Sovereign vs G200 vs Challenger 300 vs G150

[petitepilot]

The G200 is my first corporate jet and I only have 80 hours in it, but here is my 2 cents.

If you are based at an airport with only 5,000 ft. runway, like I am, you're going to be limited to approx. 1,300 NM range if you want to carry any pay load, thats about 30,000 lbs t/o weight @ 25 C (35,450 lbs max). With its relatively small wing, this airplane eats runway.

If runway is not a factor and 2nd segment climb is not overly limiting, this little plane, in my opinion, can go quite far. The other week I flew from south Florida to the SFO area with 6 adults, 3 babies and all the strollers and baggage they brought. We took off with 13,000 lbs of fuel (yes, max t/o weight) and landed 6 hours later with 1,700 lbs. Initial altitude was FL 360 with step climbs to FL430. Average speed was Mach .79.

As a 6'2", 240 lbs guy the flight deck is in no way roomy but works, even on long flights.

When hand flown the G200 is a little pitch sensitive but an honest airplane (much like the CL-65 (CRJ)) and behave fine in x-wind landings.

I would think with its good runway performance, the CL 300 would be the best of the four planes you listed.

 

[GVFlyer]

Current Gulfstream G200 dispatch reliability for the 12 month period ending November 2006 is 99.65%.


Here's a comparo between the G200, the Challenger CL300 and the Cessna Sovereign.


Cabin: 24'5"L x 6'3"H x 7'2"W / 23'7"L x 6'1"H x 7'2"W / 25'3"L x 5'8"H x 5'6"W

Baggage Volume:150 cu. ft. / 106 cu. ft. / 135 cu. ft. (includes 35 cu. ft. internal storage)

Normal Cruise: M0.80 / M0.80 / M0.72

Long Range Cruise: M0.75 / M0.75 / M0.67

Mmo: M0.85 / M0.83 / M 0.80

Range @ Norm. Cruise: 3,050 nm / 3,250 nm / 2,881 nm

Range @ LRC: 3,400 nm / 3,317nm / 2,894 nm

T/O Dist. (SL, ISA, MGTOW): 6,080 ft. / 4,810 ft. / 3,640 ft.

Ldg. Dist.(SL, ISA, MLW): 3,280 ft. / 2,610 ft. / 3,144 ft.

Initial Alt.: FL390 / FL410 / FL410

Max Alt.: FL450 / FL450 / FL470

DOC: $1,949 hr. / $1,891 / $2,032

Price: $20.65 million / $19.21 million / $15.48 million


If you're flying out of a short field and you can stand the Sovereign's current entry-into-service problems and glacial speeds, the Cessna is a pretty easy choice.

Deciding between the Gulfstream G200 and the Challenger CL300 is not so easy, but I would include Gulfstream's number one rated service support with Airborne Product Support into my deliberations.

The G150 cannot be fairly compared with the other three jets at it's $13.50 million price point.

G150 Specifications.

Cabin: 17'8"L x 5'9"H x 5'9"W

Baggage Volume: 80 cu. ft.

Normal Cruise: M0.80

Long Range Cruise:M0.75

Mmo: M0.85

Range @ Norm. Cruise: 2,600 nm

Range @ LRC: 2,950 nm

T/O Dist. (SL, ISA, MGTOW): 5,000 ft.

Ldg. Dist.(SL, ISA, MLW): 2,880 ft.

Initial Alt.: FL410

Max Alt.: FL450

DOC: $1,492 hr.

Price: $13.50 million


All of the G100/G150 pilots that I've talked to like the airplanes and are pretty quick to defend them if I make the mistake of saying they're not real Gulfstreams.




GV

 

[ag2pilot]

Thanks GV and petite pilot... lots of info.

I realize the price diff with the 150, but its on the radar for us. I have never spoken to anyone flying the g200 that really brags on it, and never to anyone in the 150 at all.

Thanks again.

 

[petitepilot]

Baggage volume on my G200 is 125 cu. ft, 1980 lbs max. Maybe the interior can be customized to add baggage space.

 

[ghostrider64]

First off there is no perfect airplane...They all have advantages.

I had a G4 crew sit in my 200 and they mentioned the cockpit being larger in the 200. I cant say because I've never been in the G4 cockpit.

I did a trip from KFRG to KSMO that was scheduled in a Falcon 2000 but they couldn't do the trip non stop against nasty winds that we had.

Xwinds are not a problem. Of course that might be because I spent the past 2 years driving X's around where you had to be careful.

I love the baggage compartment. Hell we flew a xmas tree last week...Big is definitely better.

Our galley sucks because we don't have any way to heat food in our planes. This sux on 7 hour legs.

The avionics are a little screwy but you get use to them just like all avionics.

Step climbs will be in your future.

Your pax will love the cabin.

 

[jonjuan]

Baggage volume on my G200 is 125 cu. ft, 1980 lbs max. Maybe the interior can be customized to add baggage space.

The 300 and Galaxy 200 are galaxies apart. When you start to peel the onion, which GVFlyer sometimes doesn't like to do, the 6'3" height of the G200 is from a dropped aisle which slopes up toward the aft. A dropped aisle in a $20MM aircraft??? The LRC in the 300 is .78, not .75. It's wing is much more efficient than that of the G200. A balanced field length difference of 1,270 feet (that's 20%). Landing distance difference of 610 feet (20%). Direct to 43,000 at MTOW in the 300 versus a step climb-ouch. Boots on a wing? The baggage? External on the G200. Accessible in flight on the 300.
Add all of that to an expected residual value difference of anywhere between 15 and 20% higher for the 300 after 6 years and the difference is VERY easy. GD ought to be embarrassed by their very ugly step-baby.

 

[NJAFracPilot]

The Citation X costs over $20 million and has a step-down aisle.

Our crews like the G200. It'll fly legs my Falcon 2000 won't.

The CL300 will not go directly to FL430 at gross and LRC is M.75 not M.78.








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[ghostrider64]

BTW the 200 cruises easily between .80-.82

 

[LJ45]

what about the dated avionics in the 200? Can you carry any payload with full fuel yet in the 200? What about the flap slat failure issues?

 

[SkyGirl]

Add all of that to an expected residual value difference of anywhere between 15 and 20% higher for the 300 after 6 years and the difference is VERY easy.

Who told you that? A salesman? I guess somebody's got to believe them.



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