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The 900EX flies 4,500 nautical miles nonstop, the farthest in its class. And with its classic trijet engine design, the 900EX can use small airports at high altitudes, even on hot days. It's the most versatile aircraft and also one of the safest given its ability to fly slower on approach than its twinjet competitors. A state-of-the-art flight deck offers pilots an uncompromising capability to monitor and control the progression of the flight while the spacious, custom-crafted cabin offers passengers the uncompromising capability to perform at peak levels while en route.
The cabin of the Falcon 900EX is roomy. It is 6.1 feet high, 7.7 feet wide, 39 feet long (not including the cockpit), and has a total volume of 1,264 cubic feet. Standard seating is between eight and twelve passengers in a double-club configuration and a three-person divan. Two seats can be reclined and combined to make a full-length bed. Otherwise all of the seats are fully adjustable, can move along a track, swivel, recline, and everything else a seat could feasibly do. Console tables come standard, and there is room for virtually any piece of equipment – computer, copier, scanner, TV, desk, and so on. Even with the tables and seats, there is plenty of room to walk around the cabin.
A true revolution in avionics, the EASy concept was born out of a military heritage that demands a highly intuitive and performance enhancing flight environment. To this end, the EASy cockpit represents the vision for all future Falcon cockpits, featuring the following flight benefits:
· Intuitive Man & Machine Interface
· Improved Crew Coordination
· Improved System and Situational Awareness
· Reduction in pilot workload
· Keeping the pilot in the flying loop
Design
The damage tolerant design of the Falcon 900EX is derived from the Falcon 900. The long-range 900EX version has higher powered and more efficient engines compared to the 900, which provide an increase in the specific fuel consumption of 8%. The engine nacelles and mounts have been redesigned to accommodate the new engines and the capacity of the central fuel tank has been increased and a new rear tank added.
Low weight and high strength composite materials have been used extensively including Kevlar and carbon fibre materials. Kevlar has been used for the radome, tailcone and nosewheel doors. The air inlet trunk on the centre engine is also of Kevlar construction. Carbon fibre has been used in the manufacture of the main landing gear doors and for the centre section of the three-engine cowlings. The aircraft's horizontal tail surface is of titanium box construction with resin spars and carbon fibre panels.
Engines
The engines are Honeywell TFE731-60 turbofan engines each providing 22.24kN of thrust. The two engines are pod mounted on the rear of the fuselage and the third is installed above the narrow rear fuselage by two top mounts. The engine pylons are supplied by Latecoere and the engine nacelles by Alenia. The cowling on the centre engine intake was supplied by SABCA. The centre engine is fitted with an Alenia thrust reverser.
The aircraft has 5,787 litre wing tanks and 2,976 litre fuselage tanks. The fuel distribution system and gauges are supplied by Intertechnique.
Landing gear
The Messier-Dowty hydraulically operated tricycle type landing gear comprises inward retracting main gear and the forwards retracting nosewheel. The landing gear is equipped with oleo-pneumatic shock absorbers, Messier Bugatti carbon brakes and an anti-skid system.
The nose wheel is steerable through +60° to -60°, which provides a ground turning radius about the nose unit of 23.55m. For towing the nosewheel is steerable through 360°.
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