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LegacyDriver said:
Why Embraer does not update its numbers is beyond me but the Legacy II beats everything EMB has put out to date in printed form. They are conservative and that is to their detriment.
They're not conservative, like everything else about Embraer and their products, they're cheap. It costs money to go out and fly drag polars then do the analysis for a new cruise manual. Maybe they thought the small delta in performance wasn't worth the expense or maybe there wasn't a delta because original data was taken in a green airplane and new data would have to be collected in a completed airplane.
Hell if the Legacy was a $30 M airplane we wouldn't be calling it a POS. It would be a "prestige" product or whatever nonsense you guys spout to justify the Peachjet's overpriced tag.
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Wall Street terms the Gulfstream a "Premium Branded Product".
Even though it would be rational to compare the Legacy to the G200, the CL300, or the Falcon 2000, which are at similar price points, if you feel compelled to compare it to a large cabin Gulfstream, why haven't you said anything about the G350?
It costs $27.5 million (Legacy $21.15 Million) and offers the following features:
Planeview Cockpit
Range - Normal Cruise: 3,800 nm @ M 0.80 (Legacy 3220 nm@ M 0.74 / 2950 nm @ M 0.78)
Range - High Speed Cruise: 3,100 nm @ M 0.85
Max. Cruise Speed: M 0.88 (Legacy M 0.80)
Min. initial Alt: FL410 (Legacy FL370)
Max. Alt: FL450, cabin alt. 5980 ft. (Legacy FL390 (8100 ft) / FL410 (8800 ft.)
T/O Dist MGTOW: 5,050 (Legacy 5,770)
Ldg. Dist MLW: 3,260 @ 66,000 lb
DOC: $1731 /hr (Legacy $1615 /hr)
Max T/O wt.:70,900 lb (Legacy 49,604)
Cabin Dimensions: 40'4"L X 6'2"H X 7'4" W (Legacy 43L (including cockpit) X 5'10" H X 6'11" W)
Engine TBO: 12,000 hours
Max usefull load: 6,300 lb (Legacy 5291)
Max. Load w/ full fuel: 2,858 lb (Legacy 1605)
Most thinking people would agree that this comparison proves the adage, "You get what you pay for" when you buy a Gulfstream. It's clear that when you stand the two airplanes side by side, the Legacy's lackluster performance and squatty cabin proves the G350 is a real bargain and that's before you factor in the Legacy's third world fit and finish.
Of course with the order backlog Gulfstream has for the G350, you'll have to wait until 2nd quarter 2006 to get yours.
And by the way, my compensation package is a multiple of NBAAs 90th percentile pay as it is for most senior captains at Fortune 500 companies like Proctor and Gamble, Pfizer, GM, Ford, IBM, GD, UHG, and 3M. Even places like AVJet pay $140,000 per annum and the guy that brings you in gets a $2500 bonus if you stay.
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