Falcon 2000LXS
PERFORMANCE GAINS
The Dassault Falcon 2000LXS, in contrast, offers sprightly airport performance because of its full-span leading-edge slats, blended winglets, high-lift flaps, and sporty 7,000-lb.-thrust Pratt & Whitney Canada engines. It’s the fuel-efficiency leader in the large-cabin class because of its comparatively lightweight airframe and fine-tuned aerodynamics. It too, has a two-section cabin that is slightly longer, but a few inches narrower than the Challenger 650’s. Typical floor plans feature a forward, four-chair club section, and an aft four- seat conference grouping with two facing chairs on the opposite side. There is a forward galley and aft lavatory. As with the Challenger, there is no forward crew lavatory. The Falcon 2000LXS will fly 4,000 nm with six passengers while cruising at Mach 0.80, according to Dassault. But its actual average cruise speed, as shown by the accompanying chart, is 430 ktas. Plan on 9 hours, 18 minutes for such trips. This aircraft can fly as high as 47,000 feet. The 9.3-psi pressurization system provides a maximum cabin altitude of 7,200 ft. at that altitude. Spoiler alert: Gulfstream G400 arrives in less than two years. The smallest member of the GVII family is designed for a long-range cruise speed of Mach 0.85 because of its highly swept, super-critical wing, powerful engines, and high-altitude cruise capability. Its maximum range is 4,200 nm. We predict an average cruise speed of 481 ktas, so it will shave an hour off of a 4,000-nm trip compared to the Challenger 650 or Falcon 2000LXS. Its cabin cross section is very close to that of the Falcon 2000LXS, but it’s considerably
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longer, making room for 2½ seating sections, thus providing seating for up to 12 passengers. Each seating section is longer than either the Challenger 650 or Falcon 2000LXS, yielding more legroom for each passenger. If buyers opt for shorter, two-section cabins, it makes space available up front for an optional forward crew lav. All models are equipped with a forward galley and aft lavatory. These aircraft have the highest pressurization in the class, thus cabin altitude never exceeds 4,850 ft., even at the 51,000-ft. maximum cruising altitude. As a bonus, the G400 is the only entry-level large-cabin to boast fly-by-wire flight controls. This aircraft promises to bruise sales of both the Challenger 650 and Falcon 2000LXS. Next up in Dassault’s product line is the Falcon 900LX, a distant derivative of the 1979 Falcon 50 trijet. It shares its fuselage cross section with the Falcon 2000LXS, but its main cabin is 6 feet 5 inches longer, sufficient for three comparatively short seating areas. Many aircraft have both forward crew and aft passenger lavatories, a welcome feature on long trips. All current production aircraft have forward galleys. Maximum cabin altitude is similar to that of the Falcon 2000LXS. The Falcon 900LX shares its wing contours with the Falcon 2000LXS, along with full-span slats and high- lift flaps, providing excellent airport performance. But sharing the same wing aerodynamics also means its average cruise speed on the longest missions is only 420 ktas. A 4,650-nm trip takes slightly more than 11 hours.
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