Light Jet (C25B-class)
A light business jet: quick, responsive and a reward for flying well.
The Light Jet approximates a small business jet. It is much lighter than the airliner, so it responds quickly, climbs like a rocket and cruises fast and high with room to spare.
That responsiveness cuts both ways. The same light controls that make it a joy at altitude punish rushed approaches, so it is the aircraft that rewards the habits you built in the others.
Key Numbers
- Role: light business jet
- Approximates: C25B
- Unlocks at: level 12
- Maximum takeoff mass: 6,291 kg
- Stall, landing configuration: 82 kt
- Stall, clean: 100 kt
- Flaps may be used below: 161 kt
- Normal operating limit: 260 kt
- Never exceed: 278 kt
- Rotate at about: 120 kt
- Approach at about: 105 kt
Speeds are indicated airspeed in knots as the simulator models them; the real type is only the thing this aircraft approximates.
How It Flies
- Controls are light: use small inputs, especially in pitch, near the ground.
- It accelerates quickly. Pull the power back early in the descent or you will arrive fast.
- Approach speed is high for its size. Fly the numbers and avoid floating down the runway.
What To Practise
- Climb as high as it will go and cruise there for a while: the air is thin and the margins are small.
- Fly a quick turnaround mission: land, take off and land again at a different airport.
- Land on a short runway and stop with room to spare.