Aero Magazine International - April 2018

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ily. Improvements in the control
system shall ensure better maneu-
verability, in addition to reducing
pilots’ work load.
he EASy III avionics suite
will be the base of the aircrat’s
cockpit, which brings out better
ergonomy and simpler systems for
the pilots. he new jet also has the
EFB FalconSphere II system and
the synthetic vision platform on
the Head-Up Display with the Fal-
conEye Combined Vision System.
he 6X cabin will have widest
cross section created for a busi-
ness aircrat, with 1.98 m height
and 2.59 m width, allowing a
cabin total volume 10% larger
than that of the Gulfstream G500.

of 300 nm in range and more than
50.8 cm in cabin length that is now
12.3 m. Wings were given improve-
ments, becoming more eicient
under turbulence conditions, as well
as in takeof and landing operations.
he new aircrat will also be
the irst one in business avia-
tion to use laperons, high speed
delection control active surfaces,
that work as laps and ailerons.
hey should increase aircrat’s
control eiciency during steep ap-
proaches, like the one in London
City airport.
he aircrat will also have a
new generation digital light con-
trol, improving the ly-by-wire,
currently used by the Falcon fam-

At the same time, there was an
improvement of the cabin internal
style to serve the most traditional
customers, who wanted to incor-
porate the beneits of the 5X design
with a style addressing more
elegance than technical details. In
this, the use of colors and direct
lines associated with the gener-
ous natural lighting from the 29
windows of the 6X is expected to
create comfort and space sensation
for the passengers.

TECHNICAL DETAILS
Dassault decided to improve the
5X design, incorporating a series of
aerodynamic improvements in the
aircrat, which allowed an increase
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