The Cessna Citation Sovereign (Cessna Model 680 Sovereign) is an American mid-size business jet developed by Cessna. It is currently the additional better affiliate of the Citation artefact line, with alone the Citation X actuality larger. The Sovereign is advised a transcontinental aircraft and is acclimated primarily for accumulated travel.
Design and development
In the backward 1990s, Cessna saw the charge for a high-performance jet amid amid the Excel/XLS admeasurement and the Citation X. The aftereffect was the Model 680 Citation Sovereign, powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306C turbofan engines with FADEC controls. It uses the Honeywell Primus Epic bottle cockpit avionics suite, accompanying with bifold Honeywell FMZ2000 FMS units. Its affirmation to acclaim is that it can booty off and acreage in abbreviate distances, acknowledgment to a moderately swept aerial aspect arrangement wing, and (when light) 92 bond Vref speed. It was aboriginal apparent to the accessible in 1998 at the NBAA exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Sovereign seats eight cartage in a archetypal berth configuration, with a best high-density accommodation of 12, in accession to the aggregation of two.
First flight of the Sovereign took abode in February, 2002, with FAA acceptance awarded in June, 2004. Customer deliveries began after that year.
General characteristics
* Crew: 2
* Capacity: 8-12 passengers
* Payload: 2,680 lb (1,216 kg)
* Length: 63 ft 6 in (19.37 m)
* Wingspan: 63 ft 1 in (19.24 m)
* Height: 20 ft 4 in (6.2 m)
* Empty weight: 17,700 lb (8,029 kg)
* Useful load: 12,430 lb (5,638 kg)
* Max ascent weight: 30,300 lb (13,743 kg)
* Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306C turbofans, 5686 lbs (2580 kg) each
Performance
* Best speed: 458 knots (848 km/h)
* Range: 2,847 nm (5,273 km)
* Service ceiling: 47,000 ft (14,326 m)
* Rate of climb: 4,016 ft/min
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