The departure workload is very high in a CJ4 and it’s definitely easy to over speed. It was a particular frustration with the stock ATC before the improvement in SU14 that it would be slow to clear you to higher levels meaning a level off and then higher risk of a potential over speed.
In addition to all the excellent advice above, my tips would be:
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get used to flying with one hand on the throttles and never get distracted from power management.
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If you have a spare tablet use a virtual CDU app (free). That allows you to control the radios much more easily. See this thread for details. I set it up for myself yesterday and was very happy with the results.
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Having to mouse around the virtual cockpit is one of the hardest things SIM flying - the more of the flight critical functions you can control via physical switches or buttons the better - flaps , gear, yaw damper and autopilot. Even better is something to control all the autopilot functions like the Logitech multipanel.
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Invest in a small (12") monitor (many available on Amazon for less than $100).
You can place this in front of you and then use right-alt and click to pop out the PFD and MFD as separate windows. That means you can actually see the instruments! (I find it quite difficult to read them on my main monitor. And for some aircraft like the CJR, darn near impossible. -
practice flying IFR circuits without ATC to learn your departure and landing flows and develop the muscle memory.
The latest video from CitationMax shows just how busy a single pilot departure can be:
