Honda HA-420 HondaJet

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

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Development

Honda began studying small business jets in the late 1980s, using machines from other manufacturers. The Honda SHM-1/MH01 turboprop tested the laminar flow wing, and the Honda MH02 was built and assembled at the Mississippi State University Flight Research Laboratory in the late 1980s and early 1990s. MH02 is a prototype using carbon fiber/epoxy composite material and is the first mixed jet business aircraft. Flight testing on MH02 continued until 1996, after the aircraft was delivered to Japan.

The designer and founder of the company Michimasa Fujino made a HondaJet sketch in 1997, and the concept was locked in 1999. Testing in the Boeing windtunnel demonstrated a valid concept in 1999.

The proof-of-concept (but not ready-made) version of the HondaJet first flew on December 3, 2003 at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina. Honda approved the commercial development of the HondaJet in 2004. HondaJet made its world debut on July 28, 2005, at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh air show. At Airventure the following year, Honda announced it would commercialize HondaJet.

The first FAA-conforming (built for Federal Aviation Administration) HondaJet reached its first flight on December 20, 2010. The first flight of HondaJet's first production took place on June 27, 2014, and it was shown on AirVenture that year on July 28th. Four HondaJets tested 2,500 hours in 2015.

The HA-420 aircraft program itself is constrained by delays. The date of initial planned certification is "End of 2010", but in Spring 2009 delayed one year. In May 2010, the projected certification date is the end of 2012. The program is gradually postponed several more times.

The HondaJet was awarded "Provisional FAA Certification" in March 2015, enabling continued production and flight demonstrations, but not customer shipments. The aircraft received the FAA type certificate in December 2015. HondaJet toured Japan and Europe in 2015, and its type received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification in May 2016. HondaJet is also certified in Mexico, Canada and Brazil.

Certification

• December 2015. Certification of Federal Aviation Administration of the United States (FAA)
• March 2016. Civil Aviation Safety Authority for Mexican Type Certification
• May 2016. Certification of the European Aviation Safety Agency Body (EASA)
• June 2017. Canadian Transportation Type Certification
• August 2017. Certification of the National Civil Aviation Authority of Brazil

Production

Production aircraft built at Piedmont Triad Airport. Construction of the plant began in 2007 and completed by the end of 2011. As early as 2015, there are 12 aircraft in the final assembly and five more in the early stages of production. Twenty aircraft were produced in May 2015. Honda expects to produce 40 aircraft in the first full year and up to 60 aircraft annually thereafter. The engine plant reached certification in March 2015.

Honda delivered its first customer aircraft on December 23, 2015 at its headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. The first shipment from HondaJet to European aircraft dealerships took place in April 2016. About 20% of about 100 aircraft on orders are destined for European customers as reported in April 2016.

Honda plans to increase production to 80 units per year after March 2019. Sixteen aircraft were shipped in the first three quarters of 2016, achieving a production rate of 36 per year. By 2017, 15 are produced in the first quarter, and the annual target is between 55 and 60 aircraft. The HondaJet finished 2017 as the business jet most shipped in categories with 43 aircraft delivered worldwide.

HondaJet Elite

In May 2018, just 30 months after its introduction, the $ 5.2 million HondaJet Elite was unveiled prior to shipping in August, adding additional fuel tanks ranging from 231 to 1,437 nmi (428 to 2,661 km), increasing its elevator authority to reduce its takeoff roll of 400 ft (120 m), reduces the benefits of Cessna Citation M2. A new engine inlet reduces the vibration and noise of the cabin, the restroom receives a bonded seat allowing the fifth passenger and Garmin G3000 to gain calculated takeoff distance and angle of attack protection. The charge increased by 200 pounds (91 kg): 100 pounds (45 kg) from the empty and equal weight reduction of the maximum takeoff weight increase while 16 US gallons (61 liters) more fuel tanks filled up unused space behind the fuselage.

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Design

The HondaJet is a low-wing monoplane with an unconventional structure; it has mainly composite aircraft and aluminum wings. The aircraft is powered by two GE Honda Aero Engine HF120 turbofan mounted on a pole above the wing. It has a retractable three-wheeled landing gear with both main landing and a single wheel nose.

HondaJet overwing engine configurations are designed to maximize cabin space, and achieve lower drag waves with high Mach numbers. Nose and wings are designed for laminar flow, and the main fuselage has a constant profile, making the stretch ultimately easier. The combination of machine placement, wings and fuselage is achieved by using computer simulations and wind tunnels. Honda claims that the combination of lightweight materials, aerodynamics and efficient engines give HondaJet fuel efficiency up to 20% better than similar aircraft. When sailing at 43,000 feet, the jet is said to only consume 339 liters (89.5 gallons) of fuel per hour.

Honda began developing its own small turbofan engine, the HF118, in 1999. This led to HF120, developed with GE Aviation under a GE-Honda partnership. The HF120 tested-fly on the Cessna Citation CJ1. This machine has a single fan, two-stage compressor and two-level turbine. GE Honda HF120 received FAA type certification on December 13, 2013, and production certification in 2015.

The passenger area is 5.43 m (17.80 ft) long and has a closed toilet. The semi-spherical cabin is 3.69 m (12.1 ft) long, 1.52 m (5.00 m) wide, and 1.46 m (4.80 ft) high.

The aircraft is equipped with a 3-screen touch screen screen cockpit system Garmin G3000. Most cockpit readings are presented on a flat panel display.

Michimasa Fujino received the 2014 International Council of Aeronautical Sciences award to lead the design, as well as the Living Legends of Aviation Industry Leader of the Year award.

HondaJet is the recipient of several awards, including the first Flying Innovation Award from Flying Magazine in 2017, the title Best of What's New 2014 by the Popular Science and AIAA 2012 Aircraft Design Award magazine.

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Specifications

Data from International Aviation News

General characteristics

• Crew: 1 pilot or 2.
• Capacity: 4-6
• Length: 13.0 m (42.6 ft)
• Wingspan: 12.1 m (39.8 ft)
• Height: 4.5m (14.9m)
• Empty weight: 3.267Ã, kg (7,203Ã, lb)
• Maximum takeoff weight: 4,808 kg (10,600 pounds)
• Powerplant: 2 ÃÆ'â € "GE Honda HF120 turbofan, 9.1 kN (2.050 lbf) drive each
• Bypass ratio: 2.9

Performance

• Maximum speed: 782 km/h; Maximum voyage of 486 mph (422Ã, kn)
• Roaming speed: 682 km/h; The length range is 423 mph (368Ã, kn)
• Range: 2.234 km; 1.388Ã, mi (1,206Ã, nmi)
• Service ceiling: 13,000m (43,000ft)
• Ascent: 20m/d (4.000m/min)
• Fuel consumption: 0.41 kg/km (1.46 pounds/mi)
• Take-off distance: 3,934 feet (1,199 m)
• Landing distance: 3,047 feet (929 m)
• Fuel capacity: 2,850 pounds (1,290 kg)
• Cab height: 8,000 feet (2,400 m)

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See also

• Very lightweight jet

Related development

• Honda MH02

Planes with equivalent roles, configurations, and eras

• Cessna Citation M2
• Eclipse 550
• Embraer Phenom 100
• Embraer Phenom 300
• SyberJet SJ30

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