Hawker 4000 Differs Little with Changes in For- It Easier to Load Suitcases from After Curing, the Three Com- Million More
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PILOT REPORT Hawker 4000 differs little with changes in for- it easier to load suitcases from After curing, the three com- million more. A Cessna Cita- that concerned me was the taxi- Specifications and Performance ward speed. The aircraft can fly outside. The 800 series required posite fuselage sections are ac- tion X has a smaller cabin (593 by-wire nosewheel steering. In Price (typically completed and equipped) $22.4 million 1,400 pounds of payload 3,190 nm the junior pilot (usually me) to tually light enough to be lifted cu ft), flies about the same dis- the sim, I was all over the place. at Mach 0.78. At Mach 0.84, the drag bags, golf clubs and skis up by a single person. Windows, tance as the 4000 and costs about As we taxied away from Signa- P&W Canada PW308A Engines (2) same aircraft will fly four people the stairs through the front door. doors and access panels are $700,000 less. (Cessna declines ture Flight Support’s ramp that (6,900 lbs thrust each) 2,788 nm and 3,007 nm at Mach The book says that at the cut later using a high-pressure to provide a cabin volume num- morning at our 34,000-pound Passengers (typical) 2 crew + 10 pax 0.82. Above FL400, those power maximum takeoff weight of water jet to ensure smooth ber for the stretched Ten, but weight, the steering was won- Range (w/NBAA reserves, 200-nm alternate) 3,190 nm at Mach 0.78 settings mean a high-speed cruise 39,500 pounds, the Hawker edges. Without stringers and David Wyndham at Conklin & derfully responsive aided by the High-speed cruise 482 ktas/Mach 0.84 of 482 knots and a long-range 4000 needs 5,068 feet of runway a host of other traditional de Decker calculates it to be 624 aircraft’s brake-by-wire system. speed of 447 knots true, meaning for takeoff at sea level on a 59 metal strengthening elements, cu ft.) The Falcon 2000S, with a The updated FMS calculated Long-range cruise speed 447 ktas/Mach 0.78 few operators will be pulling the degree F day. At more moder- the 4000 interior offers more much larger cabin (1,024 cu ft), and posted V speeds for a 12-de- Fuel capacity 14,600 lbs power back on this aircraft. ate weights such as five people useful space. Unlike metal air- costs $2.6 million more than the gree flap setting on this 14 degree C Max payload w/full fuel 1,400 lbs With a hefty 9.6-psi differen- and 10,000 pounds of fuel or craft, the composite fuselage Hawker, but will fly only about morning at V1 105, Vr 112, V2 124 tial in that composite fuselage, approximately 36,000 pounds, won’t expand, contract or cor- 200 nm farther. and Vfto 146. The book said we’d Ceiling (certified) 45,000 ft passengers will enjoy a sea-level the 4000 requires about 4,300 rode with temperature changes need about 3,900 feet of the 5,000- Cabin altitude at ceiling 6,000 ft at 45,000 ft cabin to 25,000 feet and a max- feet to become airborne for a or pressure cycles. As a result, Hawker 4000 foot Runway 16. It turned out to be Max takeoff weight 39,500 lbs imum cabin altitude of 6,000 2,000-nm trip. On a 28 degree C the airframe has no life limit. Crosswind Practice closer to just over 3,500 feet. Balanced field length at mtow feet at FL450. The big Pratt & day out of Aspen, the Hawker The 4000 could easily outlast No impressions of my Hawk- Departing PWK to the south 5,068 ft (sea level, standard) Whitney Canada PW308As– 4000 can carry six people and most of the people who can af- er 4000 flight would be complete means weaving between ORD’s Landing distance 2,475 ft with dual-channel Fadecs–each enough fuel to fly to Anchor- ford the $22.4 million price tag, without mentioning the length of 22 Right and 14 Right arrivals. deliver 6,900 pounds of thrust age; Bangor; or even Panama significantly less than many time it took to arrange the trip. We planned to keep the depar- Length 69 ft 6 in right up to ISA +22 for impres- City, Panama. On a 30 degree aircraft of a similar size. To paraphrase Vick, the flight ture speed back to 165 knots Wingspan 61 ft 9 in sive hot-and-high performance. C day the airplane can blast off Here’s a quick look at how the plan took many months, as one after departure to narrow the Height 19 ft 9 in These big Pratts need bleed from Hilton Head with six peo- Hawker 4000 (with its 762-cu-ft trip after another was canceled turn radius. To me it’s still a bit Cabin air to