Embraer Legacy 450/500 and Praetor 500/600

摘要

1. Both the Praetor 500 and Praetor 600 have entered service 2. The 500 is in the medium jet class, and the 600 is in the super mid-size category 3. Production has ended of the Legacy 450/500 models Description. Family of twin-turbofan-powered corporate/executive transport aircraft. Sponsor. The Legacy 450/500 and Praetor 500/600 were sponsored by Embraer. Status. Production of the Praetor 500 and Praetor 600. Total Produced. Sixty Legacy 450s, 83 Legacy 500s, four Praetor 500s, and 16 Praetor 600s were produced by the end of 2019. Application. Executive/corporate transportation; fractional ownership. Price Range. Praetor 500, $16,995 million; Praetor 600, $20,995 million. Both are estimates in 2020 U.S. dollars. Design Features. The Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 had approximately 95 percent commonality. The two aircraft shared the same wing and fuselage cross-section. The fuselage was circular in shape. The swept wing was mounted low on the fuselage. The 500 was some 3.5 feet longer than the 450. Composite materials accounted for approximately 20 percent of the structure of the two aircraft, and were mainly confined to secondary structures. The aircraft had tricycle type landing gear. Both the 450 and 500 were powered by twin Honeywell HTF7500E turbofan engines. Honeywell also supplied nacelles, thrust reversers, the 36-150 auxiliary power unit (APU), the air-conditioning pack, the cabin management system, and electronic fuel controls.