Eclipse 500
Today I will be meeting with Joe Cozza of Eclipse at Cincinnati OH, Lunken Field (KLUK) to learn more about the Eclipse 500.
I was able to take a look at the Eclipse 500 at last year's NBAA, but this will be a good opportunity to learn more about the aircraft and it's capabilities just after it has recieved it's type certificate. It's always nice to know exactly what the perfromance specs will be rather than look at estimates.
With an order book standing at 2,500 aircraft, if Eclipse can deliver on it's promises and not be plagued by problems that come with start-up companies and weekend pilots in high performance aircraft, they could change the face of general and business aviation.
A successful Eclipse 500 opens the door wide open for the D-Jet, the FoxJet, and some of the other smaller VLJ's.
posted by Steve at
9:53 AM
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Having just finished training at the Eclipse Training Facility in New Mexico, I can say this..... DO NOT BUY THIS AIRPLANE! It is plagued with problems. As much as 75% of the electronic navigation functionality is INOP and is placarded as such. The Aotopilot is 2-AXIS, not 3 as published. It cannot be coupled and has HDG and Altitude Hold function only. No NAV tracking, no APPROACH Mode, No VS Mode, no FMS, no Command Bars....NOTHING! Don't kill yourself, your employee's, or family in this airplane. Wait! I about a year, if not sooner, you'll see the AD's start to come out.
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