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Old 6th Jul 2018, 07:09
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Originally Posted by gelert1234

I don’t think you can quote the basic aircraft figures for a Global 6000 and apply them to GlobalEye, once you add all the military payload, it won’t operate at the height listed and it certainly won’t have the endurance.
Likewise the Wedgetail! A BBJ, which is a similar airframe but with all the baggage replaced by fuel, cannot get within 1000nm of a Global 6000 - both Wedgetail and Globaleye have similar protuberances. Sentinel Performance is remarkably similar to a standard Global - Globaleye would appear to be more draggy but will also be based around the 99.5 MTOW airframe, rather than the 96k Sentinel.
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