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| Falcon 10X | |
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| Rendering of Dassault Falcon 10X | |
| Role | Intercontinental business jet |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Dassault Aviation |
| Introduction | 2025 (planned) |
| Status | In development |
The Dassault Falcon 10X is a large, long-range business jet under development by Dassault Aviation in France.
On 6 May 2021, Dassault launched its $75 million Falcon 10X flagship, scheduled for 2025, to compete with the Bombardier Global 7500 and the Gulfstream G700. [1]
It is 33.4 m (110 ft) long and has a 33.6 m (110 ft)-wide, high aspect ratio carbonfibre wing, a first for a Dassault business jet. [1] It is powered by two Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engines with over 80 kN (18,000 lbf) thrust, with a titanium fan blisk, a 10-stage HP compressor, a two-stage shroudless HP turbine and a four-stage LP turbine. [1] It has a 16 m long, four-zone cabin wider than its competition, 2.77 by 2.03 m (9 ft 1 in by 6 ft 8 in) wide and high, with a 3,000 ft cabin altitude at 41,000 ft and 50% larger windows than on the Falcon 8X. [1]
It should cruise at Mach 0.85-0.925 with a range of 7,500 nmi (13,900 km), and should access steep approaches like London City airport. [1] With sidesticks and a single throttle lever, the fly-by-wire flight control system has flightpath stability to avoid trimming, and head-up display-based FalconEye combined vision system. [1] High automation with automated return to straight and level flight, emergency descent, reduced take-off thrust and noise abatement modes could allow two pilots to fly for 15h instead of three currently. [1]
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| Model | Falcon 10X [2] |
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| Length | 33.4 m (110 ft) |
| Height | 8.4 m (28 ft) |
| Wingspan | 33.6 m (110 ft) |
| Cabin height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) |
| Cabin width | 2.77 m (9 ft 1 in) |
| Cabin length | 16.4 m (54 ft) |
| Max takeoff weight | 52,163 kg (115,000 lb) |
| Empty weight | 27,805 kg (61,300 lb) |
| Fuel capacity | 23,451 kg (51,701 lb) |
| Turbofan | 2 × Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X |
| Thrust | 2 × 80 kN (18,000 lbf) |
| Cruise | Mach 0.85 – Mach 0.925 (488–531 kn; 903–983 km/h) |
| Ceiling | 51,000 ft (15,545 m) |
| Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km) |
| Balanced takeoff | 1,829 m (6,001 ft) |
| Landing | 762 m (2,500 ft) |
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