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BUSINESS JETS Oems and Startups Working on Wide Array of New Designs and Derivatives by Matt Thurber Cessna Citation CJ4 Program Launch Date Oct NEW BUSINESS JETS OEMs and startups working on wide array of new designs and derivatives by Matt Thurber Cessna Citation CJ4 Program launch date Oct. 2006 There are an extraordinary number of business jets in flight test or development First flight date Est. 1H/08 or that were certified during the past 12 months, and indications before this Certification date Est. 1H/10 year’s NBAA Convention were that more new jets are coming from Dassault First delivery date Est. 1H/10 Number of crew and passengers 1 + 8 Falcon, Embraer, Gulfstream and likely other manufacturers. Look for New equipped with a ballistic parachute system Cabin dimensions 17.3 x 4.75 x 4.8 ft designed by Ballistic Recovery Systems. Bizliners in next month’s AIN. Cabin volume N/A Cirrus engineers have refined the jet’s Engine make/model Williams FJ44-4A (2) design in a wind tunnel, with the goal of Engine certification date Est. 1Q/09 bringing to market a jet that combines the Engine thrust rating (sea level, ISA) 3,600 lb IN DEVELOPMENT handling of a Cirrus SR-series piston single Engine derated thrust (sea level, ISA) 3,400 lb with short-field capability and a top speed Avionics suite Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 CESSNA CITATION CJ4 of 300 knots. The engine is a Williams Inter- MTOW N/A national FJ33-4A-19, which delivers 1,900 MLW N/A The Citation CJ4 takes the single-pilot pounds of thrust. No further specifications ZFW N/A CitationJet into a higher-performance realm are available yet, including the choice of BOW N/A while retaining the signature characteristics avionics manufacturer. Orders currently Maximum fuel weight N/A of what used to be Cessna’s entry-level jet stand at more than 150 aircraft, most from Mmo N/A series. The CJ4’s new features should make existing Cirrus piston airplane owners. Vmo N/A it easier to fly and maintain than other Cirrus ‘The-Jet’ High-speed cruise speed 435 ktas members of the Citation line. EMBRAER PHENOM 300 Long-range cruise speed N/A The biggest change to the CJ line is a Program launch date Work began 2003 While the Phenom 100 has garnered more NBAA IFR range at long-range cruise 1,825 nm new wing for the CJ4, with three upper First flight date 2008 or 2009 attention recently with its first flight, the Certified maximum altitude 45,000 ft speed-brake panels on each side and mod- Certification date N/A Phenom 300 program continues on schedule, Cabin altitude at maximum altitude N/A erate taper. The CJ4’s fuselage is two feet First delivery date N/A according to Embraer. In May the company Balanced field length (sea level, ISA) N/A longer than the CJ3’s and the engines are Number of crew and passengers 1 + 4 announced it has extended the 300’s cabin Number of aircraft on firm order 120+ much more powerful, with 3,400 pounds of Cabin dimensions N/A by 14 inches, but the change did not affect Standard equipped price $8 million thrust each, up from the CJ3’s 2,780 Cabin volume N/A price or performance. The extended cabin, pounds. The CJ4’s maximum payload will Engine make/model Williams FJ33-4A-19 (1) designed by BMW DesignworksUSA, now fly in the middle of next year, with service be 2,100 pounds, 300 pounds more than Engine certification date N/A allows buyers to opt for single- and double- entry expected in mid-2009. the CJ3’s. Also new are single-point refuel- Engine thrust rating (sea level, ISA) 1,900 lb seat divans and a new galley. Engine derated thrust (sea level, ISA) N/A ing and electric aileron and rudder trim. The 300’s flight deck is equipped with EVIATION EV-20 VANTAGE Avionics suite N/A Cessna engineers worked with Rock- Embraer’s Prodigy Garmin G1000-based The VisionAire Vantage single-engine MTOW N/A well Collins to improve the pilot interface MLW N/A avionics suite. Powered by two Pratt & jet prototype flew in 1996, and if the de- with the Pro Line 21 avionics suite, which ZFW N/A Whitney Canada PW535E turbofans, the sign had made it into production it would has four screens in the CJ4 instead of BOW N/A $6.65 million Phenom 300 will have a have pioneered the personal jet market- three. Maintenance costs should be lower, Maximum fuel weight N/A high-speed cruise of 450 ktas and range of place. That program went bankrupt, but a thanks to a Cessna-designed ship diagnos- Mmo N/A 1,800 nm. Embraer has not yet released twin-engine version of the airplane might tic system that allows downloading of Vmo N/A any weight numbers