Yeah I only helped do the certification on the thing, and still talk with the engineers and the have talked to multiple flight test crews (the ones currently blowing the whistle on Eclipse and the FAA for allowing it to be certified).We have an Eclipse 500 at AKR and it seems to run pretty well. Doesn't look bad on the inside either, just a bit cramped.
I really don't think VLJ's will become as popular as people thought they would be.
More concerned with how big a hole it makes on impact truthfully.I have only looked inside, but from seeing it fly arund the airport it didn't seem too bad. It did use a lot of runway for how small it is though.
I really don't think VLJ's will become as popular as people thought they would be.
I think its hilarious the Mustang is restricted to 230knts because of the windshield.uhhh "YEAH THAT!"
ive poked my head inside the Citation Mustang we have at UND and even THAT thing was cramped. who would want to ride around more than an hour in that little capsule????
doesnt make a lot of sense to me, if youre buying a jet to travel....buy something nice. its like buying an entry-model mercedes... WHY???
uhhh "YEAH THAT!"
ive poked my head inside the Citation Mustang we have at UND and even THAT thing was cramped. who would want to ride around more than an hour in that little capsule????
doesnt make a lot of sense to me, if youre buying a jet to travel....buy something nice. its like buying an entry-model mercedes... WHY???
According to the TCDS, the Mustang's Vmo below FL270 is 250 kts.I think its hilarious the Mustang is restricted to 230knts because of the windshield.
Wait i thought no aircraft can exceed 250 KIAS under 10k?According to the TCDS, the Mustang's Vmo below FL270 is 250 kts.
Why is it hilarious that it is limited? You are restricted to 250 below 10K anyway, it's kind of a moot point. Even the Citation X is limited to 270 KIAS below 8000.
No speed limit below 10k in Canada.Wait i thought no aircraft can exceed 250 KIAS under 10k?
They only replace/fix the pieces that have to be replace. You could still be flying around with a ton of 30 year old widgets and do-flatcheys.Couldn't they take the same amount of money, 2-3mil, and buy a revamped citation 'stallion'? Seems like the best buy out there for the money on a proven airframe. That would be something larger than a eclipse or mustang. And for the same amount of money go further, faster, and carry more.
After WW2 the airplane manufacturers were convinced that with all the returning airman from the conflict, plus all of the pilots from before the war wanting a new airplane (because much like cars, new airplanes were difficult, if not impossible to get - all production and materials went to the war effort) that there would be a HUGE post-war surge in airplane demand. Engineers dusted off old plans from the late thirties/early forties and started to ramp up production. They were sure that after tear-assing around Europe in P-51's and P-47's that these guys just couldn't wait to get ahold of a new Aeronca Champ, or Luscombe 8A. In short, the boom never happened. Luscombe, Stinson, Monocoupe, Culver, Interstate, Porterfield, Globe Swift, Ercoupe, Waco, and others went toes-up because of a serious miscalculation of the publics appetite. Many of those companies either folded outright, or were purchased at cents on the dollar by other wild-eye optimists that then went under. It is very similar to the VLJ phenomenon. Mistaken market research, lots of others buying in (Cessna Mustang, everyone else making a VLJ) and then some tricky economics - high fuel, slow economy, etc. I am not sure when we should call the breathless hype of the VLJ that we have heard for years a "Tulip market"...but I imagine the time is close.We have an Eclipse 500 at AKR and it seems to run pretty well. Doesn't look bad on the inside either, just a bit cramped.
I really don't think VLJ's will become as popular as people thought they would be.
Because a lot of people don't want a 30+ year old Citation. After owning the Conquest my boss said no more old airplanes. We have about a three million dollar bugdet for the next airplanes, guess which VLJ is on the list...Couldn't they take the same amount of money, 2-3mil, and buy a revamped citation 'stallion'? Seems like the best buy out there for the money on a proven airframe. That would be something larger than a eclipse or mustang. And for the same amount of money go further, faster, and carry more.
Piper Jet? Just seriously curious, so PM me.Because a lot of people don't want a 30+ year old Citation. After owning the Conquest my boss said no more old airplanes. We have about a three million dollar bugdet for the next airplanes, guess which VLJ is on the list...
Alex.