Attitude manoeuvre of spacecraft with a long cantilever beam appendage by momentum wheel is studied. The dynamics equation of the main body is derived by conservation of angular momentum. The dynamics equation of the appendage is derived by force equilibrium principle. Two feedback control strategies of the momentum wheel are applied for the attitude manoeuvre of the main body. The lateral vibration of the appendage is suppressed by active control in proportion to its lateral displacement and velocity. The variation of residual nutation angle of the spacecraft or the residual transversal angular velocity of the main body in the manoeuvre process is researched with changes of steady state time of the manoeuvre, appendage parameters, control parameters on the appendage and appendage location. In addition, spacecraft response is researched when there are no active controls on the appendage.