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Old 25th October 2005 | 09:38
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Littlebopeep
 
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Lovis.

We all expected a lot from the Eclipse when it was muted a few years ago, seemed too good to be true.

Sadly it’s starting to look like that.

Rumour is, it’s above weight, below performance, below target speed, half the range.

It is unlikely that ATC will let it operate at its economical levels FL330+ because it will be a lot slower than the ‘regular’ jet traffic. Therefore on a day to day basis expect much lower levels, lower speeds and higher fuel burn

Also consider the financial stability of the whole project, the price is based on some pretty unbelievable targets.

Altogether it will be 20 kts approx faster than say a TBM, carry less, and have half the range, twice the operating costs.

Depends on your mission profile really! Also consider a PC12, better load than the TBM but a lot slower.

Hope this helps.
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