for the 300. yet be developed. maintenance data on the ground. High-speed cruise speed About 300 ktas Following first metal cut in March, the The Eviation EV-20 Vantage will be an First flight of the first CJ4, which is Long-range cruise speed N/A first flight-test Phenom 300 is scheduled to eight- to 10-seat all-composite twin powered taking shape now in wing and fuselage NBAA IFR range at long-range cruise 1,000+ nm jigs, is expected during the first half of next Certified maximum altitude 25,000 ft Embraer Phenom 300 year. Cessna will build three flying CJ4s, Cabin altitude at maximum altitude N/A Engine thrust rating (sea level, ISA) 3,200 lb as well as ground-test articles. Certification Balanced field length (sea level, ISA) N/A Engine derated thrust (sea level, ISA) N/A and entry into service of the $8 million Number of aircraft on firm order 150+ Avionics suite Prodigy Flight Deck 300 (based on Garmin G1000) CJ4 are planned for the first half of 2010. Standard equipped price Less than $1 million MTOW N/A CIRRUS ‘THE-JET’ tail and engine mounted at a front-upward MLW N/A ZFW N/A Cirrus Design has amassed a respectable angle parallel to the top of the rear fuse- BOW N/A number of orders for its single-engine jet, lage. The interior and instrument panel Maximum fuel weight N/A without giving precise performance figures, look remarkably similar to that of a Lexus Mmo Mach 0.78 projections for the development and certifi- or Acura luxury automobile, which fits Vmo 320 kcas cation timeline or even a firm price. The with Cirrus Design’s desire to attract new Program launch date May 2005 High-speed cruise speed 450 ktas first prototype likely won’t fly for another entrants to aviation with products that First flight date Mid-2008 Long-range cruise speed N/A two to three years, but Cirrus has generated appeal to familiar expectations of what a Certification date Mid-2009 NBAA IFR range at long-range cruise 1,800 nm a lot of buzz with its plans to enter what million-dollar airplane should look like. First delivery date Following certification Certified maximum altitude 45,000 ft company cofounder Alan Klapmeier calls The Cirrus jet seats five adults, but there Number of crew and passengers 1 + 7/9 Cabin altitude at maximum altitude 6,600 ft the personal jet market. is also room for two smaller seats in the Cabin dimensions 17.2 x 4.9 x 5.1 ft Balanced field length (sea level, ISA) 3,700 ft (at mtow) The jet still doesn’t have an official rear for passengers who weigh less than 100 Cabin volume 325 cu ft Number of aircraft on firm order 500+ name and is referred to at Cirrus as “The- pounds. Mounting the engine atop the fuse- Engine make/model P&WC PW535E (2) (Phenom 100/300) Jet.” In late June, the company unveiled a lage makes extra room for a heated external Engine certification date 4Q/08 Standard equipped price $ 6.65 million (Jan.’05 $) mockup of the new jet, which features a V baggage compartment. The-Jet will be 50aaAviation International News • October 2007 • www.ainonline.com to the final design and production standards. single-engine segment, with seats for up The Sport-Jet’s fuselage is composite, to seven occupants. while the wings and tail are aluminum. The Based on testing of a one-fifth-scale Williams International FJ33-4A-15 should model at the University of Washington give the four- to five-seat Sport-Jet a maxi- Aeronautical Laboratory’s Kirsten Wind mum cruise speed at 25,000 feet of 350 Tunnel in Seattle, Piper engineers reduced knots, top speed of 375 knots and IFR the size of the engine inlet and swept the Excel-Jet Sport-Jet range of about 950 nm. horizontal stabilizer 30 degrees. In addi- tion to increasing tail effectiveness, the MAVERICK JETS SMARTJET Program launch date January 2004 Maverick Jets SmartJet sweep provides the added benefit of mov- First flight date May 14, 2006 At last year’s NBAA Convention Maver- ing the stabilizer out of the rotor-burst Certification date N/A Program launch date N/A ick Jets announced plans to certify the five- path, a consideration for any designer of a First delivery date N/A First flight date N/A seat twin-engine SmartJet. Maverick has single-engine jet. Number of crew and passengers 1+3/4 Certification date N/A not revealed the engines that it plans to use Other design changes include a new Cabin dimensions 7.9 x 3.9 x 4.9 ft First delivery date N/A to power the SmartJet, and the company has dorsal fairing on top of the engine nacelles Number of crew and passengers 1 + 4 Cabin volume 152 cu ft released no new information since last year.
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