__NOTOC__ The Bede Aviation BD-5 is a small, single-seat homebuilt aircraft kit aircraft that was introduced in the early 1970s by Bede Aircraft Corp. It was designed by Jim Bede. It is a pusher aircraft design, with the engine installed in a compartment in the middle of the fuselage, and a propeller in the rear. Over 5,000 kits were shipped, but few were actually completed due to the company's bankruptcy in the mid-1970s, brought on by the failure to deliver a reliable engine for the design. ==Development== The first model was the BD-5A, with an extremely short 14-foot (4.27 m) wingspan which made the aircraft extremely hard to fly except for the most experienced pilots. The BD-5B increased the wingspan to 21 feet (6.40 m), which greatly improved the handling of the little bird. The BD-5D was to be the FAA-certified model of the aircraft, but certification was never completed and it never entered production. The BD-5S was a one-of-a-kind sailplane model which was never produced due to an unimpressive glide ratio. BD Micro Technologies, a company operating out of Siletz, Oregon, designed the BD-5TP, a turboprop version of the BD-5 using a modified Solar/Hamilston Sundstrand T62 turbine engine mated to a custom-designed mechanically-controlled variable-pitch propeller. The BD-5J is the jet version of the aircraft, the result of mating the BD-5 fuselage and a shortened 17-foot (5.18 m) wingspan with the Microturbo TRS-18 turbojet engine, manufactured by Microturbo in Toulouse, France, and by Ames Industrial in the United States under license from Microturbo. The aircraft was featured in the first few minutes of the James Bond movie ''Octopussy'' starring Sir Roger Moore. Corky Fornof was the stunt pilot who performed the scene in which the aircraft flew through a hangar. The BD-5J holds the Guinness Book of World Records for World's Smallest Jet aircraft, but has long been out of production. ==Specifications (BD-5B)== ===General Characteristics=== * Crew: one pilot * Length: 12 ft 9 in (3.88 m) * Wingspan: 14 ft to 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) * Height: 5 ft 2 in ( m) * Wing area: 47 ft² (4.4 m²) * Empty: 358 lb (178 kg) and up * Loaded: 700 lb (340 kg) to 1100 lb (530 kg) * Maximum takeoff: 1100 lb ( 530 kg) * Powerplant: Varies depending on the model and builder tastes. ===Performance=== * Maximum speed: 200 mph (320 km/h) recip, 300 mph (500 km/h) jet * Range: 720+ miles (1,152+ km) recip, 300 miles (500 km) jet * Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,658 m) recip, 23,000 ft (7,010 m) * Rate of climb: 1,900 ft/min (579 m/min) recip, 4,000 ft/min (1,219 m/min) jet * Wing loading: 18 lb/ft² (85.7 kg/m²) recip * Power/Mass: 0.08 hp/lb (0.13 kW/kg) recipe ==External link== *[http://www.bd5.com The BD-5 Web Site] ==Related content== Related development: Comparable aircraft: Designation sequence: Bede BD-1 - Bede BD-2 - Bede BD-3 - Bede BD-4 - BD-5 - Bede BD-6 - Bede BD-7 - Bede BD-10 U.S. sports planes 1970-1979 Homebuilt aircraft
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__NOTOC__ The Bede Aviation BD-5 is a small, single-seat homebuilt aircraft kit aircraft that was introduced in the early 1970s by Bede Aircraft Corp. It was designed by Jim Bede. It is a pusher aircraft design, with the engine installed in a compartment in the middle of the fuselage, and a propeller in the rear. Over 5,000 kits were shipped, but few were actually completed due to the company's bankruptcy in the mid-1970s, brought on by the failure to deliver a reliable engine for the design. ==Development== The first model was the BD-5A, with an extremely short 14-foot (4.27 m) wingspan which made the aircraft extremely hard to fly except for the most experienced pilots. The BD-5B increased the wingspan to 21 feet (6.40 m), which greatly improved the handling of the little bird. The BD-5D was to be the FAA-certified model of the aircraft, but certification was never completed and it never entered production. The BD-5S was a one-of-a-kind sailplane model which was never produced due to an unimpressive glide ratio. BD Micro Technologies, a company operating out of Siletz, Oregon, designed the BD-5TP, a turboprop version of the BD-5 using a modified Solar/Hamilston Sundstrand T62 turbine engine mated to a custom-designed mechanically-controlled variable-pitch propeller. The BD-5J is the jet version of the aircraft, the result of mating the BD-5 fuselage and a shortened 17-foot (5.18 m) wingspan with the Microturbo TRS-18 turbojet engine, manufactured by Microturbo in Toulouse, France, and by Ames Industrial in the United States under license from Microturbo. The aircraft was featured in the first few minutes of the James Bond movie ''Octopussy'' starring Sir Roger Moore. Corky Fornof was the stunt pilot who performed the scene in which the aircraft flew through a hangar. The BD-5J holds the Guinness Book of World Records for World's Smallest Jet aircraft, but has long been out of production. ==Specifications (BD-5B)== ===General Characteristics=== * Crew: one pilot * Length: 12 ft 9 in (3.88 m) * Wingspan: 14 ft to 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) * Height: 5 ft 2 in ( m) * Wing area: 47 ft² (4.4 m²) * Empty: 358 lb (178 kg) and up * Loaded: 700 lb (340 kg) to 1100 lb (530 kg) * Maximum takeoff: 1100 lb ( 530 kg) * Powerplant: Varies depending on the model and builder tastes. ===Performance=== * Maximum speed: 200 mph (320 km/h) recip, 300 mph (500 km/h) jet * Range: 720+ miles (1,152+ km) recip, 300 miles (500 km) jet * Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,658 m) recip, 23,000 ft (7,010 m) * Rate of climb: 1,900 ft/min (579 m/min) recip, 4,000 ft/min (1,219 m/min) jet * Wing loading: 18 lb/ft² (85.7 kg/m²) recip * Power/Mass: 0.08 hp/lb (0.13 kW/kg) recipe ==External link== *[http://www.bd5.com The BD-5 Web Site] ==Related content== Related development: Comparable aircraft: Designation sequence: Bede BD-1 - Bede BD-2 - Bede BD-3 - Bede BD-4 - BD-5 - Bede BD-6 - Bede BD-7 - Bede BD-10 U.S. sports planes 1970-1979 Homebuilt aircraft
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