The Dassault Family creates jets with high standards of engineering, structural quality, and technological advancement.  Dassault is constantly redesigning and improving their aircraft to uphold these standards. In the intercontinental business jet category, the tri-jet Falcon 900s excel.  Introduced in 2000, the Falcon 900C is the sculpted, evolved version of its predecessor, the original Falcon 900, combining the 900B’s improvements with the innovative avionics of the 900EX.

Specs:

Passengers: 12 (default)

Lavatory: Enclosed

Maximum Speed: 877 km/h

Maximum Altitude: 51,000 ft.

Range: 3,740nm (default)

Cabin Size: 7’7” (width) x 33’2” (length) x 6’2” (height)

Baggage Capacity: 127 cu. ft. (default)

Cabin

Standard seating is between eight and twelve passengers in a double-club configuration with 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.

Flight deck

For the Falcon 900C, Dassault selected the advanced Honeywell Primus 2000 5-tube EFIS avionics system that its more expensive counterpart, the 900EX, employs.  Included in the system is dual Honeywell Primus 2000 FCS, dual Honeywell GPS, dual Honeywell FMZ 2000 FMS, dual Laseref III IRS, dual AZ840 air data systems, DL900 data loader, Primus 880 color weather radar, and single AA300 radar altimeter. The Collins Proline 4 Arinc 429 com/nav system comes standard, along with a Collins HF radio, Allied Signal EGPWS, CVR, DFDR, and an ELT.

Engines

The 900C is powered by three AlliedSignal TFE731-5BR-1C turbofan engines; each with 4,750 lbs of thrust.  Their inspection interval is 4,200 hours.  The aircraft can travel 3,995 nautical miles at as high as mach .84.  Its high speed cruise is 474 knots and 51,000 feet is its flight ceiling, a rare feat. 

Performance

Improvements in muscle from the 900 include a 5.5% increase in takeoff thrust, a 6.5% increase in thrust at altitude and a 2% increase in TSFC (Thrust Specific Fuel Consumption).  An increase in range is the result: 4,583 nautical miles.  The 900B can also enjoy better visibility approach clearance (Category II) and operation on unprepared strips that its predecessor cannot.