rthompsonjr

I was lucky enough to get picked up recently by a charter company that does alot of flights into and out of Eagle. We have a Lear 35 and two Lear 55s that we use and we just started managing a Citation X also based in Eagle.

In our 55s with 4 pax and enough fuel for a 2hr flight plus IFR reserve we can only depart if the temp is below 68F and still meet the required performance for departure.

The new X's charts and our analysis program are saying that the X can only have 2000lbs of payload in the same conditions!!! Thats not enough gas to get more than 45 min of flight WITHOUT pax?!?

We think that the software has improper data for the X somehow, and they're looking into it. But it makes me wonder, what do other aircraft have performance wise out of Eagle?

If any of you have experience flying in and out of there could give me a comparison:

4 pax
2 hrs plus reserve
what's the max temp for our aircraft


Thanks

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joepilot

I think you are confusing paylad and useful load. Payload does not include fuel.
Joe

rthompsonjr

You're correct, I did mean useful load. Just back from a 9 day trip and not so clear thinking.

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