Dassault Falcon 7x
Specifications - Dassault Falcon 7x
Cockpit
Crew............................... 2 pilots
Seating Capacity......................... Up to 14 passengers.
Length........................................ 76 ft 1 in.
Wingspan................................... 86 ft.
Height........................................ 25 ft. 8 in.
Typical Empty Weight.................. 34,072 lb (17.3 tons)
MTOW (Max Take-off Weight)...... 70,000 lb (35.0 tons)
Engines.........3 X Pratt & Whitney Canada PW307A turbofans, 28.46 kN (6,400
lbf) each
Max. Speed.................... 515 knots, 593 mph
Cruising Speed............................ 486 knots, 559 mph
Service Ceiling............................ 51,000 ft
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The Dassault Falcon 7X is
a large-cabin, long range business jet
manufactured by Dassault Aviation, the flagship offering of
their business jet line. It was first presented to the public at the 2005 Paris
Air Show.
The aircraft has over 200 orders to date.
It is the first fully fly-by-wire
business jet. It is also equipped with
the same avionics suite, the Honeywell Primus EPIC "Enhanced Avionics
System" (EASy),
that was used on the Falcon 900EX and later on the Falcon 2000EX.
The Falcon 7X is notable for its
extensive use of computer-aided design, the
manufacturer claiming it to be the "first aircraft to be designed entirely
on
a virtual platform", using Dassault Systemes' CATIA and PLM products.
It is also unusual in having an
S-duct central engine, and is one of only two trijets
currently in production, the other being the Dassault Falcon 900. It was
also the first production Falcon jet to offer winglets.