Dassault Falcon 900EX

Type (Muster)
Long-range business-jet (Geschäftsreiseflugzeug)

Country (Land)
France

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): Depending on the cabin layout, eight to 19 passengers are possible, with 10 - 15 in usual configurations.

Power plant (Antrieb): 3 x Honeywell (AlliedSignal) TFE731-60
Thrust (Schub): 3 x 22,24 kN (5000 lbs) at sea level, ISA plus 17 deg C

Noise levels:
Takeoff (Start): 79,8 EPNdB
Approach (Anflug): 92,3 EPNdB
Sideline (Vorbeiflug): 90,5 EPNdB

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 20,21 m
Height (Höhe): 7,55 m
Span (Spannweite): 19,33 m
Wing area (Flügelfläche): 49,0 sq m

Cabin length (Kabinenlänge): 11,90 m
Cabin width (Kabinenbreite): 2,34 m
Cabin height (Kabinenhöhe): 1,88 m
Cabin volume (Kabinenvolumen): 35, 9 cu m

Weights (Massen)
Basic operating weight (Einsatz-Leermasse): 11204 kg
Max. payload (max. Nutzlast): 2796 kg
Payload with full fuel (Nutzlast mit vollen Tanks): 1270 kg
Max. fuel (Max. Kraftstoff): 11865 litres
Fuel with max. payload (Kraftstoff bei max. Nutzlast):
Max. zero-fuel weight (Max. Masse ohne Kraftstoff): 14000 kg
Max. ramp weight (Max. Masse am Boden): 22000 kg or 22317 kg as an option
Max. take-off weight (Max. Startmasse): 21908 kg or 22225 kg as an option
Max. landing weight (Max. Landemasse): 19050 kg

Performance (Flugleistungen)
High speed cruise (max. Reisegeschwindigkeit): Mach 0.84 / 890 km/h TAS
Normal speed (Reisegeschwindigkeit): Mach 0.8
Long range cruise speed (Reisegeschwindigkeit auf langen Strecke): Mach 0.75
Max. certified altitude (Dienstgipfelhöhe): 15550 m (51000 ft)
Initial cruise altitude (Anfangs-Reiseflughöhe): 11885 m (39000 ft)
Balanced field length (Startstrecke): 1590 m at sea level, ISA, at max. take-off weight
Landing distance at max landing weight (Landestrecke): 723 m at sea level, ISA, typical landing weight with 8 passengers
Range (Reichweite):
   - 8334 km at long range cruise, with 8 passengers, NBAA IFR reserves
   - 8030 km at Mach 0.8, with 8 passengers, NBAA IFR reserves
   - 7056 km at Mach 0.84, with 8 passengers, NBAA IFR reserves

Costs (Kosten)
Around 30 million US-Dollars in 1998.

Customers (Kunden)
Some 54 Falcon 900EX have been delivered to corporate operators on every continentby early 2000.

Competition (Konkurrenz)
Gulfstream IV-SP

Remarks (Bemerkungen)
The Falcon 900EX is currently Dassaults business jet flagship. It is based on the Falcon 900B, but features:

new TFE731-60 engines, giving 5,8 per cent better thrust at heigth and a more than eight per cent improvement in curise specific fuel consumption. Also, engine installation details were refined.
more fuel, in an enlarged centre-fuselage tank and an addition tank in the rear fuselage
upgraded avionics, comprising the fully integrated Honeywell Primus 2000 (now also available on the Falcon 900C)

On the Falcon 900EX, equipment suppliers got involved as risk sharing partners, taking a total of 20 per cent. These partners are Honeywell, SABCA, Hellenic Aircraft Industries, Latécoere and Alenia.

History (Geschichte)
The Falcon 900EX was announce at the NBAA meeting in New Orleans in October 1994.
Prototype roll-out was on 13 March 1995, with first flight following on 1 June. During the inital flight, which lasted one hour and 45 minutes, pilots Guy Mitaux-Maurouard and Jean-Louis Dumas flew the aircraft at up to 41000 ft in altitude and to Mach 0.82.
After 350 flight test hours, fhe French DGAC certification was obtained on 31 May 1996, and FAA approval followed on 19 July.
First customer to take delivery of a Falcon 900EX was Anheuser-Busch 0n 1 November 1996. By October 1998, some 35 aircraft were delivered.
Cat III certifcation of the Falcon 900EX with the Flight Dynamics HGS-2850 Head-up Guidance System was granted by the French DGAC on 26 January 2000.

Last updated 3. May 2000

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