Bede BD-3

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BD-3
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Bede Corporation
Designer Jim Bede
First flight1965
StatusPrototype only

The Bede BD-3 is a prototype six passenger homebuilt aircraft.

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Design and development

The BD-3 is a six place, low wing pusher configuration aircraft with tricycle landing gear. The aircraft is powered by two engines driving a single shrouded pusher propeller connected with V belts and overriding clutches. The aircraft uses STOL Boundary layer control devices. The fuselage was built using aluminum honeycomb. Bede intended to scale up a turboprop variant for 15 and 24 passengers. The BD-3 prototype was sold to the EAA AirVenture Museum, [1] [2] although by 2013 it did not appear on the museum's list of aircraft owned. [3]

Variants

Bede XBD-2
Flying prototype - Twin Continental O-300
BD-3
Production model

Specifications (BD-3)

Data from Air Progress, Flying

General characteristics

Performance

See also

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References

  1. Air Progress: 31. November 1978.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Flying Magazine: 105. November 1962.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Aircraft Collection". AirVenture Museum. Retrieved December 23, 2013.