Bombardier BRJ-X

Type (Muster)
Regional aircraft (Regionalverkehrsflugzeug)

Country (Land)
Canada (Kanada)

Manufacturer (Hersteller)
Bombardier Aerospace
400 Chemin de la Cote-Vertu, Dorval
Montreal, Quebec H3C 3G9

Phone: 001-514/855-500
Fax: 001-514/855-7903

General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 2
Passengers (Passagiere): At firs 88 seats in a five-abreast layout (eight first-classand 80 economy, or 95 in all-economy at 32 in pitch were proposed This later changed to 108 in a two-class arrangement or 115 in all-economy.

Power plant (Antrieb): 2 x CFM56-9, BMW Rolls-Royce BR715 or Pratt & Whitney PW6000 with FADEC
Thrust (Schub): 2 x 20000 to 22000 lbs (88,9 to 97,85 kN)

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 34,62 m
Height (Höhe): 11,27 m
Span (Spannweite): 31,32 m
Fuselage diameter (Rumpfdurchmesser): 3,60 m

Cabin width (Kabinenbreite): 3,26 m
Cabin height (Kabinenhöhe): 2,09 m

Weights (Massen)
Operational weight empty (Leermasse): 29484 kg or 30958 kg for BRJ-X-110
Payload (Nutzlast): 11793 kg or 14515 kg
Fuel (Kraftstoff): 14742 kg
Zero fuel weight (Masse ohne Kraftstoff): 41277 kg or 45473 kg
Max. take-off weight (Max. Startmasse): 48760 kg or 53300 kg for the stretched variant
Max. landing weight (max. Landemasse): 44860 kg or 49034 kg

Performance (Flugleistungen)
Maximum cruise speed (max. Reisegeschwindigkeit): Mach 0.82
Normal cruise speed (normale Reisegeschwindigkeit): Mach 0.78
Max. certified altitude (Dienstgipfelhöhe): 39000 ft (11890 m)
Take-off distance (Startstrecke): 1676 m or 1753 m for the BRJ-X-110
Landing distance (Landestrecke): 1676 m or 1753 m
Range (Reichweite):
    - 3340 km
    - 4440 km with optional fuel (ER-version)
    - 2410 km with full payload

Costs (Kosten)
A price target of 26 million US-Dollars had been mentioned in December 1998.
At the announcement in September 1998, there had been talk of 700 million US-Dollars (1 billion Canadian Dollars) development costs.

Customers (Kunden)
None. Bombardier had identified a gap in aircraft capacity in the 80 to 110 seat range and forecasted a requirement for approximately 2500 aircarft over a 20 year period.

Competitors (Konkurrenz)
Fairchild Dornier 928JET
Boeing 717
Airbus A318

Remarks (Bemerkungen)
The BRJ-X would have been an all-new design to extend the Bombardier regional-jet family at the upper end of current offerings (CRJ200, CRJ700, CRJ900). After starting out as a 90-seat design, ist evolved into a 100 to 115 seat aircraft.

History (Geschichte)
At the Farnborough Air Show in September 1998, Bombardier announced its intention enter the 90seat regional jet market. This followed a study on such an aircraft which had been launched soon after the start of the 70-seat CRJ Series 700 series in January 1997.
In November, 14 airlines from seven countries attended the first BRJ-X Airline Advisory Council in Montreal, where they could voice their preferences on layouts and systems. The main theme seems to have been that no technology is interesting if it does not lead to the lowest possible operating cost.
By September 1999, about 260 hours of wind-tunnel testing had been conducted. Also, powerplant integration testing was completed at the ARA facility in England. Ongoing discussion with airlines had led to some performance changes, for example a slight reduction in cruise speed.
As the airlines had told Bombardier they want FBW, a Canadair Challenger business jet was used since June 1999 to test Active Control Technology, to develop hands-on fly-by-wire experience.
A decision to proceed with development had been expected in the third quarter of 1999, but this was put back to mid-2000. By that time, risk-sharing partners should have been selected to be involved in a joint conceptional definition phase before the design was frozen. In July, Bombardier had to admit that a launch in 2000 would not take place. Finally, in December 2000, the programme was put on "indefinite hold".
It had been planned to fly the BRJ-X in the first quarter of 2003, attain Transport Canada type certification in the second quarter of 2004 and start deliveries in the third quarter of that year.

Last updated 18 December 2000

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