The BD-3 is a six place, low wingpusher 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]
bede, prototype, passenger, homebuilt, aircraft, 3role, homebuilt, aircraftnational, origin, united, statesmanufacturer, bede, corporationdesigner, bedefirst, flight, 1965status, prototype, only, contents, design, development, variants, specifications, also, r. The Bede BD 3 is a prototype six passenger homebuilt aircraft BD 3Role Homebuilt aircraftNational origin United StatesManufacturer Bede CorporationDesigner Jim BedeFirst flight 1965Status Prototype only Contents 1 Design and development 2 Variants 3 Specifications BD 3 4 See also 5 ReferencesDesign and development EditThe 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 EditBede XBD 2 Flying prototype Twin Continental O 300 BD 3 Production modelSpecifications BD 3 EditData from Air Progress FlyingGeneral characteristicsCrew 1 Capacity 5 passengers Length 30 ft 8 in 9 35 m Wingspan 38 ft 5 in 11 71 m Height 12 ft 4 in 3 76 m Wing area 192 sq ft 17 8 m2 Gross weight 4 300 lb 1 950 kg Fuel capacity 116 U S gallons 440 L 97 imp gal Powerplant 2 Lycoming IO 540 B1A 5 horizontally opposed piston aircraft engine 290 hp 220 kW each Propellers 3 bladed Hartzell AluminumPerformance Cruise speed 260 kn 300 mph 480 km h Stall speed 36 kn 42 mph 68 km h Range 1 100 nmi 1 270 mi 2 040 km Service ceiling 28 000 ft 8 500 m See also EditBede BD 4References Edit Air Progress 31 November 1978 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Missing or empty title help Flying Magazine 105 November 1962 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Missing or empty title help Aircraft Collection AirVenture Museum Retrieved December 23 2013 nbsp This article on an aircraft of the 1960s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bede BD 3 amp oldid 1092508989, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
