Thursday, April 3, 2008

Eclipse ECJ

The Eclipse ECJ is a very light jet produced by Eclipse Aviation introduced at Airventure 2007, it is a concept plane and Eclipse will decide within 12 months whether to produce the jet or not.

If produced, the aircraft will compete with the Cirrus Jet, the PiperJet, the Epic Victory, and the Diamond D-Jet in the single-engine jet market. The ECJ will have one engine, seat 4 and have a v-tail similar to the Cirrus Jet.

Vern Raburn, President of Eclipse Aviation, has stated that the price of the ECJ will be about $1 million, if it goes on the market

General characteristics
* Crew: One-two pilots
* Capacity: 2-3 passengers
* Length: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
* Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.98 m)
* Height: 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)
* Empty weight: 2,480 lb (1,125 kg)
* Gross weight: 4,480 lb (2,032 kg)
* Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PW615F turbofan, 1,100 lbf (4.9 kN)

Performance
* Cruise speed: 400 mph (640 km/h)
* Range: 1,445 miles (2,315 km)
* Service ceiling: 41,000 ft (12,500 m)