Bede BD-8
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| Role | Aerobatics aircraft |
| Designer | Jim Bede |
| First flight | 1980 |
| Number built | 1 |
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The Bede BD-8 was an aerobatics aircraft developed in the United States in the mid-1970s. It was a low-wing, single-seat monoplane of conventional configuration, albeit very short-coupled, and of all-metal construction. The single prototype was under construction by Jim Bede when his company, Bede Aircraft, faced bankruptcy in 1977. The incomplete BD-8 was purchased by Mike Huffman, who completed its construction in 1980; it first flying on May 14, 1980.[1]
Specifications
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: one pilot
- Length: 17 ft 5 in (5.31 m)
- Wingspan: 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
- Height: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
- Wing area: 97.0 ft2 (9.01 m2)
- Aspect ratio: 3.9:1
- Empty weight: 975 lb (442 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,510 lb (685 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming IO-360-A1A air-cooled flat-four, 200 hp (149 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 215 mph (346 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 190 mph (306 km/h)
- Rate of climb: 2,000 ft/min (10.2 m/s)
See also
Notes
References
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- Taylor, John W. R. (1982). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2.
- Sport Aviation (January 1981).
- Owner's website
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