spin for startup though, ple and make Seattle nonstop. cabin volume) stacks up against for either an aircraft scheduling odd to push the power up on a which means an APU start the competition. The Challenger or certification issue. The morn- Hawker and have the system Volume 762 cu ft most of the time. Composite Technology 300 has a larger cabin (860 cu ft) ing HBC pilots Mark Danin (my pull the throttles up the rest of Width 6 ft 5.5 in The 89-cu-ft baggage com- The real benefit of a com- and similar performance charac- instructor) and his co-captain the way with the dual-channel Height 6 ft partment on the 4000 is accessi- posite airplane is not immedi- teristics and costs about $2 mil- Gustavo Prato arrived at Chi- Fadecs guarding the engines. ble in flight. The outside sill bag- ately apparent from the out- lion more. The Gulfstream G250 cago Executive, the gusty wind Response from the hydrauli- Length (seating area) 25 ft gage compartment is only 52.5 side, except for a complete lack has a cabin 173 cu ft larger than was about 90 degrees across the cally powered, fly-by-wire rud- Hawker 4000 Baggage capacity 108.5 cu ft total (990 lbs) inches above the ground, making of fastener bumps, of course. the Hawker’s and runs about $2 runway, which Danin later told der at our light weight was sol- After 15 years in development, this Front closets 19.5 cu ft me made him work some on that id, and through 80 knots Danin Rear closets 89 cu ft first arrival. Luckily, the wind gave me the controls already FAA certification (FAR Part 25) 11/21/2006 held off just enough to allow me cranked hard right for the wind. super-midsize delivers on its promises to take the left seat on the way With only a minor zig and a zag, Number built (through 10/4/11) 69 by Robert P. Mark out. Our plan was to depart IFR we rotated and cranked into a to the northwest toward Madi- hard left turn to avoid O’Hare. son, Wis., climbing to FL410 Then the fun began as departure First announced at the 1996 quirements. They were added matically calculated and dis- aircraft in our fleet and outper- Those redundancies include for a time-to-climb check, then stopped us first at 2,000, then NBAA Convention, the super- later by default when Hawker played takeoff data. forms a lot of other airplanes. dual air conditioning packs, try some air work and return to 3,000 and finally 4,000 feet be- midsize Hawker Horizon, the Beechcraft missed a crucial cer- Shawn Vick, HBC’s execu- It’s extremely capable. We al- dual FMS, dual IRS and a hy- KPWK for a few landings. fore pointing us west. company’s 60-percent compos- tification deadline. tive vice president, acknowledg- most never worry about opera- draulically driven generator Walking around before take- I kept the speed dialed back to ite construction business jet, The good news for HBC: the es, “The 4000 [had] an extended tions from short runways like just in case both engine units . off, I had to admit it was hard 200 under the Class B airspace, . made its first flight on Aug 11, FAA granted the exemptions. gestation period…and people Aspen. A New York to London and the APU generator go si- not to see a little resemblance but once we reached 4,000 feet in- 2001. It received its FAA type The bad news: they expire in underestimated the degree of trip takes about an hour-and- lent. Like its larger-aircraft to the old Hawker 800 I’d flown creased it to 250 knots. Through certificate just over five years 2014, which meant Hawker the [design and construction] a-half longer than in the GIV relatives, the 4000 employs a from this very same airport a 10,000 I let the aircraft accelerate later, on Nov. 21, 2006, with Beechcraft needed a fuel-tank challenge. But let’s not lose sight but is much less expensive.” dual-authority Honeywell au- decade earlier. But the 4000 is to about 300 knots with the rate a new name too, the Hawker fix for 40 or so 4000s flying. of the courage of conviction it When asked about Talon’s role tothrottle system. larger, with much cleaner lines. indicator pretty much pegged 4000. Raytheon, which owned HBC developed an upgrade took to launch an all-composite as a commercial early adopter, The 4000’s cabin is just under www.ainonline.com The APU was already running between 5,000 and 6,000 fpm www.ainonline.com what was to become Hawker and enhancement program to a airplane in the 1990s and tackle Kasre said, “Sure there have 6.5 feet wide and 29.5 feet long, when I walked around so I was up through 20,000 feet.