G450 type rating question

[Spooky 1]

If you have no previous Gulfstream ratings period, and you receive a rating in the G450 does that carry over to the G550 as well and what about the plain ol'e GIV? If the 450 does not get any 550 credit, what more needs to be done for the G550 rating to be effective?

Thanks in advance..........

 

[typhoonpilot]

This from a Flight International article on the 450. " PlaneView, based on Honeywell's Primus Epic integrated avionics, was first certificated on the ultra-long-range G550 and is now fitted across the company's expanded, four aircraft large cabin line, which includes the G350, G450, and G500. All of these aircraft and the earlier GV, now share a common type rating. "


Hope that answers your question.


Typhoonpilot

 

[AA717driver]

Step aside, you wide-body airline puke...

Spooky--The G350/450/V/500/550 are all the same rating. The IV doesn't count. Now, having said that, Flight Safety will tag you for a differences course that will make your eyes bleed when you get the bill.

We're getting a 450 to replace the IV (since the ashtrays are full...) and we will all have to do the differences course.TC

 

[mzaharis]

This is pretty academic to me, but this one has always bothered me. I can understand why the G350/450/500/550 have the same rating. I can understand why the IV and the 350 and 450 don't share ratings. But why do the V and the 500/550 share ratings? The difference between a V and a Planeview cockpit looks pretty substantial.

Could a V pilot get into a 550 without a differences course? Does someone with a V rating need an additional LOA for the 350/450/500/550, for the Planeview cockpit?

 

[semperfido]

Could a V pilot get into a 550 without a differences course? ?

when i went from a g5 to a g550 i went to a g550 differences course. it was about a week long. a glorified recurrent.

 

[Spooky 1]

I can dream can't I?

I do wish it was for me but it is another low life former airline pilot who will get it. I guess I am just stuck on the Boeing until I pull the plug. Sure is nice though when I can crawl under the sheets when my rest time comes. The humidifier, IFE, four reclining seats, two bunks and a full size head, plus a seperate crew galley, not to mention the four lovely flight attendants makes for a very nice ride. All out of sight from our pax. The grass always looks greener on the other side, I guess.

 

[semperfido]

you whiner:smash:

 

[AA717driver]

THAT'S IT! As soon as I can extricate myself from the crew rest booth I'm gonna kick Spooky's a$$!

mzaharis--yeah, it's screwed up. TC

 

[semperfido]

i prefer to think of it as an "room"

 

[banned username 2]

This is pretty academic to me, but this one has always bothered me. I can understand why the G350/450/500/550 have the same rating. I can understand why the IV and the 350 and 450 don't share ratings. But why do the V and the 500/550 share ratings? The difference between a V and a Planeview cockpit looks pretty substantial.

Could a V pilot get into a 550 without a differences course? Does someone with a V rating need an additional LOA for the 350/450/500/550, for the Planeview cockpit?

This because the G-350/G-450 now share the G-V systems completely. They are very different from the G-IV in that respect (which is huge)... The only common thing between the G-IV and the G-350/450 is the airframe and engines (however the 350/450 are a different dash number and they now have FADEC, they also now have the G-V NORDAM TR's as well). Even the airframe of the 350/450 has been tweeked vs. the G-IV.

 

[semperfido]

how about the wing (new or not?), vspeeds (lower than 4?), brakes (dare i ask), elec sys (like 550?) etc, etc. just asking because i am going to school on the 450 soon and don't know much about it. know about g4, g5 & g550, but only what i read on G's website about 450.

 

[mzaharis]

This because the G-350/G-450 now share the G-V systems completely. They are very different from the G-IV in that respect (which is huge)... The only common thing between the G-IV and the G-350/450 is the airframe and engines (however the 350/450 are a different dash number and they now have FADEC, they also now have the G-V NORDAM TR's as well). Even the airframe of the 350/450 has been tweeked vs. the G-IV.

Thanks, everyone. I guess it's less of an issue of the PlaneView cockpit than I had thought.

 

[G4G5]

This is pretty academic to me, but this one has always bothered me. I can understand why the G350/450/500/550 have the same rating. I can understand why the IV and the 350 and 450 don't share ratings. But why do the V and the 500/550 share ratings? The difference between a V and a Planeview cockpit looks pretty substantial.

The only real difference between the 5 and the 550 is the cockpit. Their are some minor differences (like APU air available for T/O) but nothing significant. Other then that the systems are much closer then a 757 is to a 767 or a Falcon 50 is to a Falcon 900ex. While a non SP(no asc 166, brake by wire) G4 has signifficant differences from a G550 or even a G350

Could a V pilot get into a 550 without a differences course? Does someone with a V rating need an additional LOA for the 350/450/500/550, for the Planeview cockpit?

The FAA had to draw the line in the sand somewhere. IMHO, they no longer look at avionics as something that differentiates type ratings. Lets face it once the basic airframe systems (flt controls, engines, lgd gear yada yada) systems are in place little if anything ever changes (I know about the G5 hyd syst). But avionics on the other had are constantly evolving. WAAS, CPDLC, HUD, EVAS, Synthetic EVS, you name it. All of these things could be in you aircraft or they could not and you would still have the same type rating as the next guy.

To answer your question about the plain view, no it's not that difficult. When we had EVS installed in our G5, FSI screwed up and scheduled me for training in a 550. It's extremely intuitive, in little or no time at all my partner and I were able to fly th 550 to 0/0 for HUD EVS demonstrations.

Now I am not saying I would know what to do if 3 of the 4 tubes failed but navigating through the plain view is fairly simple and that's why I believe the FAA bought off on the same type rating. After all avionics are not meant to make our life more difficult. If all of the basic systems are the same and the avionics got easier, why not a same type rating?

 

[banned username 2]

how about the wing (new or not?), vspeeds (lower than 4?), brakes (dare i ask), elec sys (like 550?) etc, etc. just asking because i am going to school on the 450 soon and don't know much about it. know about g4, g5 & g550, but only what i read on G's website about 450.

OK, here is a rundown from GVFlyer about the improvements that make the G-450 better that the G-IV:

- Tweaked aerodynamics
- Vref's 5-8 kts less than G-IV depending on weight
- Appr speed is now Vref+5 (instead on +10 on the G-IV), total cumulative speed decrease can be as much as 13 kts.
- RR TAY engines, but different dash number and FADEC now, same thrust (13,850 lbs)
- NORDAM thrust reversers (same as G-V)
- Cabin main entrance door moved aft a few feet (relative to the G-IV) which mean more cockpit room (vs. G-IV)
- Brakes, not sure, think the G-V brakes (still very touchy)
- Electrical system identical to the G-V/G-550
- All systems now identical to the G-V/G-550

I was in the G-450 & G-550 at NBAA, cockpit was identical, overhead panel identical...

Looks like great machines, I can't wait to go for differences next summer!

 

[semperfido]

FC: thanks for the refresher ....i think i might have read that too.

G4G5: for component failure---you just learn a bunch of new acronyms and use common sense and if all else fails- press on