Originally Posted by
quimby
Overheard on Center the other day...conversation between a 7X crew & DA-2000. 7X was at 450 (or somewhere around there)....DA2000 was in the mid to high 30's. They asked what model the Falcon was at 450. 2000 crew asks the 7X how they like the a/c.....they said "it's great, if you like doing avionics/data "reboots"..(or something to that effect).
I'm sure the 7x is a fine a/c, but it sounds like it's having teething pains from being the"A" model. I've never heard a G-V/550 crew complain about their bird openly.....not to say it hasn't happened.
Carry on...
This is normal and not just a Falcon thing. The G4 brake by wire system was so bad that GAC actually started re installing hydraulic brakes. The G5 hydraulic system was so bad that GAC had to take out all the dual Vickers pump systems and replace them with a single Abex pump system. Ask any G550 pilot about tubes blanking out with certification c.