Right Generator: UP
- Eicas Switch: ON
- Avionics Switch: ON
- Fuel Boost: BOTH NORM or ON
- FADEC Left Switch: RESET & NORMAL
- FADEC Right Switch: RESET & NORMAL
- Ignition Switches: CHECK NORM
- Standby Power: ON
- Center Wing Transfer: BOTH NORM
- Emergency Exit Lights: ON (Red Light On)
- Emergency Exit Lights: ARM
- Instrument Lights (FLOOD LTS, EL, LH, CTR): SET AS NEED
- Passenger Oxygen: AUTO
- Master Warning: RESET
- Master Caution: RESET
- Windshield Heater LH & RH: ON
COCKPIT PREPARATION 2
- Aux Pump A: ON
- Parking Brake: OFF
- Parking Brake: ON
- Aux Pump A: OFF
- Seat Belt Lights: UP
- Recognition Lights: ON
- Navigation Lights: ON
- Tail Flood Lights: ON
- Engine Bleed Air: BOTH HP/LP
- Righthand Panel Lights: SET
- APU Master: ON
- Test Button: CHECK
- APU Start: HOLD TILL START
- APU N1: 100 RPM
- APU Generator: ON
- APU Bleed Air: MAX COOL
- Cabin and Cockpit Packs: ON
PREFLIGHT PROCEDURE
- Aircraft Doors: CLOSED
- External Power if Available: DISCONNECTED
- Rotary Test: ROTATE TO ALL POSITIONS
- Aux Pump A: ON
- Flaps & Slats: RETRACT
- Aux Pump A: OFF
- PFD Source Selection: SELECT FMS or NAV
- Lateral Navigation Mode: NAV
- Vertical Navigation Mode: FLC
- Flight Level Change Target Airspeed: 180 KIAS
- Yaw Damper: ON
- Mach Trim: ON
- Transponder Frequency: SET
- Transponder Mode: STANDBY
- Heading: SET TO RUNWAY
- Altitude Select: SET TO CLEARED ALT
- Altimeter Baro: SET LOCAL QNH
- Minimums BARO PFD: SET TO 1000FT AGL
ENGINE START
- GND REC/ANTI-COLL Lights: ON
- Cabin and Cockpit Packs: OFF
- Engine Start RH Button: PRESS
- RH N2%: WAIT >10
- Right Power Lever: IDLE
- RH N2%: WAIT >60
- Engine Start LH Button: PRESS
- LH N2%: WAIT >10
- Left Power Lever: IDLE
- Eicas Fuel Page: CHECK FLOW >500 PPH
- Eicas Hyd Page: CHECK PSI>3000
- Engine Bleed Air: BOTH LP
- Cabin and Cockpit Packs: ON
BEFORE TAXI
- Pressurization Switches: ALL THREE NORM
- Pressurization Altitude: SET
- Pitot Static Switches: BOTH UP
- Flaps 5 or 15: SET
- Pitch Trim: SET GREEN
- Rudder & Aileron Trim: CHECK NEUTRAL
- Yoke Roll Control: FREE MOVEMENT
- Yoke Pitch Control: FREE MOVEMENT
- Rudder Control: FREE MOVEMENT
- Speedbrake Handle: CHECK MOVEMENT THEN ZERO
- Taxi Light: ON
TAXI
- Parking Brake: RELEASED
- Parking Brake: SET
BEFORE TAKEOFF
- GND REC/ANTI-COLL Lights: UP
- Landing Lights: ON
- Taxi Light: OFF
- Transponder: ALT
- Parking Brake: RELEASED
- Pedal Brakes: FULL PRESS
TAKEOFF
- Throttle Lever: SET 40% N1
- Both Engines Simultaneous: CHECK
- Pedal Brakes: RELEASE
- Throttle Lever: MAX POSITION T/O
- At Vr Speed: ROTATE
AFTER TAKEOFF
- ==>: Positive Rating Climb
- Landing Gear: UP
- ==>: Above 1000ft AGl
- Autopilot: ENGAGE
- Vertical Navigation Mode: FLC or VNAV
- Flaps & Slats: UP AS REQUIRED
- Throttle Lever: CLB POSITION
- Cabin Pressurization: CHECK POSITIVE FPM
- Altimeter Baro: STD AT TRANS ALT
- ==>: Above 10000ft
- Landing Lights: OFF
- Seat Belt Lights: OFF
- APU Bleed Air: OFF
- APU Generator: OFF
- APU Start: HOLD DOWN
- ==>: APU RPM ZERO
- APU Master: OFF
- ==>: Above 18000ft
