Questions tagged [learjet]
A family of business jets that first flew in 1963, currently produced by Bombardier.
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Why do small jets usually have one low flap setting?
For example, the CRJ has a flap setting of 0, 8, 20, 30, and 45 degrees.
The Learjet has similar features across their models, as far as I can see which is 0, 8, 20, and 40 degrees
Why do smaller ...
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Why were most of the first-generation-Learjet wing mods never approved for the Learjet 23?
First-generation (straight-wing1) Learjets (the 23, 24, 25, 35, and 36) are, rather infamously, beasts to fly, due in part to their hideous stall behaviour;2 due to their flow-separation-prone laminar-...
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Why does spoiler extension cause straight-wing Learjets to pitch down, rather than up, and why did it take so long to discover this?
Straight-wing Learjets (the 23, 24, 25, 35, and 36), the first generation of the popular business-jet series, are (especially when not equipped with any of the many first- and third-party wing ...
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Why do 20-series Learjets have such an extreme susceptibility to mach tuck?
Mach tuck is a change (usually nosedown) in an aircraft’s pitching tendency during transonic flight relative to its pitching tendency in below-transonic flight, caused by the appearance of areas of ...
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What are the takeoff and landing speeds of a Learjet 45?
I am a fairly new enthusiast to flight simulation.
I would like to know what are the takeoff and landing speeds of a Learjet 45? If they are not fixed, what factors influence those speeds?
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How does the Learjet cabin pressurisation system work?
In one of the MAYDAY Air Crash Investigation episodes (about the Payne Stewart crash), the flight's emergency manual had the following information under the cabin pressurisation section:
NOTE: At ...
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