Can someone let me know which screen in the Longitude shows the CG?
I would have assumed it would have been under weights and fuel, but it isnt.
Should be the Weight screen. The one on the toolbar that looks like an old time trapezoidal weight.
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Yes…but I’m referring to within the aircraft itself
Oh, very sorry!
I’m not especially familiar with the Longitude box. Is there a Prog/Perf/Init type page?
I’m not sure where you found that. I’m looking at the manual from Asobo.
There is no center of gravity in this area.
ok, ok. I knew that already.
So I guess there is no in aircraft indication. Obviously IRL the aircraft wouldn’t have a Toolbar appear at the top off the windshield.
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Reading that note again (it was a download from Flightsim.to), I think it confirms that the only indication of CG is literally on the “not in reality” MSFS toolbar.
Thinking back to flying the Citation Encore in real life, I don’t recall needing or using the CG beyond ensuring the aircraft was loaded properly and remained within the envelope as fuel was burned.
In the Encore, we didn’t set a specific trim for the CG that I recall. In the Longitude, it appears that you do.
In reality, I guess you’d come aboard with your paper Weight and Balance. Or, now that we’re out of the Stone Age, with an Ipad app that you’d have used to do the math in a tenth of the time.
In the sim, it looks like the only way to do it is to access the toolbar weight screen.
FWIW, even in the 73/320 we either get the ZFW CG uploaded or enter it off our flight plan.
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It’s a nice idea for future real aircraft though. Like the Minority Report in-eye HUD 
They could have an annoying popup to say ATC is offline too. 
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