Dassault Falcon 10X completes maiden flight from Bordeaux | Aerospace Testing International

a day ago by supersquirrel to c/aviation

Dassault Aviation has flown its ultra-long-range flagship business jet for the first time, opening the aircraft’s flight test campaign
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Gladaed 1 point 15 hours ago

A seemingly uninteresting plane. Is it particularly efficient or has any other redeeming qualities?

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supersquirrel 2 points 14 hours ago

The interior size and range make this a globally relevant step up in aircraft design both for civilian and military purposes.

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Gladaed 0 points 14 hours ago

So it's larger than the biggest Airbus?

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supersquirrel 3 points 14 hours ago

It is larger than any Airbus not custom converted from air cargo or bulk passenger configurations is the point. This represents an example of essentially a new class of aircraft. One of the ways you can see that is militaries are directly buying these aircraft instead of trying to build similar aircraft custom designed to be military aircraft as they simply cannot compete against the capabilities of modern large business jets pushing this envelope.

The Falcon 10X’s cabin width stands at 2.77 m (9.1 ft.) and its height at 2.03 m, making it the widest and tallest cabin in purpose-designed bizjets. The increased width allows a passenger to leave the table in a conference area without disturbing other passengers, Philippe Reignier, technical sales manager, told reporters. The aft bedroom accommodates a 60-in.-wide bed.

The four-zone, 78.7-m3 cabin is highly modular, meaning customers can have partition walls installed virtually anywhere. “We describe an area as a three- or six-window lounge, for instance,” Reignier said.

Systems such as electric wiring and emergency oxygen ducts offer enough interfaces in the cabin for each zone to have sufficient outlets, whatever the zone’s length. Layouts in previous bizjet designs made it difficult to install a partition outside the planned location, a Dassault engineer explained. The small intervals between the structure’s frames and the large number of windows—38, each with a 30% greater surface area than on the recent Falcon 6X—contribute to the improved flexibility in the cabin’s floor plan.

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