French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation lays flight tests of a new business jet super mid Dassault Falcon 5X for 2017, reports Flight International. Postponement caused ongoing problems with the power plant Silvercrest French company Snecma, which has disrupted the flight tests, originally scheduled for 2015
According to the new schedule, the first delivery of Falcon 5X scheduled for early 2020, as the company has already notified the clients. Due to the delay in the program from the previously ordered 20 Falcon 5X refused company NetJets. Current portfolio of orders for this type aviastriotel Sun did not disclose, but the leadership of Dassault does not exclude that the car may refuse to several customers. In this regard, the production machines are temporarily frozen.
At Snecma, in turn, reported that the certification of the engine is transferred to the first half of 2018 (initially it was assumed that he would get the approval of EASA is still in 2015, later it was moved to 2016). As previously reported, the main problem was the deformation of the housing of the power plant, revealed during the high-test. This may result in engine performance that would be below that which was promised to the manufacturer Falcon 5X. In order to eliminate the undesirable effect of Snecma need to make changes in the design of the motor. So, it will have to design and produce new parts that including it possible to increase the life of the engine.
Behind schedule following the strong decline in sales of business jets Dassault Aviation, recorded at the end of 2015 if in 2014 the company bought 90 business jets, then in 2015 - only 45 boards. The number set in the last year Sun Falcon - 55 boards - is the lowest in the past 10 years.
Falcon 5X will be the first aircraft, which will install the engine Silvercrest. Earlier, the same powerplant chosen for aircraft Cessna Citation Longitude, however, the corporation Textron Aviation, which includes manufacturer, later abandoned it in favor of the engine Honeywell. The decision was taken last year after the redesign business jet. Program 16-seat twin-engine aircraft Falcon 5X launched in October 2013 Roll-out of the prototype took place in June 2015. The car has a range of 9630 km will be different from the five other members of the famous family of the size of the cabin. When the diameter of the cross section of the fuselage of 2.7 m and a height of 1.98 m cabin aircraft will not only be the largest in the family of Falcon, but also the widest in its class.
