Originally Posted by UCLAbruins
isn't that amazing, the 3 engine 7X costs less to maintain than the almighty Gulfstream? interesting... especially if we take the airline trend into consideration, they replaced MD11s and 747s with 767s & 777s, the A330 sold much better than the A340..
I think the big difference is 3-hole Falcons have engines that are small in comparison with their competition's 2-engine offerings of similar MTOW, both in terms of physical size and thrust output.
Then again, I've never heard a 3-hole Falcon (at least the 731-powered 50/900) be accused of having too much power
