‘Greener’ Falcons coming from Dassault
Dassault Falcon salespeople are starting to hear customers voicing concerns about their airplane’s effect on the environment.

Dassault Falcon salespeople are starting to hear customers voicing concerns about their airplane’s effect on the environment. “Owners want to be able to say their business jet is quite environmentally friendly,” said Bruno Stoufflet, the company’s v-p for scientific strategy, research and development and advanced business, at a seminar in Paris recently. In response to such comments, Dassault is studying ways to make future Falcons greener.

To address noise, Dassault engineers are working on integrating higher-bypass-ratio engines. The Falcon 2000EX’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PW308C has a bypass ratio of 4:1, but the company expects to be able to improve that, as newly developed engines for airliners have bypass ratios approaching 10. An added benefit of a higher bypass ratio is lower specific fuel consumption.

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