- ENG SYNC: FAN
CRUISE
- BANK: AS REQUIRED
- Throttle Lever: CRU POSITION
DESCENT
- Altitude Knob: SET TO CLEARED ALT
- Vertical Navigation Mode: SET VNAV, FLC or VS
- ==>: Below 18000ft
- ENG SYNC: OFF
- BANK: AS REQUIRED
- APU Master: ON
- APU Start: HOLD TILL START
- APU N1 100%: READY
- APU Generator: ON
- APU Bleed Air: MAX COOL
- ==>: Below 10000ft
- Landing Lights: ON
- Seat Belt Lights: ON
- Altimeter Baro: SET LOCAL QNH
- RA/BARO Minimums: SET
APPROACH & LANDING
- ==>: SPEED <250 KIAS
- Slats & Flaps: FLAPS 5
- Autopilot Approach Mode: ARM
- ==>: SPEED <210 KIAS
- Flaps: FLAPS 15
- Landing Gear: DOWN 3 GREEN
- ==>: SPEED 180 KIAS
- Flaps: FLAPS 35
- ==>: AGL <500 ft
- AP & YD: DISCONNECT
- Throttle Lever: IDLE
- Reverse Throttle: IF NECESSARY
- ==>: GND SPEED <50 KIAS
- Reverse Throttle: OFF
AFTER LANDING
- Pitot Static Heat: BOTH OFF
- GND REC/ANTI-COLL Lights: GND REC
- Transponder Mode: STANDBY
- Taxi Light: ON
- Landing Lights: OFF
- Speedbrakes: RETRACTED
- Flaps: UP
SHUTDOWN
- Taxi Light: OFF
- Parking Brake: SET
- Throttles: CUT OFF
- Engines N2%: Below 10%
- GND REC/ANTI-COLL Lights: OFF
- Aircraft Doors: OPEN
- Seat Belts: OFF
- APU Bleed Air: OFF
- APU Generator: OFF
- APU Start: HOLD DOWN
- ==>: APU RPM ZERO
- APU Master: OFF
- Engine Bleed Air: BOTH OFF
- Cabin and Cockpit Packs: OFF
- Recognition Lights: OFF
- Navigation Lights: OFF
- Tail Flood Lights: OFF
- Windshield Heater LH & RH: OFF
- Passenger Oxygen: OFF
- Emergency Exit Lights: OFF
- Center Wing Transfer: BOTH OFF
- Fuel Boost: BOTH OFF
- Standby Power: OFF
- Avionics Switch: OFF
- Eicas Switch: OFF
- Left & Right Generator: OFF
- Battery Switches 1 & 2: BOTH OFF
Autopilot explanation
Vertical flight path
- FLC: Flight Level Change climbs/descends to the target altitude while keeping the target speed.
- VS: Vertical Speed climb/descends to the target altitude using a specified target rate.
- VNAV: Vertical Navigation the flight management system (FMS) controls the altitude but never descends below the target altitude.
- ALT: Altitude Hold Keep the autopilot at the current altitude. This mode is entered automatically by some of the other modes when the target altitude is reached.
Lateral navigation
- HDG: Heading tells the autopilot to turn to the target heading.
- NAV: Lateral Navigation uses the flight management system (FMS) or the VOR/ILS for controlling the heading.
Both
- APP: Approach arms the ILS approach. The airplane should be below the ILS glide path so that the autopilot can start descending when encountering the glide path.
Other
- AP: Engage/Disengage autopilot but keep displaying guidance information.
- STBY: Disengage autopilot and clear guidance information.
- BANK: Toggle reduced maximum bank angle used by autopilot.
- C/O: Change Over switch between displaying airspeed in IAS (Indicated Airspeed in knots) and Mach number. Mach number display is used at high altitudes (e.g. when climbing above 25000 feet (flight level 250)).
- BC: Back Course is a legacy mode allowing to use the back course of an old ILS.