BeechTalk - BT - Cessna Citation M2 Impressive runway performance

Username Protected · **Posted:** 26 Dec 2014, 23:05

Yes the electric windshield was cancelled some time ago.
The curves are to complex for the glass.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 26 Dec 2014, 23:09

Username Protected wrote:

The curves are to complex for the glass.

Thats what Cessna said. I wonder if the rest of the sentence is "... which made the windshield too expensive at the low production volumes to make business sense."

Could the electric windshield not be manufactured at any price? Or not at a price Cessna was willing to pay?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 26 Dec 2014, 23:22

Username Protected wrote:

Yes the electric windshield was cancelled some time ago.
The curves are to complex for the glass.

I'm no glass expert, but seems like if you could electrically heat the M shape, why not the CJ shape?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 27 Dec 2014, 00:22

CJ4 is electric, so it's kind of a BS excuse. Yeah, the bleed air works just fine, but it is loud. At least it was in the last CJ1+ I was playing navigator in.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 27 Dec 2014, 12:32

Is the ramper helping the plane turn on the ice by holding the wing back?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 27 Dec 2014, 15:10

Allen, thanks for clarifying. I was unaware that Cessna finally cancelled the electric windshield on the M2.