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[smart]

Honda made a Regional Jet. Cool airplane, Check it out!

http://www.honda.co.jp/HDTV/tech/pr-HondaJet/

 

[JetSpeed219]

That is kinda cool, interesting place to mount the engines......

 

[banned username 2]

That isn't a "Regional Jet", looks more like a Personal Jet.. Something to rival the CitationJet...

 

[2000flyer]

Looks to me like they took a LR31, Cessna CJ and Raytheon Premier, tossed it in the blender and called it a Honda! Also, whats up with the testing at Greensboro, NC? Not really know as a hotbed of aviation testing. Must be going to the Citation Service Center for maintenance!

2000Flyer

 

[TonyC]

Interesting engine mount configuration. I would guess that might make the cabin quieter, or at least require less insulation.

It seems to allow for wing-mounting and still have a low wing configuration, taking better advantage of ground effect. (Cherokee 140 vs Cessna 172)

I'm no expert on these kinds of things - - has that above-the-wing-on-pylons configuration been used before?

I'd like to have one.

 

[banned username 2]

I'm no expert on these kinds of things - - has that above-the-wing-on-pylons configuration been used before?

Yes, there was an airliner that had this config... and I think also a Corporate type jet...

 

[mainah]

Fokker VFW 614 was an airplane with the aforementioned configuration.

 

[rettofly]

Interesting engine mount configuration. I would guess that might make the cabin quieter, or at least require less insulation.

It seems to allow for wing-mounting and still have a low wing configuration, taking better advantage of ground effect. (Cherokee 140 vs Cessna 172)

I'm no expert on these kinds of things - - has that above-the-wing-on-pylons configuration been used before?

I'd like to have one.

Some Russian regional jet (Yak 40?) had engines on top of the wing about 20 years ago.

 

[mainah]

Some Russian regional jet (Yak 40?) had engines on top of the wing about 20 years ago.

Nope, the Yak-40 is a tri-jet all rear mounted on the fuselage.