Dassault Falcon 900LX

摘要

THE FALCON 900LX, THE FIFTH ITERATION OF DASSAULT'S LITHE, lean, large-cabin business aircraft, has been in service since late 2010. Its light weight and Aviation Partners Inc.'s winglets provide the best fuel efficiency of any competitive large cabin aircraft. Lighter weight also means lower landing fees at many European airports and less expensive carbon emissions taxes. Normal cruise speed is Mach 0.80 indicated owing to the addition of winglets that increase aspect ratio from 7.62:1 to about 9:1. At that speed, it ekes out almost the same fuel efficiency as the Falcon 900EX without winglets cruising at 0.76 IMN. At 0.80 IMN, it has 200 nm more range than its predecessor, enabling it to fly 8 passengers between Paris and Minneapolis while cruising at 454 KTAS. Slow down to max-range speed it can fly non-stop from London to Seattle, New York to Moscow, Le Bourget to Beijing and Mumbai to Luton. It's not the fastest jet that can connect such city pairs, but it's certainly the greenest because of its impressively low fuel consumption. On more typical 1,000 nm missions, Falcon 900LX's fuel consumption is up to 40% less. Fly 600 hr. per year and that could amount to more than 100,000 gallons of fuel saved. That's 1,100 tons less carbon dioxide.