Falcon 7X - Exceptional Aircraft for a Private Jet Charter Dubai Flight

Part 1

Of the many features that make the Falcon 7x such an exceptional private jet charter Dubai option, with that big cabin and ultra-long-range is the fly-by-wire technology that connects the pilot to the flight controls, which is a first for business jets. Dassault insists on calling this the digital flight control system (DFCS) because all of the computers are digital rather than analogue, but to a pilot the point is that there are no mechanical links between the cockpit controls and the surfaces that actually fly the airplane to destinations such as Dubai.

Dassault have been building very capable military fighters using DFCS for over 30 years, and that experience really shows in the flying characteristics of the 7X private jet charter.  A fighter jet has to be manoeuvrable, but less obvious in a fighter is the need for smooth and steady flight with minimum of demands on a pilot. While jinking around during a dog-fight is a necessary capability, the routine mission of a fighter is to deliver weapons on to ground targets or to shoot over the horizon at other aircraft. In both cases, a stable and steady jet pass is the main guarantee of success.

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When it comes to the business or private jet mission a smooth flight with the precision to make a safe touchdown in the worst weather is what everybody needs, especially the passengers. So in the 7X jet the  IT at the heart of the DFCS keep the airplane on a regular path until the human pilots or the autopilot trequests a change. The IT automatically corrects for gusts or turbulence that move the jet from its planned flight path, which keeps the aircraft flying to where you want it to go, but also has the unplanned effect of smoothing out the ride. Because the DFCS system quickly makes very small control movements when the aircraft hits turbulence, the thumps, wallows and rolls that plague other aircraft experiences are minimized. The long and extremely flexible wings also help damp out the jolts of turbulence that are transmitted to the cabin.

An Ideal Private Jet Charter Dubai

But back to what it's like to fly the Falcon 7X. The best way I can describe it is that you simply point and fly.  Put the jet on the flight path to Dubai and it will stay there until you make a new input.

The sensation of flying the Falcon 7X is entirely natural with the jet responding smoothly, and exactly as you would expect. However, once the airplane is headed to where you want it to go, you notice the difference because you have always had to trim off the stick force in every other airplane you might fly, but not with this jet. When the flight path indicator on the PFD is on track, you simple have to release pressure and the stick centers and the 7X stays right on that path. It only takes you a couple of minutes to forget about trim, but after a lifetime of flying other airplanes, it can come as a really pleasant surprise.

E.g. on rotation for take-off you are going to be holding the same stick force against the springs when the flight path reaches the correct track as you were when you started to bring the nose up. In any other jet, if you release the back pressure the nose will drop looking for its trim speed, so you have to hold the stick back until you can trim off the pressure. In the 7X, however, the jet is constantly trimming automatically to maintain a constant flight path.

The Falcon 7X allows the pilot to think about the flight in a new way. Instead of concentrating on how to make the airplane fly, you can focus on where you want it to go. You simply see the flight path on the PFD, then you see the flight path command, and you simply adjust the path to where you want it. The pilot workload has been cut to a fraction of what it normally takes to fly a regular jet.

The 7X is the first Falcon update since the three-engine Model 50 was developed in the 1970s. The large cabin 900 series and the twin-engined 2000 family are all derived from the excellent work done on the Model 50. Dassault pioneered the use of CAD, and although the company has used computers in the design of all of the jets since the Falcon 50, the 7X is the first that can boast a truly a virtual design. Engineers used computers at every step of the creation to optimize performance of the finished aircraft, as well as minimize weight, streamline the manufacturing process, and to reduce maintenance requirements and complexity. And as is to give final proof that aviation is now a fully global enterprise, all the original documentation of the 7X was done in English, which is very a big step for the French.

A Whole New Way To Manufacture a Private Jet Charter Aircraft

Dassault used "product life management" teams which were linked by computers with 400 people working on the project spread across 7 countries. The main airframe components are built by half a dozen companies and are then brought together for the final assembly at the Dassault factory located in Bordeaux. The unfinished airframes are flown to Little Rock where the paint and interior work is all done.

What has not changed in the design of the 7X are the basic assumptions about long range airplanes, foremost being that they should have three engines. The 7X private jet is certainly the most technologically advanced business jet yet, but the company sticks to the basics when it comes to the number of engines it thinks you should have when heading out over a wide ocean to places like Dubai. While the most of the aviation industry has moved to a allowing large twin engine airline jets to fly four hours away from a suitable alternate, Dassault and Falcon owners just feel more comfortable with an extra engine. Also, the 7X is realtively light and low in drag that even with the 3 engines it has the best fuel use in this ultra-long-range private jet class.

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