Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000

Type (Muster)
Business-jet (Geschäftsreiseflugzeug)

Country (Land)
France (Frankreich)

Manufacturer (Hersteller)
Dassault Aviation
27 rue du Professeur Pauchet
92420 Vaucresson
France

Phone: 0033-1/4795-8687
Fax: 0033-1/4795-8710

General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 2
Passengers (Passagiere): Ten to 19 passengers, depending on cabin arrangements.

Power plant (Antrieb): 2 x General Electric/AlliedSignal CFE738-1-1B turbofan
Thrust (Schub): 2 x 26,7 kN (5918 lbs) at sea level, ISA + 15 deg C

Noise levels:
Takeoff (Start): 79,4 EPNdB
Approach (Anflug): 93,1 EPNdB
Sideline (Vorbeiflug): 86,4 EPNdB

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 20,23 m
Height (Höhe): 7,06 m
Span (Spannweite): 19,33 m
Wing area (Flügelfläche): 49 sq m
Wing sweep at quarter chord (Flügelpfeilung): 29 deg

Cabin length (Kabinenlänge): 7,98 m
Cabin width (Kabinenbreite): 2,34 m
Cabin height (Kabinenhöhe): 1,87 m
Cabin volume (Kabinenvolumen): 29 cu m
Baggage volume (Gepäckraumvolumen): 4 cu m or 5,4 cu m as an option

Weights (Massen)
Basic operating weight (Betriebs-Leermasse): 9730 kg
Max. payload (max. Nutzlast): 3270 kg
Max. usable fuel (Max. Kraftstoff): 6865 l (1815 US gallons)
Max. zero-fuel weight (max. Masse ohne Kraftstoff): 13000 kg
Max. ramp weight (Max. Rollmasse): 16330 kg
Max. take-off weight (Max. Startmasse): 16238 kg or 16556 kg as an option
Max. landing weight (Max. Landemasse): 14970 kg

Performance (Flugleistungen)
Max. operating Mach number (Max. Machzahl): Mach 0.85 - 0.87
Max.cruise speed (max. Reisegeschwindigkeit): Mach 0.83 - 0.85
Normal cruise speed (normale Reisegschw.): Mach 0.8 / 850 km/h TAS
Long-range curise (Langstrecken-Reisegeschwindigkeit): Mach 0.75 / 796 km/h TAS
Initial cruise altitude (Anfangs-Reiseflughöhe): 13100 m (43000 ft)
Max. certified altitude (Max. zugelassene Flughöhe): 14330 m (47000 ft)
Balanced field length (Startstrecke): 1660 m at max. take-off weight, or 1597 m with eight passengers and max. fuel
Landing field length (Landestrecke): 775 m with eight passengers and NBAA IFR reserves
Range (Reichweite):
- 5778 km at long-range cruise
- 5555 km at Mach 0.8, with 8 pax, NBAA IFR reserves
g-limits: + 2,6/-1 g

Costs (Kosten)
The basic price of a Falcon 2000 was around 19,5 million US-Dollars in 1998.

Customers (Kunden)
Total order book exceeded 160 aircraft by early 2000. Main customer are the NetJets programs in the United States, Europe and the Middle East with some 60 Falcon 2000s.

Remarks (Bemerkungen)
The Falcon 2000 is based heavily on the Falcon 900, with a shortened fuselage of the same diameter and the same wing (slightly modified). Main changes affect the rear fuselage/tail section, which is made by Alenia as a 25 per cent risk-sharing partner.
The Falcon 2000 carries a 10-year warranty on the primary structure and five years on the secondary structire and most components.
One of the most popular options of the Falcon 2000 is the HGS-2850 Head-up guidance System, which allows manually flown CAT III approaches with a decisionhaeight as low as 50 ft and runway visual range of only 600 ft.

History (Geschichte)
After studies under the Falcon X label (first seen at Paris in June 1989), Dassault officially launched the Falcon 2000 programme on 4. October 1990. The engine had been selected in April 1999, and Alenia came on board as risk-sharing partner in September 1990. Roll-out of the Falcon 2000 prototype was on February 10, 1993 at Bordeaux-Merignac.
The first and only prototype made ist maiden flight on 4 March 1993. The aircraft was airboren for one hour fifteen minutes with Jean Pus and Guy Mitaux-Maurouard at the controls. By May 1993, the flight envelope had been fuly expanded to 0.96 Mach and 430 kts indicated. First passenger demos were flown at the Paris air show in June 1993. In September, the aircraft was shown at the NBAA in the USA, at which time it had clocked up 160 hours.
Two demonstrator aircraft followed, on 10 May 1994 and 11 July 1994.
After more than 1000 hours flown by five aircraft, European JAA certification to JAR 25 standards was achieved on 30 November 1994, to schedule. FAA approval followed on 2 February 1995. First customer delivery (to FLICAPE of South Africa) followed two weeks later on 16 February 1995. By September 1995, the Dee Howard target-type thrust reversers were approved.
In May 1996, the Falcon 2000 was approved by the United Kingdom's CAA to operate in and out of London City Airport, which needs a 5,5 deg glideslope capability. By November 1996, 30 Falcon 2000s were in operation.
In the spring of 1997, the Falcon 2000 was approved by the FAA for Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum operations. On 14. April 1997, the Falcon 2000 was certified in Russia. By that time, some 39 aircraft were in servie in 9 different countries, totalling over 13500 flying hours.
Executive Jet ordered 24 Falcon 2000s on December 19, 1997 for its NetJets programme and moved on to order more subsequently to become the largest Falcon 2000 customer by far. By October 1998, some 65 aircraft were in service worldwide.
The 100th Falcon 2000 was delivered to a major European automobile manufacturer operating an all-Falcon fleet in February 2000.

Last updated 3. May 2000

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