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The Honda HA-420 HondaJet is the first aircraft developed by Honda Aircraft Company. The light business jet was designed in Japan and then developed and manufactured in Greensboro, North Carolina in the United States.

History

In 1986 Honda started examination into minimized business planes, utilizing motors from different makers. Notwithstanding, points of interest in this exploration have never been uncovered. In 1999 Honda created its own particular turbofan plane motor, the HF-118, which was test flown on a Cessna Citation. This motor gimmicks a solitary fan, a two-stage compressor, and a two-stage turbine. The wing state without bounds HondaJet was tried on a Lockheed T-33.

The HA-420 HondaJet made its first flight on December 3, 2003. The flying machine will experience around 200 hours of flight testing to confirm its flying attributes and execution.

About

A prominent feature of the HondaJet is the over-the-wing engine configuration. Because no carry-through structure is needed in the aft fuselage for the engine mounts, this allows for a full-width cabin farther aft gaining 30% extra space within the same dimensions. Honda also claims that this configuration reduces drag at higher speeds.

The fuselage is made of composite material, a lightweight co-cured carbon composite/honeycomb sandwich, while the wings are made of integrally stiffened skin panels formed from single sheets of aluminum, offering a smoother surface than conventional configurations. The wing uses Honda’s proprietary turbulence-reducing laminar SMH-1 airfoil, which is rather thick but offers low drag at high speed. Also, the nose is designed to generate laminar flow to reduce drag. Honda claims that these features, together with the fuel-efficient HF-118 engines, achieve a 40% higher fuel efficiency. The aircraft is equipped with a Garmin G-1000 glass cockpit with three displays and an integrated avionics system. Four passengers can be accommodated with two crew or five passengers with a single pilot.

Aircraft Data

ICAO Code: HDJT
Manufacturer: Honda Aircraft Company
Class: Light corporate jet
Crew: 1 or 2
Passengers: 4-6
Engines: GE Honda HF120
Max Speed: 778 km/h; 483 mph (420 kn)
MTOW: 4,519 kg (9,963 lb)
Time to Climb: 20.27 m/s (3,990 ft/min)
Max Range: 2,037km (1,100nm)

RocketRoute has added advanced performance data for the following profiles:

Climb ( Hight Speed, Normal, climb 210 KCAS / Mach 0.57 Climb)
Cruise (Max Speed, Long Range, Normal, High Speed, Long Range Cruise)
Descent (descent High-Speed Descent 3000 FPM, descent Normal Descent 2000 FPM)
Holding (Anti-Ice On, Anti-Ice Off, holding 140 KCAS Anti-Ice Off Holding, holding 200 KCAS Anti-Ice Off Holding)
Mass and Balance