Saturday, April 5, 2008

Eclipse 500

The Eclipse 500 is a small American six-seat business jet aircraft manufactured by Eclipse Aviation. It is the second of a new class of business jets called Very Light Jets (VLJ), following the delivery of the first VLJ, the Cessna Citation Mustang in late 2006.

The aircraft is powered by two lightweight Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F turbofan engines in tail-mounted nacelles.

General characteristics
* Crew: one or two pilots
* Capacity: 4 to 5 passengers
* Length: 33 ft 1 in (10.1 m)
* Wingspan: 37 ft 3 in (11.4 m)
* Height: 11 ft 0 in (3.4 m)
* Empty weight: 3,550 lb (1,610 kg)
* Loaded weight: 5,520 lb (2,504 kg)
* Useful load: 2,400 lb (1,089 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 5,950 lb (2,699 kg)
* Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F turbofan engines, 900 lbf (4 kN flat-rated to > ISA+10C) each

Performance
* Cruise speed: 370 knots (425 mph, 685 km/h)
* Stall speed: 67 knots (77 mph, 124 km/h) in landing configuration
* Range: 1,125 nm (1,295 mi, 2,084 km)
* Service ceiling 41,000 ft (12,500 m)
* Takeoff distance: 2,155 ft (657 m)
* Landing distance: 2,040 ft (622 m)

Avionics
* Avio Next Generation (aka Avio NG)
* Displays: Two 768 x 1024 resolution PFD displays and One 1440 x 900 resolution MFD display.